High Wind, Barbour
- When
- January 11, 5:00 AM EST to 9:00 AM EST
- Where
- Barbour forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 39.133, -80.003 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind in West Virginia, January 11, 2000
A secondary cold front caused early morning wind gusts of 40 to 55 mph. Parkersburg had a gust of 52 mph at 0550E.
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.
A secondary cold front caused early morning wind gusts of 40 to 55 mph. Parkersburg had a gust of 52 mph at 0550E. Huntington also recorded a 52 mph gust at 0740E. Clarksburg measured a gust to 46 mph at 0805E.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
34 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Boone
- When
- January 11, 5:00 AM EST to 9:00 AM EST
- Where
- Boone forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 38.023, -81.711 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Braxton
- When
- January 11, 5:00 AM EST to 9:00 AM EST
- Where
- Braxton forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 38.700, -80.719 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Cabell
- When
- January 11, 5:00 AM EST to 9:00 AM EST
- Where
- Cabell forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 38.420, -82.242 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Calhoun
- When
- January 11, 5:00 AM EST to 9:00 AM EST
- Where
- Calhoun forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 38.845, -81.118 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Clay
- When
- January 11, 5:00 AM EST to 9:00 AM EST
- Where
- Clay forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 38.463, -81.075 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Doddridge
- When
- January 11, 5:00 AM EST to 9:00 AM EST
- Where
- Doddridge forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 39.269, -80.707 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Fayette
- When
- January 11, 5:00 AM EST to 9:00 AM EST
- Where
- Fayette forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
High Wind, Gilmer
- When
- January 11, 5:00 AM EST to 9:00 AM EST
- Where
- Gilmer forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 38.924, -80.857 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Harrison
- When
- January 11, 5:00 AM EST to 9:00 AM EST
- Where
- Harrison forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 39.284, -80.380 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Jackson
- When
- January 11, 5:00 AM EST to 9:00 AM EST
- Where
- Jackson forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 38.835, -81.675 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Kanawha
- When
- January 11, 5:00 AM EST to 9:00 AM EST
- Where
- Kanawha forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 38.337, -81.528 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Lewis
- When
- January 11, 5:00 AM EST to 9:00 AM EST
- Where
- Lewis forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 38.996, -80.502 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Lincoln
- When
- January 11, 5:00 AM EST to 9:00 AM EST
- Where
- Lincoln forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 38.175, -82.070 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Logan
- When
- January 11, 5:00 AM EST to 9:00 AM EST
- Where
- Logan forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 37.832, -81.935 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Mason
- When
- January 11, 5:00 AM EST to 9:00 AM EST
- Where
- Mason forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 38.770, -82.026 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, McDowell
- When
- January 11, 5:00 AM EST to 9:00 AM EST
- Where
- McDowell forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 37.379, -81.654 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Mingo
- When
- January 11, 5:00 AM EST to 9:00 AM EST
- Where
- Mingo forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 37.726, -82.135 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Nicholas
- When
- January 11, 5:00 AM EST to 9:00 AM EST
- Where
- Nicholas forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
High Wind, Pleasants
- When
- January 11, 5:00 AM EST to 9:00 AM EST
- Where
- Pleasants forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 39.371, -81.161 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Pocahontas
- When
- January 11, 5:00 AM EST to 9:00 AM EST
- Where
- Pocahontas forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
High Wind, Putnam
- When
- January 11, 5:00 AM EST to 9:00 AM EST
- Where
- Putnam forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 38.509, -81.909 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Raleigh
- When
- January 11, 5:00 AM EST to 9:00 AM EST
- Where
- Raleigh forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
High Wind, Randolph
- When
- January 11, 5:00 AM EST to 9:00 AM EST
- Where
- Randolph forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
High Wind, Ritchie
- When
- January 11, 5:00 AM EST to 9:00 AM EST
- Where
- Ritchie forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 39.178, -81.063 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Roane
- When
- January 11, 5:00 AM EST to 9:00 AM EST
- Where
- Roane forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 38.714, -81.348 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Taylor
- When
- January 11, 5:00 AM EST to 9:00 AM EST
- Where
- Taylor forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 39.336, -80.046 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Tyler
- When
- January 11, 5:00 AM EST to 9:00 AM EST
- Where
- Tyler forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 39.465, -80.885 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Upshur
- When
- January 11, 5:00 AM EST to 9:00 AM EST
- Where
- Upshur forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 38.898, -80.233 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Wayne
- When
- January 11, 5:00 AM EST to 9:00 AM EST
- Where
- Wayne forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 38.146, -82.427 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Webster
- When
- January 11, 5:00 AM EST to 9:00 AM EST
- Where
- Webster forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
High Wind, Wirt
- When
- January 11, 5:00 AM EST to 9:00 AM EST
- Where
- Wirt forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 39.022, -81.379 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Wood
- When
- January 11, 5:00 AM EST to 9:00 AM EST
- Where
- Wood forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 39.211, -81.515 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Wyoming
- When
- January 11, 5:00 AM EST to 9:00 AM EST
- Where
- Wyoming forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 37.610, -81.549 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
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
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- High Wind in Ohio, January 11, 2000
- High Wind in Maryland, January 11, 2000
- High Wind in Kentucky, January 11, 2000
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: 5126690, 5126691, 5126692, 5126693, 5126694, 5126695, 5126696, 5126697, 5126698, 5126699, 5126700, 5126701, 5126702, 5126703, 5126704, 5126705, 5126706, 5126707, 5126708, 5126709, 5126710, 5126711, 5126712, 5126713, 5126714, 5126715, 5126716, 5126717, 5126718, 5127077, 5127078, 5127079, 5127080, 5127450.