Thunderstorm Wind, Berkeley
- When
- July 28, 3:00 PM EST
- Where
- Berkeley County, Martinsburg
- Property damage
- $20,000
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 39.450, -77.970
Trees downed onto power lines, cars, and buildings
Damaging Winds in West Virginia, July 28, 1999
Temperatures in the 90s and very muggy air combined to produce thunderstorms across the Eastern Panhandle from 3:30 PM to 5:00 PM EDT. The storms that moved across Jefferson and Berkeley Counties produced winds in excess of 55 MPH, downing several trees.
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
- $23,000
- 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.
Temperatures in the 90s and very muggy air combined to produce thunderstorms across the Eastern Panhandle from 3:30 PM to 5:00 PM EDT. The storms that moved across Jefferson and Berkeley Counties produced winds in excess of 55 MPH, downing several trees. The city of Martinsburg reported several trees downed onto power lines, cars, and buildings. Two cars and a shed were totalled by falling trees as large as 5 feet in diameter. In Shepherdstown, a tree and power line fell onto a moving car. The driver of the vehicle was startled but unhurt. Several other trees in the city were also downed by the storm.
The radar
The Sterling radar (KLWX), 67 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:58 UTC.
Event by event
2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Jefferson
- When
- July 28, 3:15 PM EST
- Where
- Jefferson County, Shepherdstown
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 39.430, -77.800
Trees downed
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
- Heat in Illinois, July 28 to 31, 1999
- Tornadoes and Flash Flood in Ohio, July 28, 1999
- Heat in Illinois, July 28 to 31, 1999
- Damaging Winds in Virginia, July 28, 1999
- Heat in Wisconsin, July 28 to 30, 1999
- Heat in Minnesota, July 28 to 30, 1999
- Heat in Nebraska, July 28 to 29, 1999
- Heat in Arkansas, July 28, 1999
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Pennsylvania, July 28, 1999
- Tornado and Hail in Michigan, July 28, 1999
- Heat in Iowa, July 28 to 29, 1999
- Flash Flood and Damaging Wind in Arizona, July 28, 1999
More
Every storm in West Virginia in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in West Virginia, July 1999
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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5710602, 5710601.