Hail and Damaging Wind in West Virginia, April 10, 2001

Name: Hail and Damaging Wind in West Virginia, April 10, 2001
Start: 2001-04-10T15:15
End: 2001-04-10T18:30
Location: West Virginia

April 10, 2001 · NWS RLX · 7 events in 5 counties and zones

6 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $4,000
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.

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 Apr 10, 12:55 PM EST, 2 hours 20 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 10, 12:55 PM EST, 2 hours 20 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
155 PM EDT TUE APR 10 2001

INDIANA SHORT STILL PROGGED TO ROLL ACROSS FORECAST AREA THIS
EVENING.  ANALYZED WEAK LOW ON INTERSECTING BOUNDARIES VICINITY CELL
SOUTHERN INDIANA.  EAST WEST BOUNDARY EXTENDS INTO SOUTHERN WV.  IT
IS A WEAK BOUNDARY THAT APPEARS TO HAVE FORMED TODAY AS PEGGED BY 6Z
MESO-ETA.  WITH HIGHER DEW POINTS ARE ALONG AND SOUTH OF THIS
BOUNDARY...FIGURE ACTIVITY WILL CONTINUE PROPAGATING ALONG BOUNDARY
AND POSSIBLY EVEN LEAN A LITTLE ESE...AND THUS HEAVIEST QPF WILL
AFFECT SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF FORECAST AREA THIS EVENING.  THUS
LEANING AWAY FROM IDEA OF ISSUING FFA FOR PRIMED AREAS OF SOUTHEAST
OHIO.

WILL MAINTAIN LIKELY POPS TONIGHT WITH BEST CHANCE FOR ANY SVR SOUTH
THIS EVENING.  LOOKS LIKE ACTIVITY SHOULD WIND DOWN LATE TONIGHT AS
SHORT WAVE ROLLS ON THROUGH...ALTHOUGH NGM SUGGEST SECOND WEAK SHORT
AND INSTABILITY AXIS SETTING UP NORTHWEST SOUTHEAST COULD PROLONG OR
RE-INSTIGATE ACTIVITY.

WEDNESDAY WILL SEE A NORTHWARD SURGE OF THE WARM AIR AND ANY
ACTIVITY SHOULD BE MAINLY OF THE DIURNAL VARIETY WITH PLENTY OF
INSTABILITY PRESENT.  POTPOURRI OF CLOUDS AROUND IN THE MORNING
COULD ALSO GIVE RISE TO VARIOUS BOUNDARIES FOR STORMS TO FOCUS ON.

AVN NOW FASTER ON PUSHING FRONT THROUGH...WITH TIMING PUSHED UP TO
EARLY FRIDAY.  AT ANY RATE...FRONT SHOULD BE NEARBY
THURSDAY...WARRANTING AT LEAST HIGH CHANCE POPS.  SHORT PUSHING
FRONT BACK NORTH THROUGH FORECAST AREA LATER SATURDAY SHOWN BY
EUROPEAN MODELS TRACKS WELL SOUTH OF AREA ON AVIATION.  WILL
PROBABLY STICK CLOSE TO CURRENT PACKAGE...WHICH HAS THUNDERSTORMS
THROUGH FRIDAY AND POPS THROUGH SATURDAY...FOLLOWED BY
DRIER...COOLER WEATHER.

NUMBERS GENERALLY BALLPARK...LIKE FWC A LITTLE BETTER IN THE EARLIER
PERIODS...THEN LEAN TOWARD AVN.  POPS CURIOUSLY LOW THURSDAY WITH
FRONT IN VICINITY.  LESS INSTABILITY INDICATED PER CLOUDINESS AND
LESS INFLOW.

.RLX...
WV...NONE.
VA...NONE.
KY...NONE.
OH...NONE.

.END/TRM

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Event by event

6 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Wyoming

When: April 10, 3:15 PM EST
Where: Wyoming County, Pineville
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 37.583, -81.533

Hail, Mingo

When: April 10, 4:15 PM EST
Where: Mingo County, Matewan
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 37.617, -82.167

Hail, Mingo

When: April 10, 4:35 PM EST
Where: Mingo County, Newtown
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 37.633, -82.083

Hail, Wyoming

When: April 10, 6:00 PM EST
Where: Wyoming County, Pineville
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 37.583, -81.533

Thunderstorm Wind, Fayette

When: April 10, 6:10 PM EST
Where: Fayette County, Thurmond
Property damage: $1,000
Reported by: DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
Coordinates: 37.950, -81.083

Trees fell across County Route 25.

Hail, Lewis

When: April 10, 6:25 PM EST
Where: Lewis County, Walkersville
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 38.867, -80.450

Hail, Upshur

When: April 10, 6:30 PM EST
Where: Upshur County, Rock Cave
Measured: 1 in hail
Property damage: $3,000
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 38.833, -80.333

A few vehicles were dented.

What these are

Hail: Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
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.

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The same day elsewhere

Every storm in West Virginia in 2001 Every state in 2001 This day in weather history Warnings in West Virginia, April 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: 5239442, 5239443, 5239444, 5239445, 5239446, 5239448, 5239447.