Hail and Damaging Winds in West Virginia, June 2, 2001

Name: Hail and Damaging Winds in West Virginia, June 2, 2001
Start: 2001-06-02T17:46
End: 2001-06-02T20:35
Location: West Virginia

June 2, 2001 · NWS RLX · 7 events in 6 counties and zones

5 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $25,000
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 Jun 2, 1:00 PM EST, 4 hours 46 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 2, 1:00 PM EST, 4 hours 46 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
200 PM EDT SAT JUN 2 2001

STILL LOOKS INTERESTING FOR LATE AFTERNOON/EVENING.

NOW LOOKS LIKE BEST CHANCE FOR THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL BE ALONG
LINE THAT FORMS...OR EVOLVES OUT OF SEVERAL THIN LINES NOW FORMING
RIGHT ALONG THE FRONT.  LINE WILL GET OUT AHEAD OF FRONT A
LITTLE...AND CROSS WV...STRADDLING THE 0Z HOUR...WITH BEST
INSTABILITY SOUTHERN HALF OF CWA ALTHOUGH BEST DYNAMICS/UPPER
COOLING IS ACROSS THE NORTH.  MESO ETA STILL SHOWS INTERESTING BOW
PATTERN IN MOISTURE AND LIFT FIELDS ACROSS SOUTHERN HALF AT 0Z.

WILL MASSAGE THUNDERSTORM EARLY WORDING...POSSIBLY STRONG EASTERN
SECTIONS...OUT OF SHOTGUN...BASED ON RADAR AND OTHER DIAGNOSTIC
TRENDS.

OTHERWISE WILL KEEP CHANCE POPS FOR SHOWERS GOING OVERNIGHT WITH
AMPLE POST FRONTAL MOISTURE INDICATED.  WILL ADD CHANCE POPS FOR
SHOWERS SUNDAY FOR NORTHERN MOUNTAINS AT LEAST...GIVEN LOW LEVEL
CONVERGENT CYCLONIC UPSLOPE FLOW AND LINGERING MOISTURE.

SHORT BREAK ASSOCIATED WITH NARROW DEFORMATION ZONE SUNDAY EVENING.
WILL BITE ON MESO ETA/AVN TIMING ON WARM FRONT AND INTRODUCE CHANCE
POPS SOUTHWEST BY MONDAY MORNING.  THESE MODELS ALSO AGREE ON WARM
ADVECTION PRECIPITATION FALLING APART DURING THE DAY ON MONDAY AS
THE FRONT PUSHES THROUGH.  WITH JUST CHANCE POPS...DESTABILIZATION
ASSOCIATED WITH WARM FRONT PUSHING THROUGH...AND TIME OF YEAR...WILL
OPT TO CALL IT SHOWERS RATHER THAN RAIN.

WILL CARRY THIS IDEA INTO MONDAY NIGHT...ALTHOUGH COULD NOT RULE OUT
A THUNDERSTORM AS WELL BY THEN.  WILL HAVE THUNDERSTORMS IN FORECAST
TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY WITH FRONT STALLED CLOSE BY AND SOUPY AIR MASS
ON ITS SOUTH SIDE.  WILL DEFINITELY NEED TO WATCH RAINFALL AMOUNTS
WITH THIS...WITH MOST POTENTIAL FOR PROBLEMS WEDNESDAY AS SHORT WAVE
APPROACHES.

NUMBERS:  CLOSE TONIGHT AND SUNDAY...AT OR BELOW SUNDAY NIGHT...AND
BETWEEN WIDE RANGE ON MONDAY...WHICH AGREES WITH ONGOING PACKAGE.
POPS:  CLOSER TO FWC/S.

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

.END / TRM

The radar

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Event by event

5 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Mason

When: June 2, 5:46 PM EST
Where: Mason County, Hogsett
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: OTHER FEDERAL AGENCY
Coordinates: 38.683, -82.167

Thunderstorm Wind, Jackson

When: June 2, 6:50 PM EST
Where: Jackson County, Goldtown
Property damage: $5,000
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 38.600, -81.650

Large trees were uprooted.

Hail, Cabell

When: June 2, 6:52 PM EST
Where: Cabell County, Ona
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 38.417, -82.217

Thunderstorm Wind, Jackson

When: June 2, 7:00 PM EST
Where: Jackson County, Kenna
Property damage: $20,000
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 38.683, -81.650

The county sheriff reported a few homes had sustained roof damage.

Hail, Kanawha

When: June 2, 7:25 PM EST
Where: Kanawha County, South Charleston
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: NWS EMPLOYEE(OFF DUTY)
Coordinates: 38.333, -81.650

Hail, Braxton

When: June 2, 8:05 PM EST
Where: Braxton County, Gassaway
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 38.667, -80.767

Hail, Webster

When: June 2, 8:35 PM EST
Where: Webster County, Hacker Vly
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 38.650, -80.383

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, 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: 5251733, 5251735, 5251736, 5251734, 5251737, 5251738, 5251739.