Thunderstorm Wind, Hampshire
- When
- May 22, 5:30 PM EST
- Where
- Hampshire County, Springfield
- Property damage
- $15,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 39.450, -78.700
Trees downed and siding and roof material blown off homes
Damaging Wind in West Virginia, May 22, 1999
Low pressure over the Ohio River Valley produced a line of thunderstorms that moved across the Eastern Panhandle between 6:00 PM and 7:00 PM EDT. The strongest thunderstorms moved across Hampshire County, producing heavy downpours and wind gusts over 55 MPH.
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
- $15,000
- 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.
Low pressure over the Ohio River Valley produced a line of thunderstorms that moved across the Eastern Panhandle between 6:00 PM and 7:00 PM EDT. The strongest thunderstorms moved across Hampshire County, producing heavy downpours and wind gusts over 55 MPH. Around 6:30 PM EDT several homes and trees were damaged in roughly a 1 1/2 mile radius from the intersection of Route 28 and Greenspring Valley Road in Springfield. Emergency management officials reported siding and roof material removed from homes. Several large trees up to 2 1/2 feet in diameter were uprooted or broken off at the base, and one tree about 2 feet in diameter fell onto a house and car. Springfield received around 2 inches of rain in 45 minutes. Minor street flooding was reported in Romney where 1 inch of rain fell in 20 minutes.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
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 Kansas, May 22, 1999
- Flooding and Hail in Oklahoma, May 22, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, May 22, 1999
- Hail in Kansas, May 22, 1999
- Flash Flood and Hail in Kansas, May 22, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Mississippi, May 22, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, May 22, 1999
- Damaging Winds in Virginia, May 22, 1999
- Hail in Nebraska, May 22, 1999
- Lightning Strike in Florida, May 22, 1999
- Hail in Georgia, May 22, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, May 22, 1999
More
Every storm in West Virginia in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in West Virginia, May 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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5697120.