High Wind in Virginia, February 4, 2002

Name: High Wind in Virginia, February 4, 2002
Start: 2002-02-04T15:00
End: 2002-02-04T18:00
Location: Virginia

February 4, 2002 · NWS RNK · 2 events in 2 counties and zones

High winds during the afternoon of the 4th downed trees across Floyd and Franklin counties, and damaged a modular home in Franklin County.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $8,000
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 2

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.

High winds during the afternoon of the 4th downed trees across Floyd and Franklin counties, and damaged a modular home in Franklin County.

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 Feb 4, 9:53 AM EST, 5 hours 7 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 4, 9:53 AM EST, 5 hours 7 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG, VA
953 AM EST MON FEB 4 2002

RADAR SHOWING BANDS OF HVR SNOW SHWRS MOVING THRU THE WEST THIS MORN
IN ADVANCE OF APCHG UPR VORT AND ASSOCD GOOD LOW LVL INSTAB ATTM.
EXPECT THIS TREND TO CONT WITH BEST ACCUMULATING SNOW ON THE WRN
SLOPES BEFORE 85H FROPA CAUSES CVRG TO BECOME A BIT MORE SCTD BY MID
AFTN. CALLS TO CTYS ACROSS THE WRN UPSLOPE RGNS INDICATE AMTS OF 1-2
INCHES OF WIND BLOWN SNOW ON THE GROUND SO AM PLANNING TO EXTEND
ADVSRY SWD INTO THE NRN NC MTNS THIS AFTN. OTRW WIND THE BIG STORY
AS GUID INDICATES BEST GRAD AFTER 18Z WHEN UPR COLD POOL SHIFTS
ACROSS AND BIG PRES RISES ARRIVE. MAY BE TOUGH TO GET WARNING CRIT
OUTSIDE HIER RIDGES UNLESS CLDNS DECREASE BUT ENOUGH SFC GRAD
EVIDENT TO CONT CURRENT WIND WARNING/ADVSRY WHERE ONGOING. WITH CAA
TO INCRS MORE THIS AFTN WILL HAVE TEMPS GNRLY STEADY OR FALLING MOST
SPOTS WITH 20S WEST AND 30S/ARND 40 ELSW.

.RNK...
NC...HIGH WIND WARNING FOR MONDAY FOR ZONES NCZ001>002...NCZ018.

WIND ADVISORY FOR MONDAY FOR ZONES NCZ003>004...NCZ019.

WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR MONDAY NCZ001...NCZ018.

VA...HIGH WIND WARNING FOR MONDAY FOR ZONES VAZ010>020...
VAZ022>024...VAZ032>035.

WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR MONDAY VAZ007...VAZ009...VAZ015.

WIND ADVISORY FOR MONDAY FOR ZONES VAZ007...VAZ009.

WIND ADVISORY FOR MONDAY FOR ZONES VAZ043>046.

WV...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR MONDAY FOR ZONES WVZ042
...WVZ043...WVZ045.

WIND ADVISORY FOR MONDAY FOR ZONES WVZ042>045.

JH

The radar

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Event by event

2 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.

High Wind, Floyd

When: February 4, 3:00 PM EST to 6:00 PM EST
Where: Floyd forecast zone
Reported by: NEWSPAPER
Coordinates: 36.932, -80.362 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Franklin

When: February 4, 3:00 PM EST to 6:00 PM EST
Where: Franklin forecast zone
Property damage: $8,000
Reported by: NEWSPAPER
Coordinates: 36.992, -79.881 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

What these are

High Wind: Sustained non-thunderstorm winds of 40 mph or more for an hour, or gusts of 58 mph or more.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Virginia in 2002 Every state in 2002 This day in weather history Warnings in Virginia, February 2002

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: 5282865, 5282866.