Thunderstorm Wind, Jefferson
- When
- June 30, 4:24 PM EST
- Where
- Jefferson County, Charles Town
- Property damage
- $500
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 39.300, -77.850
Trees were downed onto Huyett Road.
Damaging Wind in West Virginia, June 30, 2001
A thunderstorm with damaging winds moved across Jefferson County during the afternoon of the 30th. A tree was downed onto Huyett Road south of Charles Town.
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 damaging winds moved across Jefferson County during the afternoon of the 30th. A tree was downed onto Huyett Road south of Charles Town.
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 Jun 30, 1:35 PM EST, 2 hours 49 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 30, 1:35 PM EST, 2 hours 49 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE/WASHINGTON 235 PM EDT SAT JUN 30 2001 HEAT ADVSRY CURRENTLY IN EFFECT SEEMS TO BE VERIFYING - 2 PM ROUND-UP SHOWS SVRL STATIONS ARND 98 DEGS FOR HEAT INDEX VALUES. AS ANTICIPATED SCT CONVECTION IS FIRING. HOWEVER A FOCUS IS LACKING FOR AN ORGANIZED LINE. EVEN SO FEEL SOME CELLS COULD GO SVR WITH CAPES OVER 3000 THIS AFTN. CURRENT VWP SHOWS A FLOW FM THE WSW ARND 10 KTS. THIS CORRESPONDS WITH CELL MVMNT. FCST WL HAVE SCT CONVECTION INTO THE EVENG HRS...THEN PC AND CONT WARM OVRNGT. FOR TMRW AM UNSURE OF NEED FOR ANOTHER HEAT ADVSRY - FOR ONE THING TMRW IS JULY...AND ON JUL 1 MIN REQUIREMENT RISES FM 98 TO 100. TMRW AFTN AND EVE COULD BE INTERESTING - ALL MDLS IN AGREEMENT ON MVMNT OF CD FNT SWD ACROSS PA ON SUN AFTN. SPC HAS ERN PA IN MDT RISK...AND NRN HALF OF OUR CWA IN SLGT RISK. FOR NOW WL GO WITH A 50 POP ACROSS THE NRN HALF OF THE AREA SUN AFTN...40 POP S. WL KEEP A CHC IN FOR SUN EVENG. MON LOOKS LIKE A PLEASNT CHG TO THE PAST SVRL DAYS. DCA 75 92 65 79 / 30 50 40 10 BWI 72 90 63 77 / 30 50 40 0 MRB 68 91 62 76 / 30 50 30 0 IAD 69 90 63 77 / 30 50 40 0 CHO 69 92 64 80 / 30 40 40 10 HGR 68 91 62 76 / 30 50 30 0 NHK 73 92 64 80 / 30 40 40 10 W99 65 89 59 73 / 30 50 30 0 .LWX... DC...NONE. MD...NONE. VA...NONE. W2V...NONE. WOODY!
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 30, 3:23 PM EST, 1 hour 1 minute before
MDZ009-VAZ042-302115- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE-WASHINGTON 423 PM EDT SAT JUN 30 2001 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH THE WESTERN DC SUBURBS... AT 420 PM EDT... RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM JUST TO THE SOUTH OF LEESBURG VIRGINIA. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 15 MPH. AND WILL MOVE INTO WESTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY MARYLAND AFTER 430 PM. PERSONS IN THE COMMUNITIES OF LEESBURG... POOLESVILLE AND GERMANTOWN SHOULD TAKE SHELTER AS THIS STORM APPROACHES. THE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL... WINDS IN EXCESS OF 35 MPH... AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. MARGRAF!
Special weather statement, Jun 30, 3:34 PM EST, 50 minutes before
DCZ001-MDZ009-010-013-VAZ053-054-302130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE-WASHINGTON 434 PM EDT SAT JUN 30 2001 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH THE WASHINGTON METRO AREA... AT 430 PM EDT... RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM GREAT FALLS VIRGINIA TO WHEATON MARYLAND. THIS CLUDTER OF STORMS IS MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL... WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH... HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. PERSONS LIVING IN WASHINGTON DC... FAIRFAX COUNTY VIRGINIA... AND MONTGOMERY AND PRINCE GEORGES COUNTIES IN MARYLAND SHOULD PREPARE TO TAKE SHELTER INSIDE WHEN STORMS APPROACH. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. MARGRAF
Special weather statement, Jun 30, 3:34 PM EST, 50 minutes before
DCZ001-MDZ009-010-013-VAZ053-054-302130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE-WASHINGTON 434 PM EDT SAT JUN 30 2001 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH THE WASHINGTON METRO AREA... AT 430 PM EDT... RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM GREAT FALLS VIRGINIA TO WHEATON MARYLAND. THIS CLUSTER OF STORMS IS MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL... WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH... HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. PERSONS LIVING IN WASHINGTON DC... FAIRFAX COUNTY VIRGINIA... AND MONTGOMERY AND PRINCE GEORGES COUNTIES IN MARYLAND SHOULD PREPARE TO TAKE SHELTER INSIDE WHEN STORMS APPROACH. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. MARGRAF
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.
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The same day elsewhere
- Lightning Strike in New Jersey, June 30, 2001
- Lightning Strike in New York, June 30, 2001
- Lightning Strike in Pennsylvania, June 30, 2001
- Tornado and Hail in Massachusetts, June 30, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Massachusetts, June 30, 2001
- Damaging Wind in Connecticut, June 30, 2001
- Flood and Hail in Oklahoma, June 30, 2001
- Damaging Wind in New York, June 30, 2001
- Damaging Wind in Florida, June 30, 2001
- Hail in Nebraska, June 30, 2001
- Hail in Nebraska, June 30, 2001
- Wildfire in California, June 30, 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: 5254398.