Excessive Heat, Barbour
- When
- January 2, 12:00 PM EST to January 4, 8:00 AM 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 in West Virginia, January 2 to 4, 2000
Afternoon temperatures on the 2nd and the 3rd rose into the upper 60s to mid 70s for the lowlands, with 60s in the mountains. The warmest from preliminary data was 76 degrees from Hamlin on the 2nd.
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 on the 2nd and the 3rd rose into the upper 60s to mid 70s for the lowlands, with 60s in the mountains. The warmest from preliminary data was 76 degrees from Hamlin on the 2nd. Madison had 75 degrees, while Clendenin and Spencer both recorded 74 degrees. Overnight low readings from the 3rd into the 4th remained mostly in the low and mid 50s.
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, Boone
- When
- January 2, 12:00 PM EST to January 4, 8:00 AM 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
- January 2, 12:00 PM EST to January 4, 8:00 AM 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
- January 2, 12:00 PM EST to January 4, 8:00 AM 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
- January 2, 12:00 PM EST to January 4, 8:00 AM 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
- January 2, 12:00 PM EST to January 4, 8:00 AM 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
- January 2, 12:00 PM EST to January 4, 8:00 AM 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
- January 2, 12:00 PM EST to January 4, 8:00 AM EST
- Where
- Fayette forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
Excessive Heat, Gilmer
- When
- January 2, 12:00 PM EST to January 4, 8:00 AM 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
- January 2, 12:00 PM EST to January 4, 8:00 AM 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
- January 2, 12:00 PM EST to January 4, 8:00 AM 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
- January 2, 12:00 PM EST to January 4, 8:00 AM 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
- January 2, 12:00 PM EST to January 4, 8:00 AM 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
- January 2, 12:00 PM EST to January 4, 8:00 AM 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
- January 2, 12:00 PM EST to January 4, 8:00 AM 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
- January 2, 12:00 PM EST to January 4, 8:00 AM 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
- January 2, 12:00 PM EST to January 4, 8:00 AM 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
- January 2, 12:00 PM EST to January 4, 8:00 AM 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
- January 2, 12:00 PM EST to January 4, 8:00 AM EST
- Where
- Nicholas forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
Excessive Heat, Pleasants
- When
- January 2, 12:00 PM EST to January 4, 8:00 AM 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
- January 2, 12:00 PM EST to January 4, 8:00 AM EST
- Where
- Pocahontas forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
Excessive Heat, Putnam
- When
- January 2, 12:00 PM EST to January 4, 8:00 AM 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
- January 2, 12:00 PM EST to January 4, 8:00 AM EST
- Where
- Raleigh forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
Excessive Heat, Randolph
- When
- January 2, 12:00 PM EST to January 4, 8:00 AM EST
- Where
- Randolph forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
Excessive Heat, Ritchie
- When
- January 2, 12:00 PM EST to January 4, 8:00 AM 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
- January 2, 12:00 PM EST to January 4, 8:00 AM 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
- January 2, 12:00 PM EST to January 4, 8:00 AM 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
- January 2, 12:00 PM EST to January 4, 8:00 AM 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
- January 2, 12:00 PM EST to January 4, 8:00 AM 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
- January 2, 12:00 PM EST to January 4, 8:00 AM 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
- January 2, 12:00 PM EST to January 4, 8:00 AM EST
- Where
- Webster forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
Excessive Heat, Wirt
- When
- January 2, 12:00 PM EST to January 4, 8:00 AM 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, Wood
- When
- January 2, 12:00 PM EST to January 4, 8:00 AM 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
- January 2, 12:00 PM EST to January 4, 8:00 AM EST
- Where
- Wyoming forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 37.610, -81.549 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
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
- High Wind in California, January 2, 2000
- Winter Storm in Nebraska, January 2, 2000
- Winter Weather in New York, January 2, 2000
- Excessive Heat in Virginia, January 2 to 4, 2000
- Heat in New Jersey, January 2 to 4, 2000
- Winter Weather in Vermont, January 2, 2000
- Winter Weather in Vermont, January 2, 2000
- Winter Weather in Vermont, January 2, 2000
- Winter Weather in Vermont, January 2, 2000
- Excessive Heat in Maryland, January 2 to 4, 2000
- Heat in Pennsylvania, January 2 to 4, 2000
- Excessive Heat in Ohio, January 2 to 4, 2000
More
Every storm in West Virginia in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in West Virginia, January 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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5127677, 5127678, 5127679, 5127680, 5127681, 5127682, 5127683, 5127684, 5127685, 5127686, 5127687, 5127688, 5127689, 5127690, 5127691, 5127692, 5127693, 5127694, 5127695, 5127696, 5127697, 5127698, 5127699, 5127700, 5127701, 5127702, 5127703, 5127704, 5127705, 5128140, 5128141, 5128142, 5128143, 5128144.