Thunderstorm Wind, Wetzel
- When
- June 13, 7:15 PM EST
- Where
- Wetzel County, New Martinsville
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 39.650, -80.850
Thunderstorm winds downed several trees along SR 7.
Damaging Wind in West Virginia, June 13, 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
- $5,000
- 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 Pittsburgh, PA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 13, 2:46 PM EST, 4 hours 29 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 13, 2:46 PM EST, 4 hours 29 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 346 PM EDT WED JUN 13 2001 STORMS WITH HVY DWNPRS HAVE DVLPD AS PROJ ALONG RIDGE CNTYS IN SE SXNS CWA...WILL HAVE THESE 3 CNTYS TO FFA THRU EVEING AS SLOW MOVING PWS NR 1.5/LIFT/ LOW LVL MOISTURE ABOUNDS...WILL DISSIPATE AFT SS. OTRW UPPER RIDGE AMPLIFIES OVER NERN US WHILE REMNANTS ALLISON MOVES SLOWLY TWD ERN NC COAST. HUMID CONDS CONT. WILL KEEP 30 POPS AGAIN THRS AFTN IN RDG CNTYS. ETA/AVN MDLS SIMILAR IN FRONTAL BNDRY SLOWING UP IN ITS EWD MVMT FRI WHILE PLENTY OF MOISTURE BROUGHT NWD FROM ALLISON INTO REGION BY FRI EVE WHEN PRECIP SHOULD ABOUND MORE. EXPECT PRECIP TO LINGER BEHIND SYSTEM SATURDAY. .PBZ... MD...MDZ001-FLASH FLOOD WATCH TIL 9PM EDT THIS EVENING. OH...NONE. PA...NONE. WV...WVZ023-041-FLASH FLOOD WATCH TIL 9PM EDT WED EVENING.
The radar
The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 112 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:12 UTC.
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
- Tornado in Nebraska, June 13, 2001
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Minnesota, June 13, 2001
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Minnesota, June 13, 2001
- Tornadoes and Hail in Nebraska, June 13, 2001
- Tornado in Minnesota, June 13, 2001
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Kansas, June 13 to 14, 2001
- Tornado in Iowa, June 13, 2001
- Damaging Winds in Minnesota, June 13, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, June 13, 2001
- Damaging Wind in South Carolina, June 13, 2001
- Damaging Wind in Nebraska, June 13, 2001
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Iowa, June 13, 2001
More
Every storm in West Virginia in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in West Virginia, June 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: 5251598.