After a morning cluster of showers and thunderstorms, convection redeveloped during the early afternoon in central Ohio.  This was on the western flank of the morning convection. The storms and showers moved into West Virginia during the late afternoon and evening. This was south of a cold front that was creeping south from northern Ohio.
The strongest cells produced localized downpours and hail.  Hail as large as golf balls fell in Ritchie County.  Some of the storm clusters were elongated along the east to west flow, prolonging the downpours.  One to 2 inches of rain were common in those bands.  Minor flash flooding occurred in northern Wood County.  However, the heaviest rain was in Nicholas County.  An automatic guage near Muddlety measured 2.4 inches of rain.

Hail in WOOD, WEST VIRGINIA
From 26-APR-16 16:15:00 to 26-APR-16 16:15:00 (EST-5)
Location: PARKERSBURG
Magnitude: 1.00 
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Public

Hail in RITCHIE, WEST VIRGINIA
From 26-APR-16 16:40:00 to 26-APR-16 16:40:00 (EST-5)
Location: HARRISVILLE
Magnitude: 1.00 
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Trained Spotter

Hail in GILMER, WEST VIRGINIA
From 26-APR-16 17:07:00 to 26-APR-16 17:07:00 (EST-5)
Location: TROY
Magnitude: 1.50 
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Public

Hail in RITCHIE, WEST VIRGINIA
From 26-APR-16 17:00:00 to 26-APR-16 17:00:00 (EST-5)
Location: AUBURN
Magnitude: 1.75 
Property damage: 5.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Public

Hail was mostly small, but a few large stones were the size of golf balls.

Hail in LEWIS, WEST VIRGINIA
From 26-APR-16 17:25:00 to 26-APR-16 17:25:00 (EST-5)
Location: FINSTER
Magnitude: 0.75 
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Trained Spotter

Traffic stopped on Interstate 79 in southern Lewis County, when encountering the hail.

Flash Flood in WOOD, WEST VIRGINIA
From 26-APR-16 16:25:00 to 26-APR-16 17:45:00 (EST-5)
Location: BRISCOE
Flood cause: Heavy Rain
Property damage: 10.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Trained Spotter

Rain fall of 1 to 1.5 inches fell in less than 90 minutes over wet terrain. An automatic gauge had a half inch of rain in 15 minutes with a total of 1.39 inches.  A volunteer observer in Williamstown had 1.68  inches.
Minor flash flooding occurred when Williams Creek flooded several streets in and around Williamstown.  Also in the Williams Creek basin, water covered a portion of Interstate 77 between mile marker 184 and 185.

Hail in RITCHIE, WEST VIRGINIA
From 26-APR-16 16:25:00 to 26-APR-16 16:25:00 (EST-5)
Location: HARRISVILLE
Magnitude: 1.75 
Property damage: 10.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Public

Golf ball size hail fell.

Hail in RALEIGH, WEST VIRGINIA
From 26-APR-16 21:41:00 to 26-APR-16 21:41:00 (EST-5)
Location: BECKLEY
Magnitude: 0.88 
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Trained Spotter

Hail in GILMER, WEST VIRGINIA
From 26-APR-16 17:03:00 to 26-APR-16 17:03:00 (EST-5)
Location: CONINGS
Magnitude: 1.00 
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: CoCoRaHS

Hail in JACKSON, WEST VIRGINIA
From 26-APR-16 15:35:00 to 26-APR-16 15:35:00 (EST-5)
Location: LE ROY
Magnitude: 0.88 
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Post Office

Hail in WOOD, WEST VIRGINIA
From 26-APR-16 16:16:00 to 26-APR-16 16:16:00 (EST-5)
Location: PARKERSBURG
Magnitude: 0.75 
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Public