Spurlockville, WV Hail Storm – April 2025

What Happened

A severe hail storm crossed the Spurlockville, West Virginia area on April 5, 2025, with repeated 1.25-inch hail detections and spotter-verified reports through the late afternoon and evening. The storm produced eight NWS alerts between 4:06 PM EDT and 7:27 PM EDT.

Radar and spotter confidence stayed consistent across the event. The first alert came at 4:06 PM EDT with 1.25-inch hail. A second 1.25-inch alert followed at 4:26 PM EDT. A 1-inch report came in at 4:59 PM EDT, then the hail signal strengthened again with 1.25-inch alerts at 5:26 PM EDT and 5:56 PM EDT. Another 1.25-inch report was issued at 6:28 PM EDT, this time from spotter report confidence. Two more alerts followed at 6:57 PM EDT and 7:27 PM EDT, both returning to 1.25-inch hail.

Field reports lined up with that timeline. Around 4:30 PM EDT, spotters reported a downed tree and a snapped power pole on Bulger Road in Alkol. At 4:36 PM EDT, another report noted a tree down near Julian. By 5:00 PM EDT, observers were reporting tree damage tied to power outages, and at 5:40 PM EDT that same pattern continued. The storm remained active into early evening, with trees down on Muddlety Valley Road at 6:05 PM EDT and another report of trees down in Tioga at 6:15 PM EDT.

Hail reports arrived alongside the wind damage. At 6:02 PM EDT, a spotter reported quarter-size hail on Phillips Run Rd. A second report at 6:06 PM EDT placed quarter-size hail on the scenic highway just outside Muddlety. The local reports kept the storm centered on a narrow corridor of impact through the region.

Damage Assessment

The surface impacts were concentrated in the same late-afternoon corridor where the strongest hail alerts were issued. The most specific damage reports came from Bulger Road in Alkol, where a tree was down and a power pole was snapped. Nearby reports from Julian and Muddlety Valley Road showed tree failures across multiple roads, not just isolated debris.

Power impacts were part of the event. Spotters reported tree damage resulting in outages at 5:00 PM EDT and again at 5:40 PM EDT. A report from Tioga at 6:15 PM EDT added more tree loss in the same broader path. At 6:18 PM EDT, a separate report noted part of a porch taken off a trailer, with a photo provided. That report came with a radar-estimated time.

The hail reports were smaller than the peak alert size but still consistent with measurable stone size at the ground. Quarter-size hail was reported on Phillips Run Rd. and on the scenic highway outside Muddlety. Those field observations came after the first wave of wind damage and before the final evening hail alerts.

This was not a one-point impact. The reports span Alkol, Julian, Muddlety, Tioga, and the Phillips Run corridor. The pattern shows repeated impacts across the storm track, with tree damage, pole damage, outages, and intermittent hail reports over several hours.