Damaging Wind in West Virginia, June 13, 2001

Name: Damaging Wind in West Virginia, June 13, 2001
Start: 2001-06-13T15:15
End: 2001-06-13T15:15
Location: West Virginia

June 13, 2001 · NWS RNK · 1 event in 1 county or zone

Thunderstorm winds downed trees 1 mile north of Pickaway. Three house roofs were damaged by falling trees.

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $30,000
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 happened

The episode as NWS RNK wrote it up.

Thunderstorm winds downed trees 1 mile north of Pickaway. Three house roofs were damaged by falling trees.

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 Blacksburg, VA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 13, 1:45 PM EST, 1 hour 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 13, 1:45 PM EST, 1 hour 30 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG, VA
245 PM EDT WED JUN 13 2001

18Z SNDG SHOWING PWAT HAS INCREASED TO 1.77...MORE THAN WHAT MODELS
PROGGED.  SCTD SHOWERS AND TSTMS HAVE FIRED IN AREA OF CONVERGNC IN
THIS VERY MOIST AIR ALONG THE SPINE OF APPS...HELPED AS WELL BY DIFF
HTG. ACTIVITY OVER PDMT OF NC NOT HAVING MUCH LUCK MOVING NORTH. AT
THIS TIME WE DONT FEEL A WATCH IS NEEDED BECAUSE OF THE ISOLATED TO
SCTD NATURE OF THE STORMS SO FAR.

CIRCULATION CRNTLY OVER EASTERN SC IS PROGGED TO MOVE SLOWLY ACROSS
ERN NC NEXT DAY OR TWO. AVN IS MORE PROGRESSIVE THAN THE ETA WHICH
BRINGS IT TO A HALT OVER SE NC.  EITHER WAY CONVECTION A GOOD BET
FOR THE FA THRU FRIDAY...ESP IN THE EAST...COVERAGE WILL BE GREATEST
DURING BEST HEATING...SO WILL GO WITH MAINLY AFTN AND EVENING
WORDING IN THE ZONES.

LONGER RANGE MODELS STILL SHOWG FRONTAL PASSAGE ON SATURDAY. HAVE
ADDED CHC POPS TO THE EAST SAT. THEN IT LOOKS DRY THRU THE REMAINDER
OF THE EXTENDED.

FCSTID = 9
ROA   68  87  68  86 /  40  60  40  50
LYH   67  85  67  84 /  40  60  40  50
DAN   68  87  68  87 /  50  60  40  50
BLF   63  82  63  81 /  60  50  40  40
LWB   59  82  59  81 /  60  50  40  40
BCB   63  84  63  83 /  60  50  40  40
TNB   61  81  61  82 /  60  50  40  40

.RNK...
NC...NONE.
VA...NONE.
WV...NONE.

The radar

The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 73 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:14 UTC.

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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Monroe

When: June 13, 3:15 PM EST
Where: Monroe County, 1 mi N of Pickaway
Property damage: $30,000
Reported by: NEWSPAPER
Coordinates: 37.650, -80.517

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.

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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, 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: 5252123.