The thunderstorms were associated with a strong cold front for early July.
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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.
The episode as NWS RLX wrote it up.
The thunderstorms were associated with a strong cold front for early July.
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 5, 1:35 PM EST, 2 hours earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 235 PM EDT WED JUL 5 2001 ON THE LATEST WEATHER MAP...AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WAS LOCATED OVER EASTERN CANADA WITH A COLD FRONT EXTENDING ACROSS NEW YORK... SOUTHEASTERN OHIO AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS. BREAKS DEVELOPED IN THE CLOUDS ACROSS THE REGION AND THIS ALLOWED TEMPS TO WARM INTO THE 70S OVER OUR FORECAST AREA. HOWEVER... ABUNDANT SUNSHINE OVER SOUTHERN OHIO ALLOWED TEMPS TO WARM INTO THE 80S AND SCATTERED SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED IN THE VICINITY OF THE COLD FRONT. THE COLD FRONT SHOULD MOVE SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT. WILL PUT IN AN EVENING PERIOD IN FORECAST AS MUCH OF THE NORTHWEST TWO-THIRDS OF THE REGION SHOULD BE PRECIPITATION-FREE BY SUNSET. ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST...WILL CONTINUE A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF PRECIP UNTIL MIDNIGHT. BEHIND THE FRONT...DRIER AIR WILL FILTER INTO THE REGION RESULTING IN CLEAR SKIES AND DRY CONDITIONS INTO SATURDAY. MODELS CONTINUE TO MOVE ANOTHER COLD FRONT INTO THE REGION OVER THE WEEKEND. WILL KEEP A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER OUR NORTHERN AND WESTERN ZONES SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND THEN ACROSS THE ENTIRE REGION SATURDAY NIGHT. THE CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD CONTINUE ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHEASTERN ZONES ON SUNDAY AS THE FRONT WILL BE SLOW TO PUSH AWAY OF THE AREA. LATEST FWC/MAV GUIDANCE G~ENERALLY IN LINE WITH MORNING CCF NUMBERS AND WILL ONLY MAKE MINOR TWEAKS. .RLX... WV...NONE. VA...NONE. KY...NONE. OH...NONE. .END / JSH
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Several trees were blown down in all directions along Routes 1, 1/3, and 8/3. Fallen trees were also along the West Fork River. One outbuilding was demolished and 2 vehicles were damaged.
Several trees or large branches were downed.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in West Virginia in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in West Virginia, July 2001
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: 5261662, 5261663.