Thunderstorm Wind, Hardy
- When
- August 19, 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Hardy County, Countywide
- Property damage
- $500
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 39.017, -78.850
A tree was downed across a road.
Damaging Wind in West Virginia, August 19, 2001
A thunderstorm with wind gusts in excess of 55 MPH downed a tree onto a road in Hardy County around 7 PM EDT on the 19th.
Where it happened
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $500
- 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 happened
The episode as NWS LWX wrote it up.
A thunderstorm with wind gusts in excess of 55 MPH downed a tree onto a road in Hardy County around 7 PM EDT on the 19th.
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 Baltimore/Washington wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 19, 2:28 PM EST, 3 hours 32 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 19, 2:28 PM EST, 3 hours 32 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE/WASHINGTON 328 PM EDT SUN AUG 19 2001 SVR TSTM WTCH HAS JUST BEEN ISSUED INCLUDING THE WRN PANHANDLE OF MD AND PORTIONS OF THE ERN PANHANDLE OF W.V. UNTIL 8PM. GOOD TURNING IN THE ATMOSPHERE PER THE CURRENT WIND PROFILE...WL HAVE TO SEE HOW THESE STORMS CARRY ON AS FAR AS OUTLOOK FOR LATER WATCHES - MAIN LN IS STILL IN WRN W.V..E OF I81 HAS BEEN UNDER CLD CVR FOR MUCH OF THE DAY...AND HTG WL BE ENDING IN A FEW HRS. BUFKIT SNDG SHOWS LIMITED CAPE THIS EVENG...BUT GOOD HELICITY ARND 9-11 PM...SO WELL HANG TIGHT. BY MON MRNG WL HAVE ONLY AN ERLY CHC OF A RW ALONG THE BAY...AND THEN CD FNT MOVES OUT OF CWA. QUITE PLEASANT WX FOR THE SVRL DAYS THEREAFTER. AVN GOES NUTS WITH A BULLSEYE OF PCPN OF PCPN OVR OH ON WED WHICH TRACKS SE...STILL UNCERTAIN THAT ANY OF THAT IS REALLY GOING TO REALLY FALL AS RAIN ON THU...SO WL MAINTAIN A PC AND DRY FCST FOR THE LATTER HALF OF THE WK. DCA 70 87 68 86 / 30 10 10 10 BWI 69 85 67 84 / 30 30 10 10 MRB 67 84 61 82 / 30 10 10 10 IAD 67 86 63 84 / 30 30 10 10 CHO 67 86 63 84 / 30 10 10 10 HGR 67 84 61 82 / 30 10 10 10 NHK 71 86 68 84 / 30 30 10 10 W99 63 80 58 78 / 40 10 10 10 .LWX... DC...NONE. MD...SVR TSTM WTCH ALLEGANY CO. VA...NONE. WV...SVR TSTM WATCH MORGAN..MINERAL..HAMPSHIRE..GRANT..HARDY..PENDLETON. WOODY
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 19, 3:19 PM EST, 2 hours 41 minutes before
MDZ002-003-192115- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE-WASHINGTON 419 PM EDT SUN AUG 19 2001 HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES TO FALL OVER THE BORDER AREA BETWEEN ALLEGANY AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES IN MARYLAND. BETWEEN TWO AND THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THE PAST HOUR IN THE AREA BETWEEN HANCOCK AND FLINTSTONE. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL BE MOVING NORTHEAST OF THIS AREA WITHIN THE NEXT HALF HOUR...BUT SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS AND LOW LYING AREAS MAY SEE SOME FLOODING. RESIDENTS OF THIS AREA AND PEOPLE TRAVELING ALONG INTERSTATE 68 JUST WEST OF HANCOCK SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR MINOR FLOODING. STRONG
Special weather statement, Aug 19, 5:40 PM EST, 20 minutes before
WVZ050-055-192345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE-WASHINGTON 640 PM EDT SUN AUG 19 2001 A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE MOVING NORTHEAST FROM MOOREFIELD THROUGH INKERMAN AND DELRAY WEST VIRGINIA BETWEEN 6:30 AND 7:30 THIS EVENING. THIS STORM WILL MOVE NORTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL AFFECT MOST OF NORTHERN HARDY AND SOUTHERN HAMPSHIRE COUNTIES. EXPECT HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING WITH THIS STORM. STRONG
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
- Wildfire in California, August 19 to 29, 2001
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- Flash Flood in North Carolina, August 19, 2001
- Wildfire in Montana, August 19, 2001
- Tornado in Pennsylvania, August 19, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, August 19, 2001
- Tornado and Hail in Michigan, August 19, 2001
- Damaging Winds in New York, August 19, 2001
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, August 19, 2001
- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, August 19, 2001
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, August 19, 2001
- High Wind in Florida, August 19, 2001
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: 5272151.