Hail Swath Map Preview
The Lynchburg, VA hail swath map preview was last reviewed on August 27, 2026 and shows mapped hail estimates up to 1.25". There are 1 public hail reports, 65 public wind reports, and 0 nearby tornado reports listed for the May 4, 2021 event.
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Impact Area and Population for the Lynchburg, VA Hail Map
The May 4, 2021 hail swath map for Lynchburg, VA covers approximately 525 square miles and includes an estimated 50,305 people inside the mapped footprint. The largest mapped area is in the < 0.50" hail band, covering 263 square miles. The highest estimated population exposure is in the < 0.50" hail band with 39,679 people.
| Mapped Hail Band | Impact Area | Population |
|---|---|---|
| < 0.50" | 263 sq mi | 39,679 |
| 0.50-0.75" | 203 sq mi | 7,934 |
| 0.75-1.00" | 41 sq mi | 2,271 |
| 1.00-1.25" | 14 sq mi | 326 |
| 1.25-1.50" | 4 sq mi | 95 |
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Housing Exposure Inside the Lynchburg, VA Hail Swath Map
Inside the May 4, 2021 hail swath map area for Lynchburg, VA, HailGeeks estimates 22,557 single-family homes, 972 townhomes, and 9,692 multifamily properties within the mapped storm footprint. Single-family-home exposure is highest in the < 0.50" hail band, with 17,150 single-family homes.
| Mapped Hail Band | Single-Family | Townhomes | Multifamily |
|---|---|---|---|
| < 0.50" | 17,150 | 834 | 9,196 |
| 0.50-0.75" | 4,149 | 82 | 351 |
| 0.75-1.00" | 1,053 | 53 | 144 |
| 1.00-1.25" | 159 | 2 | 1 |
| 1.25-1.50" | 46 | 1 | 0 |
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Counties Inside the Lynchburg, VA Hail Map
Hail from the May 4, 2021 storm was mapped across 19 counties in the Lynchburg, VA region. Bedford County, VA had the strongest mapped signal, peaking at 1.25" with roughly 2,341 single-family homes inside the swath.
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Cities Inside the Lynchburg, VA Hail Map
Zooming in, the swath touched 5 cities near Lynchburg, VA. Amherst, VA had the strongest mapped signal at 0.50", with an estimated 661 single-family homes exposed.
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ZIP Codes Inside the Lynchburg, VA Hail Swath Map
At the ZIP level, the May 4, 2021 Lynchburg, VA hail map spans 35 ZIP codes. ZIP 24523 shows the strongest local signal, with mapped hail estimates up to 1.25" and an estimated single-family-home exposure of 473.
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Public Hail, Wind, and Tornado Reports
Public storm report tables connected to the May 4, 2021 hail map for Lynchburg, VA currently list 1 public hail reports, 65 public wind reports, and 0 tornado reports.
| Date & Time | Hail Size | City | State | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
May 4, 2021 1:48 PM CT |
1.50 in | Greenville | VA | UPDATED HAIL SIZE BASED ON PICTURES RECEIVED |
