Thunderstorm Wind, Buchanan
- When
- July 8, 10:30 PM EST
- Where
- Buchanan County, Hurley
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 37.417, -82.033
Trees and large branches were blown down.
Damaging Wind in Virginia, July 8, 2001
1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. 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
- $1,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
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 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 Jul 8, 7:42 PM EST, 2 hours 48 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 8, 7:42 PM EST, 2 hours 48 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 842 PM EDT SUN JUL 8 2001 SHOT OUT OVERNIGHT UPDATE TO EXTEND THE FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 5 AM PER COMPLEX OVER IN/OH AT THIS TIME...AS WELL AS TO REPLACE THE THUNDERSTORM WATCH. SYNOPTIC SCALE FORCING WILL NOT CHANGE MUCH NEXT 36 HOURS OR SO...LEAVING US WITH THIS NORTHWEST FLOW/MCC PATTERN. FLOW DOES WEAKEN A BIT. CURRENT COMPLEX MAY SPLIT AS IT ENCOUNTERS AREA WORKED OVER EARLIER SUNDAY. MESO ETA ACTUALLY DEVELOPS SOMETHING OVER NORTH CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA OVERNIGHT. OPTED TO KEEP A POP GOING EVERYWHERE. ALSO MASSAGED LOWS UPWARD A BIT AS WAS WORKING QUICKLY EARLIER. .RLX... WV...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 5 AM EARLY MONDAY MORNING FOR ZONES WVZ005>006...WVZ013>015...WVZ024>026...WVZ033>036. VA...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 5 AM EARLY MONDAY MORNING FOR ZONES VAZ003>004. KY...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 5 AM EARLY MONDAY MORNING FOR 5ZONES KYZ101>103...KYZ105. OH...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 5 AM EARLY MONDAY MORNING FOR ZONE OHZ087. .END / TRM
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Flash Flood and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, July 8, 2001
- Flash Flooding in West Virginia, July 8, 2001
- Flash Flooding and Flood in Illinois, July 8 to 9, 2001
- Lightning Strike in Indiana, July 8, 2001
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Wind in Virginia, July 8, 2001
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Illinois, July 8, 2001
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in West Virginia, July 8 to 9, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, July 8, 2001
- Damaging Winds in Indiana, July 8, 2001
- Lightning Strikes in Indiana, July 8, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Illinois, July 8, 2001
- Damaging Winds in Iowa, July 8, 2001
More
Every storm in Virginia in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Virginia, July 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: 5261794.