Excessive Heat, Wirt
- When
- February 26, 12:00 PM EST to 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Wirt forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 39.022, -81.379 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Excessive Heat in West Virginia, February 26, 2000
Afternoon temperatures rose to near 80 degrees in some towns in the western lowlands. Sutton and Hamlin reported 81 degrees, Weston,Glenville, and Clendenin had 80, Charleston 79, Parkersburg 77, and Elkins 74.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 28 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- 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
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 34
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 RLX wrote it up.
Afternoon temperatures rose to near 80 degrees in some towns in the western lowlands. Sutton and Hamlin reported 81 degrees, Weston,Glenville, and Clendenin had 80, Charleston 79, Parkersburg 77, and Elkins 74. Despite the wintry start to the month, the month ended up to be 7th warmest February at Huntington and the 10th warmestat Charleston.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
34 excessive heat. Local standard time, as filed.
Excessive Heat, Wood
- When
- February 26, 12:00 PM EST to 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Wood forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 39.211, -81.515 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Excessive Heat, Wyoming
- When
- February 26, 12:00 PM EST to 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Wyoming forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 37.610, -81.549 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Excessive Heat, Barbour
- When
- February 26, 12:00 PM EST to 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Barbour forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 39.133, -80.003 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Excessive Heat, Boone
- When
- February 26, 12:00 PM EST to 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Boone forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 38.023, -81.711 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Excessive Heat, Braxton
- When
- February 26, 12:00 PM EST to 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Braxton forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 38.700, -80.719 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Excessive Heat, Cabell
- When
- February 26, 12:00 PM EST to 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Cabell forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 38.420, -82.242 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Excessive Heat, Calhoun
- When
- February 26, 12:00 PM EST to 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Calhoun forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 38.845, -81.118 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Excessive Heat, Clay
- When
- February 26, 12:00 PM EST to 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Clay forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 38.463, -81.075 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Excessive Heat, Doddridge
- When
- February 26, 12:00 PM EST to 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Doddridge forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 39.269, -80.707 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Excessive Heat, Fayette
- When
- February 26, 12:00 PM EST to 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Fayette forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
Excessive Heat, Gilmer
- When
- February 26, 12:00 PM EST to 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Gilmer forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 38.924, -80.857 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Excessive Heat, Harrison
- When
- February 26, 12:00 PM EST to 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Harrison forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 39.284, -80.380 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Excessive Heat, Jackson
- When
- February 26, 12:00 PM EST to 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Jackson forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 38.835, -81.675 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Excessive Heat, Kanawha
- When
- February 26, 12:00 PM EST to 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Kanawha forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 38.337, -81.528 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Excessive Heat, Lewis
- When
- February 26, 12:00 PM EST to 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Lewis forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 38.996, -80.502 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Excessive Heat, Lincoln
- When
- February 26, 12:00 PM EST to 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Lincoln forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 38.175, -82.070 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Excessive Heat, Logan
- When
- February 26, 12:00 PM EST to 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Logan forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 37.832, -81.935 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Excessive Heat, Mason
- When
- February 26, 12:00 PM EST to 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Mason forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 38.770, -82.026 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Excessive Heat, McDowell
- When
- February 26, 12:00 PM EST to 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- McDowell forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 37.379, -81.654 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Excessive Heat, Mingo
- When
- February 26, 12:00 PM EST to 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Mingo forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 37.726, -82.135 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Excessive Heat, Nicholas
- When
- February 26, 12:00 PM EST to 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Nicholas forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
Excessive Heat, Pleasants
- When
- February 26, 12:00 PM EST to 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Pleasants forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 39.371, -81.161 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Excessive Heat, Pocahontas
- When
- February 26, 12:00 PM EST to 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Pocahontas forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
Excessive Heat, Putnam
- When
- February 26, 12:00 PM EST to 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Putnam forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 38.509, -81.909 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Excessive Heat, Raleigh
- When
- February 26, 12:00 PM EST to 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Raleigh forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
Excessive Heat, Randolph
- When
- February 26, 12:00 PM EST to 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Randolph forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
Excessive Heat, Ritchie
- When
- February 26, 12:00 PM EST to 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Ritchie forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 39.178, -81.063 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Excessive Heat, Roane
- When
- February 26, 12:00 PM EST to 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Roane forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 38.714, -81.348 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Excessive Heat, Taylor
- When
- February 26, 12:00 PM EST to 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Taylor forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 39.336, -80.046 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Excessive Heat, Tyler
- When
- February 26, 12:00 PM EST to 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Tyler forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 39.465, -80.885 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Excessive Heat, Upshur
- When
- February 26, 12:00 PM EST to 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Upshur forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 38.898, -80.233 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Excessive Heat, Wayne
- When
- February 26, 12:00 PM EST to 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Wayne forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 38.146, -82.427 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Excessive Heat, Webster
- When
- February 26, 12:00 PM EST to 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Webster forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
What these are
- Excessive Heat
- Heat at or above the local excessive heat warning criteria, or heat that caused deaths.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Flooding in New York, February 26 to 29, 2000
- Winter Storm in North Dakota, February 26, 2000
- Tornado in Arkansas, February 26, 2000
- Tornado in Arkansas, February 26, 2000
- Excessive Heat in Ohio, February 26, 2000
- Heavy Rain in California, February 26 to 27, 2000
- High Wind in Oregon, February 26, 2000
- Excessive Heat in Kentucky, February 26, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Nevada, February 26, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Oregon, February 26, 2000
- Heavy Snow in California, February 26 to 27, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Idaho, February 26 to 27, 2000
More
Every storm in West Virginia in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in West Virginia, February 2000
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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5128812, 5128813, 5128814, 5130334, 5130335, 5130336, 5130337, 5130338, 5130339, 5130340, 5130341, 5130342, 5130343, 5130344, 5130345, 5130346, 5130347, 5130348, 5130349, 5130350, 5130351, 5130352, 5130353, 5130354, 5130355, 5130356, 5130357, 5130358, 5130359, 5130360, 5130361, 5130362, 5130363, 5130364.