Thunderstorm Wind, Mineral
- When
- August 3, 3:40 PM EST
- Where
- Mineral County, Wiley Ford
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Reported by
- FIRE DEPT/RESCUE SQUAD
- Coordinates
- 39.617, -78.767
Trees and power lines were downed.
Damaging Wind in West Virginia, August 3, 2003
A thunderstorm with high winds moved through Mineral County during the afternoon of the 3rd. Trees and power lines were downed in Wiley Ford.
Where it happened
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $1,000
- 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 LWX wrote it up.
A thunderstorm with high winds moved through Mineral County during the afternoon of the 3rd. Trees and power lines were downed in Wiley Ford.
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 Aug 3, 1:45 PM EST, 1 hour 55 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 3, 1:45 PM EST, 1 hour 55 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC 245 PM EDT SUN AUG 3 2003 .TONIGHT AND MONDAY...ONLY MINOR CHANGES IN CURRENT FCST. WEAK S/WVS IS MOVING THROUGH THE FA HELPING TO FIRE OFF SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON. WI PWAT AROUND 2 INCHES...HEAVY RAIN IS THE MAIN THREAT ALTHOUGH CAN NOT RULE OUT SOME GUSTY WINDS IN THE STRONGER STORMS AS WELL. WELL HAVE TO KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR ANY TRAINING OF THE STORMS THAT MAY TRY AND SET THIS AFTERNOON/EVENING. CONVECTION WILL CONTINUE THROUGH A GOOD PART OF THE EVENING BEFORE WEAKENING. SIMILAR SETUP ON MONDAY WI MORNING FOG AND LOW CLOUDS AND AFTERNOON STORMS WI HEAVY RAIN POTENTIAL. NOT MUCH CHANGE IN TEMPS OR WINDS./ ND .LONG TERM (MON NITE THRU SUN) FORECAST THINKING HAS REMAINED UNCHANGED AS OVERALL PATTERN IS THE SAME. RIDGING WEST AND TROUGHING EAST WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE PERIOD. SLY FLOW AT THE SURFACE AND S/SWLY FLOW ALOFT WILL CONTINUE TO FEED MOISTURE INTO THE AREA PWATS RANGING FROM 1.5 TO 1.75. WEAK SURFACE BOUNDARIES AND SHORTWAVE ENERGY WILL CONTINUE TO HELP WITH SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT THROUGH SATURDAY. WEAK BOUNDARY WILL MOVE THROUGH WEST AND CENTRAL ZONES LATE MONDAY/EARLY TUESDAY. SOME DRYING IS INDICATED IN THE MID AND UPPER LEVELS TUESDAY NIGHT AND EARLY WEDNESDAY...SO WILL GO WITH PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES. OTHERWISE MOSTLY TO PARTLY CLOUDY WITH BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES. WILL CONTINUE CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EACH PERIOD. EXCEPT SLIGHT CHANCE TUESDAY NIGHT./ CPW .LWX... DC...NONE. MD...NONE. VA...NONE. WV...NONE.
Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 3, 10:00 AM EST, 5 hours 40 minutes before
DCZ001-MDZ002>007-009>011-013-014-016>018-VAZ021-025>031-036>042- 050>057-WVZ048>055-040900- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC 1100 AM EDT SUN AUG 3 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MARYLAND WEST OF THE CHESAPEAKE BAY AND EAST OF GARRETT COUNTY...THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA...NORTHERN VIRGINIA...THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL SHENANDOAH VALLEY...AND THE EASTERN PANHANDLE OF WEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY NO SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. ND
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 3, 2:14 PM EST, 1 hour 26 minutes before
VAZ036>039-032115- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC 314 PM EDT SUN AUG 3 2003 ...HEAVY RAIN IN THE WEST CENTRAL FOOTHILLS... RADAR AT 310 PM CONTINUED TO SHOW A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM MADISON SOUTHWARD THROUGH CHARLOTTESVILLE TO EASTERN NELSON COUNTY. ESTIMATES FROM THE RADAR INDICATE THAT 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN SPOTS SINCE EARLY AFTERNOON OVER ALBEMARLE AND NELSON COUNTIES. THE LINE IS SHIFTING SLOWLY EASTWARD. EXPECT PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT HOUR OR TWO. THIS COULD PRODUCE HIGH STANDING WATER IN LOW SPOTS AND IN AREAS OF POOR DRAINAGE. RDH
The radar
The Sterling radar (KLWX), 131 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:42 UTC.
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 Flooding and Hail in Illinois, August 3, 2003
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, August 3, 2003
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in New York, August 3, 2003
- Flash Flooding in Vermont, August 3, 2003
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Michigan, August 3, 2003
- Lightning Strike in Massachusetts, August 3, 2003
- Lightning Strike in Pennsylvania, August 3, 2003
- Flash Flooding in New York, August 3, 2003
- Damaging Wind in Utah, August 3, 2003
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, August 3, 2003
- Tornadoes and Hail in Ohio, August 3, 2003
- Flash Flood in Tennessee, August 3, 2003
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: 5335796.