Thunderstorm Wind, Randolph
- When
- June 4, 8:40 PM EST
- Where
- Randolph County, 4 mi S of Huttonsville
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 38.667, -79.983
Trees and large branches were fallen along Route 219.
Damaging Wind in West Virginia, June 4, 2001
1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
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- 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
- $2,000
- 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 Charleston, WV wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 4, 7:05 PM EST, 1 hour 35 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 4, 7:05 PM EST, 1 hour 35 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 805 PM EDT MON JUN 4 2001 UPDATED TO CANCEL SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH. RLX... WV...NONE. VA...NONE. KY...NONE. OH...NONE. .END / JMV
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 4, 6:52 PM EST, 1 hour 48 minutes before
OHZ086-087-WVZ006>008-014-016>019-029-050100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 752 PM EDT MON JUN 4 2001 A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTEND FROM NORTHERN LAWRENCE COUNTY OHIO NORTHEAST TO ELIZABETH IN WIRT COUNTY WEST VIRGINIA. THIS LINE WILL MOVE EAST AND EXTEND FROM SOUTHERN MASON COUNTY WEST VIRGINIA NORTHEAST INTO NORTHERN GILMER COUNTY OF WEST VIRGINIA BY 9 PM. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL OF AROUND ONE HALF INCH...WITH A FEW LOCATIONS SEEING UPWARDS OF AN INCH. SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS WILL ALSO ACCOMPANY SOME OF THE STORMS. MOTORIST SHOULD WATCH FOR PONDING WATER ON HIGHWAYS AND MINOR FLOODING TO LOW LYING AND POUR DRAINAGE AREAS. END/PMG
Special weather statement, Jun 4, 7:00 PM EST, 1 hour 40 minutes before
OHZ086-087-WVZ006>008-014-016>019-029-050100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 800 PM EDT MON JUN 4 2001 A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTEND FROM NORTHERN LAWRENCE COUNTY OHIO NORTHEAST TO ELIZABETH IN WIRT COUNTY WEST VIRGINIA. THIS LINE WILL MOVE EAST AND EXTEND FROM SOUTHERN MASON COUNTY WEST VIRGINIA NORTHEAST INTO NORTHERN GILMER COUNTY OF WEST VIRGINIA BY 9 PM. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL OF AROUND ONE HALF INCH...WITH A FEW LOCATIONS SEEING UPWARDS OF AN INCH. SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS WILL ALSO ACCOMPANY SOME OF THE STORMS. MOTORIST SHOULD WATCH FOR PONDING WATER ON HIGHWAYS AND MINOR FLOODING TO LOW LYING AND POUR DRAINAGE AREAS. .END/PMG
Special weather statement, Jun 4, 7:01 PM EST, 1 hour 39 minutes before
VAZ003-004-050100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 801 PM EDT MON JUN 4 2001 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 363 HAS BEEN CANCELED FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... IN VIRGINIA... BUCHANAN... DICKENSON... THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DISSIPATED AND ONLY A FEW LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS REMAIN.
Special weather statement, Jun 4, 7:45 PM EST, 55 minutes before
WVZ008-014>016-018-027>030-039-050130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 845 PM EDT MON JUN 4 2001 GUSTY THUNDERSTORMS WILL PUSH SOUTH AND EAST FROM SOUTHERN PUTNAM COUNTY NORTHEAST TO WESTON IN LEWIS COUNTY OF WEST VIRGINIA. THESE STORMS WILL REACH A LINE FROM CHARLESTON NORTH TO BUCKHANNON BY 915 PM. PERSONS SHOULD WATCH FOR WIND GUST OF 30 TO 40 MPH ALONG BRIEF HEAVY RAINS AND SMALL HAIL. MOTORIST SHOULD BE ALERT TO LOW VISIBILITIES AND PONDING WATER ON HIGHWAYS. .END/PMG
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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Flash Flood in Missouri, June 4, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, June 4, 2001
- Hail in Texas, June 4, 2001
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, June 4, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, June 4, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Kansas, June 4 to 5, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, June 4, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Georgia, June 4, 2001
- Lightning Strike in Missouri, June 4, 2001
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in Georgia, June 4, 2001
- Flash Flood and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, June 4, 2001
- Tornado and Hail in Colorado, June 4, 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: 5251740.