Thunderstorm Wind, Lewis
- When
- April 16, 12:45 AM EST
- Where
- Lewis County, Big Otter
- Property damage
- $500
- Coordinates
- 38.996, -80.502 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Large tree branches fell onto power lines in the three counties.
Hail and Damaging Winds in West Virginia, April 16, 1993
4 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 5 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- 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
- $7,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 5
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
4 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Lewis
- When
- April 16, 1:05 AM EST
- Where
- Lewis County, Weston
- Property damage
- $500
- Coordinates
- 38.996, -80.502 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Large tree branches fell onto power lines in the three counties.
Thunderstorm Wind, Berkeley
- When
- April 16, 8:25 AM EST
- Where
- Berkeley County
- Property damage
- $500
- Coordinates
- 39.464, -78.027 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Thunderstorm Wind, Jefferson
- When
- April 16, 8:45 AM EST
- Where
- Jefferson County
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Coordinates
- 39.308, -77.863 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail, Morgan
- When
- April 16, 6:10 PM EST
- Where
- Morgan County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.560, -78.258 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Powerful thunderstorm winds knocked down trees and powerlines in parts of both counties. The most significant damage reported was about 5 miles south of Charles Town, where the roofs were ripped off of a barn and a small building, and a 14- foot-tall cinder block wall was smashed.
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.
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Hail in Pennsylvania, April 16, 1993
- Tornadoes and Hail in Virginia, April 16, 1993
- Tornado in Ohio, April 16, 1993
- Tornado and Hail in North Carolina, April 16, 1993
- Damaging Winds in New York, April 16, 1993
- Tornado and Hail in Maryland, April 16, 1993
- Damaging Wind in Michigan, April 16, 1993
More
Every storm in West Virginia in 1993Every state in 1993This day in weather historyWarnings in West Virginia, April 1993
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: 10358226, 10358227, 10356191, 10358167, 10358152.