Dust Devil, Pendleton
- When
- April 25, 10:00 AM EST
- Where
- Pendleton County, Riverton
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Coordinates
- 38.681, -79.351 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Dust Devil in West Virginia, April 25, 1998
A swirl of wind, coming down nearby mountains in a clear sky, caused minor damage at a residence in the Seneca Rocks/Riverton section of Pendleton Co. Damage included a lock box which was picked up, siding pulled out and pushed in again, and under-paneling which was sucked out of the home.
Where it happened
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- 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
- $1,000
- 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.
What happened
The episode as NWS LWX wrote it up.
A swirl of wind, coming down nearby mountains in a clear sky, caused minor damage at a residence in the Seneca Rocks/Riverton section of Pendleton Co. Damage included a lock box which was picked up, siding pulled out and pushed in again, and under-paneling which was sucked out of the home. Some of the damage was noted downwind of the residence.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 dust devil. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Dust Devil
- A small rotating column of dust from surface heating that caused damage or injury.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Damaging Wind in Texas, April 25, 1998
- Hail in Iowa, April 25, 1998
- High Wind in Alaska, April 25 to 28, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Colorado, April 25 to 26, 1998
- Flooding in South Dakota, April 25 to 26, 1998
- High Wind in Montana, April 25, 1998
- Hail in Nebraska, April 25, 1998
- Hail in Nebraska, April 25, 1998
- Hail in Nebraska, April 25, 1998
- Hail in Iowa, April 25, 1998
- Hail in Iowa, April 25, 1998
- Hail in Iowa, April 25, 1998
More
Every storm in West Virginia in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in West Virginia, April 1998
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: 5643726.