Thunderstorm Wind, Brooke
- When
- July 17, 1:10 AM EST
- Where
- Brooke County, Follansbee
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Coordinates
- 40.274, -80.576 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Thunderstorm winds downed power lines in Follansbee.
Damaging Winds in West Virginia, July 17, 1995
4 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 4 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
- 4
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.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
4 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Hancock
- When
- July 17, 1:10 AM EST
- Where
- Hancock County, Weirton
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Coordinates
- 40.522, -80.574 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Thunderstorm winds downed power lines in Weirton.
Thunderstorm Wind, Ohio
- When
- July 17, 12:15 PM EST
- Where
- Ohio County, West Liberty
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Coordinates
- 40.097, -80.619 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Thunderstorm winds downed power lines and large trees in West Liberty.
Thunderstorm Wind, Ohio
- When
- July 17, 12:25 PM EST
- Where
- Ohio County, Wheeling
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 40.097, -80.619 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Several trees were downed in Wheeling, along with a few trees and branches at the Wheeling Island Marina, where falling limbs damaged some picnic tables.
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
- Tornado and Hail in Nebraska, July 17, 1995
- Damaging Winds in New York, July 17, 1995
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, July 17, 1995
- Damaging Winds in Virginia, July 17, 1995
- Damaging Winds in North Carolina, July 17, 1995
- Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, July 17, 1995
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Alabama, July 17, 1995
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, July 17, 1995
- Damaging Winds in Kentucky, July 17, 1995
- Tornadoes and Hail in Colorado, July 17, 1995
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, July 17, 1995
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Florida, July 17, 1995
More
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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: 10356256, 10358104, 10358192, 10358211.