Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in West Virginia, July 29, 2000

Name: Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in West Virginia, July 29, 2000
Start: 2000-07-29T18:15
End: 2000-07-29T23:45
Location: West Virginia

July 29, 2000 · NWS RLX · 7 events in 6 counties and zones

5 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 2 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $23,000
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 7

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.

The radar

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 63 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:12 UTC.

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Event by event

5 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Wayne

When: July 29, 6:15 PM EST
Where: Wayne County, 1 mi S of Wayne
Property damage: $1,000
Reported by: DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
Coordinates: 38.200, -82.433

Trees were knocked down along Route 37.

Thunderstorm Wind, Wayne

When: July 29, 7:50 PM EST
Where: Wayne County, Dunlow
Property damage: $1,000
Reported by: DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
Coordinates: 38.017, -82.433

A few large trees fell along Route 152.

Thunderstorm Wind, Boone

When: July 29, 8:50 PM EST
Where: Boone County, Williams Mtn
Property damage: $2,000
Reported by: DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
Coordinates: 38.033, -81.667

Route 5 was blocked by fallen trees.

Thunderstorm Wind, Lincoln

When: July 29, 8:50 PM EST
Where: Lincoln County, 2 mi W of Sumerco
Property damage: $1,000
Reported by: DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
Coordinates: 38.233, -81.933

Trees were blown down along Porter Fork and Route 214.

Thunderstorm Wind, Kanawha

When: July 29, 9:35 PM EST
Where: Kanawha County, Sissonville
Property damage: $8,000
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 38.533, -81.633

Fallen trees damaged a mobile home.

Flash Flood, Cabell

When: July 29, 10:15 PM EST to 11:15 PM EST
Where: Cabell County, Milton
Property damage: $5,000
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 38.420, -82.242 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Streams flooded roads, including Route 60. No homes were damaged.

Flash Flood, Putnam

When: July 29, 10:30 PM EST to 11:45 PM EST
Where: Putnam County, 3 mi N of Hurricane
Property damage: $5,000
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 38.509, -81.909 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hurricane Creek flooded County Route 19 causing some erosion damage.

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.
Flash Flood: Flooding that begins within six hours of the rain that causes it, or of a dam or levee failure or ice jam release, often with deadly speed.

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

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in West Virginia in 2000 Every state in 2000 This day in weather history Warnings in West Virginia, July 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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5155850, 5155851, 5155852, 5155853, 5155854, 5155856, 5155855.