High Wind, Boyd
- When
- March 13, 4:30 PM EST to 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Boyd forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 38.360, -82.688 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind in Kentucky, March 13, 2001
A cold pocket of air aloft triggered instability showers in the wake of a cold frontal passage. The showers helped drag down momentum from aloft.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 4 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
- 4
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 cold pocket of air aloft triggered instability showers in the wake of a cold frontal passage. The showers helped drag down momentum from aloft. Wind gusts of 40 to 50 mph were common.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Charleston, WV wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Mar 13, 3:24 PM EST, 1 hour 6 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 13, 3:24 PM EST, 1 hour 6 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 300 PM EST TUE MAR 12 2001 CLDS CONT TO STREAM IN FROM THE W ALONG WITH A BAND OF SHRA MOVING ACROSS OH AN IND. THIS WL CONT TO MARCH EWRD AND REACH OUR AREA ARND 00Z WED. AS H5 VORT MAX SWINGS THRU OVRNGT COMBINED WITH H8-H5 OMEGA WL SEE SOME SHRA ACTIVITY...SO PLACED LKLY POPS N AND CHC POPS S TNGT. BIG QUESTION WL BE THE MTNS AND WHEN CHANGE OVER TO SNOW OCCURS. IF IT DOES EARLY ENUF...CUD SEE A FEW INCHES OF SNOW. MDL BOUNDARY LAYER TEMPS CONT TO SHOW A WRM DEPTH OF 2-3KFT AFT 06Z ACR LOWLANDS. SO WL KEEP ALL RAIN IN THE SOUTH AND A RAIN SNOW MIX AFT 06Z ACR EKN. OPTED FOR UP TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW BY DAYBREAK WED MAINLY ACR HIER ELEVATIONS. WED...CLDS DECREASE FM W TO E BY LATE MORNING. STILL SOME LINGERING SNOW FLURRIES ACR THE NRN MTNS...HOWEVER THIS SHUD END SHORTLY AFT SUNUP. TEMPS REBOUND NICELY...GENERALLY 50S FOR HIGHS. AVIATION LOOKS BETTER ON THE NEXT SYSTEM LATER IN THE WEEK PULLING THE LOW UP TO OUR WEST AS THE SECOND WAVE TAKES THE ENERGY. THIS WILL KEEP THE PRECIPITATION RAIN UNTIL THE COLD AIR FINALLY MOVES IN FRIDAY NIGHT AS THE LOW PULLS NORTHEASTL AND WE GET NORTHWEST FLOW. .RLX... WV...NONE. VA...NONE. KY...NONE. OH...NONE. .END/AAR-FM
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
4 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Carter
- When
- March 13, 4:30 PM EST to 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Carter forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 38.318, -83.049 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Greenup
- When
- March 13, 4:30 PM EST to 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Greenup forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 38.546, -82.922 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Lawrence
- When
- March 13, 4:30 PM EST to 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Lawrence forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 38.068, -82.735 (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
- Tornado and Hail in Florida, March 13, 2001
- Tornado in Florida, March 13, 2001
- Damaging Winds in Virginia, March 13, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, March 13, 2001
- High Wind in Washington, March 13, 2001
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in Maryland, March 13, 2001
- Damaging Winds in West Virginia, March 13, 2001
- Winter Weather in New York, March 13, 2001
- High Wind in Washington, March 13, 2001
- High Wind in Washington, March 13, 2001
- Winter Weather in Vermont, March 13, 2001
- High Wind in West Virginia, March 13, 2001
More
Every storm in Kentucky in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Kentucky, March 2001
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: 5230591, 5230592, 5230593, 5230594.