| Date & Time | Wind Speed | City | State | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
May 4, 2021 1:06 PM CT | 6 SW Summerdean | VA | TREE BLEW DOWN ON 400 BLOCK OF MT HERMON ROAD. ROAD CLOSED. | |
May 4, 2021 1:08 PM CT | 6 SW Summerdean | VA | TREE DOWN IN THE 400 BLOCK OF MOUNT HERMON RD. | |
May 4, 2021 1:12 PM CT | 1 NW Iron Gate | VA | TREE DOWN. | |
May 4, 2021 1:12 PM CT | Iron Gate | VA | TWO TREES DOWN. | |
May 4, 2021 1:20 PM CT | 4 SE Trimbles Mill | VA | TREE DOWN ON THE 200 BLOCK OF SUGARLOAF RD. | |
May 4, 2021 1:23 PM CT | 2 SW Glenvar | VA | 2 LARGE TREES DOWN ALONG US-460 IN THE DIXIE CAVERNS AREA. | |
May 4, 2021 1:25 PM CT | 1 W Salem City | VA | WINDS BLEW MULTIPLE LIMBS DOWN ALONG WEST RIVERSIDE DRIVE. | |
May 4, 2021 1:27 PM CT | 1 SSE Salem City | VA | MULTIPLE LIMBS AND TWO TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN ALONG APPERSON DRIVE NEAR THE AMERICAN LEGION. | |
May 4, 2021 1:28 PM CT | 3 W Salem City | VA | 30-50 FOOT TREE SNAPPED AND FELLED. | |
May 4, 2021 1:31 PM CT | 3 WNW Roanoke | VA | TREE DOWN AT THE INTERSECTION OF WESTSIDE BLVD NW AND SALEM TURNPIKE. | |
May 4, 2021 1:32 PM CT | 2 SSW Roanoke Airport | VA | A TREE WAS BLOWN DOWN AT THE INTERSECTION OF ANGUS ROAD AND GUERNSEY LANE. | |
May 4, 2021 1:33 PM CT | Roanoke | VA | A TREE WAS BLOWN DOWN AT THE INTERSECTION OF 13TH STREET SW AND PATTERSON AVE. | |
May 4, 2021 1:33 PM CT | 2 SW Roanoke | VA | WINDS BLEW LARGE LIMBS DOWN IN THE 1900 BLOCK OF GREENWOOD ROAD. | |
May 4, 2021 1:33 PM CT | 2 NE Cave Spring | VA | 3-INCH TREE LIMBS BROKEN. POWER POLES BROKEN. | |
May 4, 2021 1:34 PM CT | 2 SSW Roanoke | VA | A TREE WAS BLOWN DOWN AT THE INTERSECTION OF BRANDON AVE AND CANTERBURY ROAD SW. | |
May 4, 2021 1:37 PM CT | 1 WSW Hollins | VA | ONE TREE DOWN ALONG LAKEVIEW CIRCLE NW. | |
May 4, 2021 1:38 PM CT | Spottswood | VA | TREE DOWN ON THE 800 BLOCK OF SPOTSWOOD RD. | |
May 4, 2021 1:39 PM CT | 2 SSE Roanoke | VA | TREE DOWN ATOP MILL MOUNTAIN. | |
May 4, 2021 1:40 PM CT | 1 SE Daleville | VA | TREES UPROOTED OR SNAPPED. ROOF BLOWN OFF. | |
May 4, 2021 1:42 PM CT | 2 SSE Blue Ridge | VA | TREES DOWN ALONG ARCHWAY ROAD IN BLUE RIDGE... VA. | |
May 4, 2021 1:47 PM CT | Eagle Rock | VA | SEVERAL TREES DOWN. | |
May 4, 2021 1:47 PM CT | 1 ENE Blue Ridge | VA | TREES DOWN ALONG FIELD AVE IN BLUE RIDGE. | |
May 4, 2021 1:49 PM CT | Staunton | VA | TREE DOWN ON THE 100 BLOCK OF LAKE RD. | |
May 4, 2021 1:50 PM CT | 2 N Lithia | VA | TREE DOWN ON A TRAILER ALONG PREASE ROAD. | |
May 4, 2021 1:50 PM CT | 2 NNE Vinton | VA | THE PUBLIC REPORTS A TREE DOWN ON THE NORTHBOUND LANE OF THE BLUE RIDGE PARKWAY. | |
May 4, 2021 1:57 PM CT | 2 WSW Buchanan | VA | TREE DOWN ALONG LITHIA ROAD. | |
