Thunderstorm Wind, Kanawha
- When
- March 20, 11:49 PM CST
- Where
- Kanawha County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 38.380, -81.600
Damaging Wind in West Virginia, March 20, 1976
1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
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- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
Event by event
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Hail in Michigan, March 20, 1976
- Tornadoes and Hail in Illinois, March 20, 1976
- Tornadoes and Hail in Indiana, March 20, 1976
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Alabama, March 20, 1976
- Tornadoes and Hail in Mississippi, March 20, 1976
- Tornadoes and Hail in Louisiana, March 20, 1976
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, March 20, 1976
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, March 20, 1976
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, March 20, 1976
- Tornadoes and Hail in Missouri, March 20, 1976
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Ohio, March 20, 1976
- Hail in Texas, March 20, 1976
More
Every storm in West Virginia in 1976Every state in 1976This day in weather history
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 10146578.