Heat, Pendleton
- When
- March 8, 8:00 AM EST to 8:00 PM EST
- Where
- Pendleton forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Heat in West Virginia, March 8, 2000
High pressure over the Eastern Seaboard and warm southerly winds on the 8th resulted in sunny skies and temperatures over 20 degrees above normal. High temperatures included 85 degrees at Moorefield, 83 degrees at Petersburg, 82 degrees at Mathias, and 75 degrees at Bayard.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 5 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
- 8
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 LWX wrote it up.
High pressure over the Eastern Seaboard and warm southerly winds on the 8th resulted in sunny skies and temperatures over 20 degrees above normal. High temperatures included 85 degrees at Moorefield, 83 degrees at Petersburg, 82 degrees at Mathias, and 75 degrees at Bayard.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
8 heat. Local standard time, as filed.
Heat, Grant
- When
- March 8, 8:00 AM EST to 8:00 PM EST
- Where
- Grant forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Heat, Mineral
- When
- March 8, 8:00 AM EST to 8:00 PM EST
- Where
- Mineral forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Heat, Morgan
- When
- March 8, 8:00 AM EST to 8:00 PM EST
- Where
- Morgan forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 39.560, -78.258 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heat, Berkeley
- When
- March 8, 8:00 AM EST to 8:00 PM EST
- Where
- Berkeley forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 39.464, -78.027 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heat, Jefferson
- When
- March 8, 8:00 AM EST to 8:00 PM EST
- Where
- Jefferson forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 39.308, -77.863 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heat, Hampshire
- When
- March 8, 8:00 AM EST to 8:00 PM EST
- Where
- Hampshire forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 39.317, -78.614 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heat, Hardy
- When
- March 8, 8:00 AM EST to 8:00 PM EST
- Where
- Hardy forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 39.008, -78.858 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Heat
- Heat below excessive heat criteria that still caused deaths, injuries or significant impacts.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Flooding in California, March 8, 2000
- Tornado and Hail in Wisconsin, March 8, 2000
- Wildfire in Missouri, March 8 to 10, 2000
- High Wind in Iowa, March 8 to 9, 2000
- High Wind in Missouri, March 8, 2000
- Lightning Strikes in Michigan, March 8 to 9, 2000
- High Wind in Kansas, March 8, 2000
- Lightning Strike in Minnesota, March 8, 2000
- Excessive Heat in West Virginia, March 8, 2000
- High Wind in Kansas, March 8, 2000
- Winter Storm in Nebraska, March 8, 2000
- Hail in Michigan, March 8, 2000
More
Every storm in West Virginia in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in West Virginia, March 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: 5135533, 5135534, 5135535, 5135536, 5135537, 5135538, 5136815, 5136913.