High Wind, Barbour
- When
- November 9, 6:10 PM EST to 10:00 PM EST
- Where
- Barbour forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 39.133, -80.003 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind in West Virginia, November 9, 2000
Brief wind gusts of 40 to 50 mph were common along a squall line, preceding a cold front. Some of the representative wind gusts were 38 mph at Beckley, 45 mph at Huntington, 46 mph at Parkersburg and Charleston, and 47 mph at Elkins.
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.
Brief wind gusts of 40 to 50 mph were common along a squall line, preceding a cold front. Some of the representative wind gusts were 38 mph at Beckley, 45 mph at Huntington, 46 mph at Parkersburg and Charleston, and 47 mph at Elkins.
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
- November 9, 6:10 PM EST to 10:00 PM EST
- Where
- Boone forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 38.023, -81.711 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Braxton
- When
- November 9, 6:10 PM EST to 10:00 PM EST
- Where
- Braxton forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 38.700, -80.719 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Cabell
- When
- November 9, 6:10 PM EST to 10:00 PM EST
- Where
- Cabell forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 38.420, -82.242 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Calhoun
- When
- November 9, 6:10 PM EST to 10:00 PM EST
- Where
- Calhoun forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 38.845, -81.118 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Clay
- When
- November 9, 6:10 PM EST to 10:00 PM EST
- Where
- Clay forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 38.463, -81.075 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Doddridge
- When
- November 9, 6:10 PM EST to 10:00 PM EST
- Where
- Doddridge forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 39.269, -80.707 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Fayette
- When
- November 9, 6:10 PM EST to 10:00 PM EST
- Where
- Fayette forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
High Wind, Gilmer
- When
- November 9, 6:10 PM EST to 10:00 PM EST
- Where
- Gilmer forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 38.924, -80.857 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Harrison
- When
- November 9, 6:10 PM EST to 10:00 PM EST
- Where
- Harrison forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 39.284, -80.380 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Jackson
- When
- November 9, 6:10 PM EST to 10:00 PM EST
- Where
- Jackson forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 38.835, -81.675 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Kanawha
- When
- November 9, 6:10 PM EST to 10:00 PM EST
- Where
- Kanawha forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 38.337, -81.528 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Lewis
- When
- November 9, 6:10 PM EST to 10:00 PM EST
- Where
- Lewis forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 38.996, -80.502 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Lincoln
- When
- November 9, 6:10 PM EST to 10:00 PM EST
- Where
- Lincoln forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 38.175, -82.070 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Logan
- When
- November 9, 6:10 PM EST to 10:00 PM EST
- Where
- Logan forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 37.832, -81.935 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Mason
- When
- November 9, 6:10 PM EST to 10:00 PM EST
- Where
- Mason forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 38.770, -82.026 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, McDowell
- When
- November 9, 6:10 PM EST to 10:00 PM EST
- Where
- McDowell forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 37.379, -81.654 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Mingo
- When
- November 9, 6:10 PM EST to 10:00 PM EST
- Where
- Mingo forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 37.726, -82.135 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Nicholas
- When
- November 9, 6:10 PM EST to 10:00 PM EST
- Where
- Nicholas forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
High Wind, Pleasants
- When
- November 9, 6:10 PM EST to 10:00 PM EST
- Where
- Pleasants forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 39.371, -81.161 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Pocahontas
- When
- November 9, 6:10 PM EST to 10:00 PM EST
- Where
- Pocahontas forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
High Wind, Putnam
- When
- November 9, 6:10 PM EST to 10:00 PM EST
- Where
- Putnam forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 38.509, -81.909 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Raleigh
- When
- November 9, 6:10 PM EST to 10:00 PM EST
- Where
- Raleigh forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
High Wind, Randolph
- When
- November 9, 6:10 PM EST to 10:00 PM EST
- Where
- Randolph forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
High Wind, Ritchie
- When
- November 9, 6:10 PM EST to 10:00 PM EST
- Where
- Ritchie forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 39.178, -81.063 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Roane
- When
- November 9, 6:10 PM EST to 10:00 PM EST
- Where
- Roane forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 38.714, -81.348 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Taylor
- When
- November 9, 6:10 PM EST to 10:00 PM EST
- Where
- Taylor forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 39.336, -80.046 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Tyler
- When
- November 9, 6:10 PM EST to 10:00 PM EST
- Where
- Tyler forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 39.465, -80.885 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Upshur
- When
- November 9, 6:10 PM EST to 10:00 PM EST
- Where
- Upshur forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 38.898, -80.233 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Wayne
- When
- November 9, 6:10 PM EST to 10:00 PM EST
- Where
- Wayne forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 38.146, -82.427 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Webster
- When
- November 9, 6:10 PM EST to 10:00 PM EST
- Where
- Webster forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
High Wind, Wirt
- When
- November 9, 6:10 PM EST to 10:00 PM EST
- Where
- Wirt forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 39.022, -81.379 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Wood
- When
- November 9, 6:10 PM EST to 10:00 PM EST
- Where
- Wood forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 39.211, -81.515 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Wyoming
- When
- November 9, 6:10 PM EST to 10:00 PM 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
- 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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- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, November 9, 2000
- Tornado in Alabama, November 9, 2000
- Damaging Winds in Tennessee, November 9, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Georgia, November 9, 2000
- High Wind in Kentucky, November 9, 2000
- High Wind in Ohio, November 9, 2000
- Damaging Winds in Indiana, November 9, 2000
- Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, November 9, 2000
- Lightning Strike in Louisiana, November 9, 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: 5158472, 5158473, 5158474, 5158475, 5158476, 5158477, 5158478, 5158479, 5158480, 5158481, 5158482, 5158483, 5158484, 5158485, 5158526, 5158527, 5158528, 5158529, 5158530, 5158531, 5158532, 5158533, 5158534, 5158535, 5158536, 5158537, 5158538, 5158539, 5158540, 5158541, 5158542, 5158543, 5158544, 5158545.