West Virginia, 2000

High Wind in West Virginia, January 11, 2000

January 11, 2000 · NWS PBZ · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 high wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.

The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
$5,000
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.

Event by event

1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.

High Wind, Preston

When
January 11, 10:00 AM EST to 12:00 PM EST
Where
Preston forecast zone
Measured
50 kt (58 mph)
Property damage
$5,000
Reported by
EMERGENCY MANAGER

Several trees were downed across the county by high winds. These strong winds developed in the wake of an intense area of low pressure moving east of the region.

What these are

High Wind
Sustained non-thunderstorm winds of 40 mph or more for an hour, or gusts of 58 mph or more.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

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: 5128696.