Thunderstorm Wind, Hardy
- When
- June 13, 12:20 PM EST
- Where
- Hardy County, 2 mi NE of Oldfields
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 39.150, -78.920
Damaging Winds in West Virginia, June 13, 1998
A vigorous upper-level disturbance acted upon increasingly warm and humid air near the surface to produce scattered strong to severe thunderstorms across eastern West Virginia during the early afternoon. The individual cells eventually formed into a line, causing wind damage, large hail, and numerous power outages in northern Virginia and central Maryland.
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
- $25,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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 vigorous upper-level disturbance acted upon increasingly warm and humid air near the surface to produce scattered strong to severe thunderstorms across eastern West Virginia during the early afternoon. The individual cells eventually formed into a line, causing wind damage, large hail, and numerous power outages in northern Virginia and central Maryland. Two separate events were reported. The first was an area of downed trees and limbs near the South Branch of the Potomac River just north of Old Fields. The other was a measured wind gust of 65 mph in Jefferson Co. This cell also produced damage in the form of numerous downed trees and some wires. One tree fell onto a home near Harpers Ferry.The storms moved out of the area by mid afternoon.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Jefferson
- When
- June 13, 2:00 PM EST to 2:10 PM EST
- Where
- Jefferson County, Charles Town to Harpers Ferry
- Measured
- 56 kt (64 mph)
- Property damage
- $20,000
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 39.300, -77.850
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.
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The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, June 13, 1998
- Tornadoes and Hail in Nebraska, June 13, 1998
- Tornado in Kansas, June 13, 1998
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Massachusetts, June 13 to 23, 1998
- Heat in Florida, June 13, 1998
- Flooding in Kansas, June 13 to 22, 1998
- Tornadoes and Hail in Nebraska, June 13, 1998
- Flash Flooding in New Hampshire, June 13 to 15, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Virginia, June 13, 1998
- Damaging Wind and Lightning Strike in District of Columbia, June 13, 1998
- Flash Flooding in Maine, June 13 to 15, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Kansas, June 13, 1998
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: 5658553, 5658554.