Thunderstorm Wind, Doddridge
- When
- June 13, 1:45 PM EST to 1:50 PM EST
- Where
- Doddridge County, Oxford to Leopold
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 39.200, -80.870
Roads were blocked by fallen trees.
Hail and Damaging Winds in West Virginia, June 13, 1997
2 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 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
- $13,000
- 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 Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 123 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:43 UTC.
Event by event
2 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Ritchie
- When
- June 13, 1:45 PM EST
- Where
- Ritchie County, Harrisville to 2 mi E of Pullman
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Coordinates
- 39.180, -81.080
Near Harrisville, a roof to an old barn was picked-up and blown across Route 31, while trees were uprooted in the vicinity. Trees fell across Route 9 between Pullman and Oxford.
Hail, Kanawha
- When
- June 13, 3:25 PM EST
- Where
- Kanawha County, Miami
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.150, -81.450
Hail, Fayette
- When
- June 13, 3:31 PM EST
- Where
- Fayette County, Powellton
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.080, -81.320
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
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- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, June 13, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, June 13, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, June 13, 1997
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Tennessee, June 13 to 14, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, June 13, 1997
- Tornado and Flash Flood in Texas, June 13, 1997
- Tornadoes and Flash Flood in Wyoming, June 13, 1997
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: 5604594, 5604595, 5604593, 5604966.