May 4, 2021 2:00 PM CT | 1 ENE Thaxton | VA | EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO TREES AND STRUCTURES AT A FARM ALONG PENICKS MILL ROAD IN THE THAXTON AREA. SEVERAL SKYLIGHTS BLOWN OUT OF A BARN. A LARGE SHED MOVED 6 FEET FROM ITS ORIGINAL LOCATION. NUMEROUS TREES DOWN ALONG TAYLORS MOUNTAIN ROAD... BUFFALO RUN ROAD... IRVING ROAD... AND NESTOR ROAD. NOTE: THIS DAMAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY TWO MILES FROM THE EXTENSIVE DAMAGE REPORTED AT ROBINSON COURT MOBILE HOME PARK... BOTH INCIDENTS CLOSE TO THE U.S. 460 CORRIDOR BETWEEN MONTVALE AND THAXTON. | |
May 4, 2021 2:00 PM CT | 2 WNW Thaxton | VA | AT LEAST TWO MOBILE HOMES BLOWN OFF THEIR FOUNDATION IN THE ROBINCREST MOBILE HOME PARK BETWEEN MONTVALE AND THAXTON ALONG THE LYNCHBURG-SALEM TURNPIKE OR U.S. 460. SEVERAL LARGE TREES DOWN IN THE AREA AND CONSIDERABLE DEBRIS ALONG THE HIGHWAY AND IN THE MOBILE HOME PARK. NO INJURIES OR FATALITIES REPORTED. | |
May 4, 2021 2:00 PM CT | 2 W Salem City | VA | SPOTTER REPORTS SEVERAL LARGE TREES DOWN BLOCKING WILDWOOD ROAD NEAR THE FOOD LION SHOPPING CENTER IN THE WESTERN PART OF SALEM CITY. | |
May 4, 2021 2:14 PM CT | 2 NE Glasgow | VA | TREE DOWN NEAR INTERSECTION OF RIVER ROAD AND GLASGOW HIGHWAY. | |
May 4, 2021 2:14 PM CT | Glasgow | VA | SEVERAL TREES DOWN. | |
May 4, 2021 2:15 PM CT | 5 NNE Centenary | VA | TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN NEAR ROUTE 20. | |
May 4, 2021 2:17 PM CT | 3 NNE Sherando | VA | TREE DOWN ALONG INCH RUN LN. | |
May 4, 2021 2:17 PM CT | 3 NNE Sherando | VA | TREE DOWN ALONG INCH RUN LN. | |
May 4, 2021 2:19 PM CT | 3 SSW Buena Vista City | VA | TREE DOWN ALONG GLASGOW HIGHWAY AND BENNETTS RUN ROAD. | |
May 4, 2021 2:24 PM CT | Lovingston | VA | MULTIPLE TREES BLEW DOWN ON CRABTREE FALLS HIGHWAY. | |
May 4, 2021 2:30 PM CT | 2 ESE Boonsboro | VA | NUMEROUS VERY LARGE TREES DOWN ESPECIALLY IRVINGTON SPRINGS RD AT IRVINGTON PARK NEIGHBORHOOD. TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR. | |
May 4, 2021 2:30 PM CT | 1 NNW Cornwall | VA | SEVERAL 4 INCH DIAMETER TREE BRANCHES DOWN. POWER LINES BLOWN DOWN. | |
May 4, 2021 2:31 PM CT | 3 SW Falconerville | VA | *** 1 FATAL *** TREE DOWN ON CAR NEAR B STREET CAUSING 1 FATALITY. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. | |
May 4, 2021 2:38 PM CT | 3 ESE Amherst | VA | TWO LARGE TREES DOWNED. SOME LIMBS DOWNED AS WELL. | |
May 4, 2021 2:38 PM CT | 2 SSE Boonsboro | VA | TREES DOWN ALONG WIGGINGTON ROAD. | |
May 4, 2021 2:46 PM CT | 1 W Arrington | VA | TWO TREES BLEW DOWN ON WILSON HILL ROAD. | |
May 4, 2021 2:49 PM CT | Lovingston | VA | MULTIPLE TREES DOWN ON ROUTE 29 IN LOVINGSTON. | |
May 4, 2021 2:49 PM CT | Five Forks | VA | SEVERAL TREES DOWN NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF OLD ALLEN CREEK LN. AND RICHMOND HWY. IN GLADSTONE... VA. | |
May 4, 2021 2:49 PM CT | 2 S Lynchburg City | VA | TREES DOWN IN THE FAIRVIEW HEIGHTS AREA. | |
May 4, 2021 2:53 PM CT | 2 WNW Rockfish | VA | DOWNED TREES BLOCKING ROADWAY NEAR ROUTES 620 AND 831 | |
May 4, 2021 2:58 PM CT | 2 SW Crozet | VA | TREE DOWN ON I-64 NEAR MM 108 | |
May 4, 2021 3:00 PM CT | 1 NNW Damon | VA | TREE DOWNED ON GREEN CREEK RD | |
May 4, 2021 3:06 PM CT | 1 NNW Glendower | VA | LARGE BRANCHES DOWNED | |
May 4, 2021 3:11 PM CT | 2 SSE Oakville | VA | TREE DOWN ALONG OAKVILLE ROAD. | |
May 4, 2021 3:12 PM CT | 3 SW Tower Hill | VA | TREE DOWN ALONG LIBERTY CHAPEL ROAD. | |
May 4, 2021 3:14 PM CT | 2 N Scottsville | VA | OUTBUILDING DAMAGED...ROOF REMOVED. UPDATED TO ADD SEVERAL TREES ALSO DOWNED IN THE AREA NORTH OF SCOTTSVILLE. | |
May 4, 2021 3:15 PM CT | 3 E Glendower | VA | TREE DOWN IN 7100 BLOCK OF BLENHEIM RD | |
May 4, 2021 3:15 PM CT | 5 NNE Centenary | VA | CORRECTS PREVIOUS TSTM WND DMG REPORT FROM 5 NNE CENTENARY. TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN NEAR ROUTE 20. | |
May 4, 2021 3:20 PM CT | 1 ESE Antioch | VA | ROOF OFF OF A BARN... PORCH ROOF LIFTED... SIDING DAMAGE AND NUMEROUS TREES DOWN. | |
May 4, 2021 3:24 PM CT | 4 NNE Hixburg | VA | TREE DOWN ALONG HOLIDAY LAKE ROAD. | |
May 4, 2021 3:24 PM CT | 1 N Andersonville | VA | TREE DOWN ALONG DIXIE HILL ROAD. | |
May 4, 2021 3:26 PM CT | 1 SSE Lake Monticello | VA | A LARGE TREE FELL AND DAMAGED A HOME IN LAKE MONTICELLO. | |
May 4, 2021 3:27 PM CT | 1 E Lake Monticello | VA | NUMEROUS REPORTS OF TREES DOWN ACROSS ROADS... ON HOUSES... AND ON VEHICLES... AND MULTIPLE POWER LINES DOWN AROUND LAKE MONTICELLO. | |
May 4, 2021 3:28 PM CT | 2 WNW Carysbrook | VA | OVER 50 TREES DOWN ACROSS FLUVANNA. WIDESPREAD TREE DAMAGE WITH MANY ROADS BLOCKED ACROSS THE COUNTY. | |
May 4, 2021 3:30 PM CT | Ferncliff | VA | 2 LARGE TREES DOWNED. MANY BRANCHES DOWNED AND BLOCKING ROAD. | |
May 4, 2021 3:47 PM CT | 3 ESE Zion Crossroads | VA | DOZENS OF TREES DOWN BLOCKING I64 EAST BOUND IN WESTERN LOUISA. NUMEROUS TREES DOWN BLOCKING ROADS COUNTRYWIDE. | |
May 4, 2021 4:18 PM CT | 1 WSW Jetersville | VA | TREES DOWN. | |
May 4, 2021 1:47 PM CT | 66 mph | 3 S Hollins | VA | ALSO 3 LARGE TREES DOWN AND POWER OUT. |
May 4, 2021 3:09 PM CT | 63 mph | 1 SE Covesville | VA | MEASUREMENT AT FAN MOUNTAIN OBSERVATORY |
| Date & Time | Rating | City | State | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No public tornado reports are available for this event. | ||||
This table includes only public storm reports connected to the May 4, 2021 Lynchburg, VA storm event. When available, each report may include the time, size or magnitude, city, state, and a short description.
Related Hail Maps in the Lynchburg, VA Region
We found 3 more hail maps with reports from the same Lynchburg, VA region as the May 4, 2021 event. These related maps cover storm dates from Jan 15, 2021 through Apr 9, 2021, with mapped hail estimates ranging from 0.75" to 3.00". In this set, the strongest related map reached 3.00", and the most recent map shown is from Apr 9, 2021.
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Local Hail Review Options Near Lynchburg, VA
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