Strong Wind, Mineral
- When
- January 8, 12:00 AM EST to 8:00 AM EST
- Where
- Mineral forecast zone
- Measured
- 35 kt (40 mph) estimated sustained
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
Strong Wind in West Virginia, January 8, 2003
A strong low pressure system just east of the region produced strong winds in the higher elevations of Grant and Mineral counties during the early morning hours of the 8th. In Mineral County, a wind gust of 54 MPH was recorded at 1:35 AM.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $2,000
- 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 LWX wrote it up.
A strong low pressure system just east of the region produced strong winds in the higher elevations of Grant and Mineral counties during the early morning hours of the 8th. In Mineral County, a wind gust of 54 MPH was recorded at 1:35 AM. In Grant County, the gusty winds damaged a utility pole and small building in Petersburg.
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 Jan 7, 9:25 PM EST, 2 hours 35 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 7, 9:25 PM EST, 2 hours 35 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC 925 PM EST TUE JAN 7 2003 ALL FEATURES WEAK AND VERY SUBTLE THIS EVNG. SVRL PIECES OF LIFT CRSG CWFA. 1ST ONE PASSED ARND 00Z...AND A FEW SPRNKLS DVLPD ALNG IT. THIS AREA NOW STRETCHES FM SBY-RIC. A 2ND PIECE RESPONSIBLE FOR ECHOES ARND NE MD. THE 3RD WK AREA ACRS WRN PA/NYS. WUD THINK MUCH OF THIS WL PASS TO THE N...BUT MAY CLIP N-CNTRL/NE MD BFR NGT IS OVR. T-ADVCTN ANALY DEPICTS WAA AS MAIN FORCING. ISENT ANALY CONCURS...DEPICTING MAINLY UPGLIDE. MSTR GONE BY 12Z. NOT COMFY W/ RMVG POPS ATTM /CRRNTLY 20-30 PCT IN PRODUCTS/...BUT WUD RATHER LOOK AT IT AS A 70-80 PCT CHC NOTHING WL HPPN. ONE ITEM THAT DOES NEED ADJUSTING...W/ CLDCVR AND SLY WNDS...THERES NO WAY TEMPS WL DROP 10 DEG TO MID 20S DC METRO ZNS. THINK OTR GRPS HV BTTR IDEA OF NEARLY STDY TEMPS. OTHER TOUCHUPS AS NEEDED. NEW ZFP/RDF BY 10PM/03Z. GNGT HTS PRVS DSCN... TNT THRU WED NTE. NOT IMPRESSED AT ALL WITH NEXT SYSTEM. BASICALLY A TROF WITH SOME WEAK WAA AND NOT MUCH VORT FORCNG. WHILE THE PAST FEW DAYS HAVE HAD SW/S UNDERCUTTNG THE AREA WITH DECNT JET DVGNCE AND FORCNG...THIS HAS NOT MUCH GOING FOR IT. ALTHOUGH THERE IS SOME CONVCTN NOTCBLE IN THE CLDS OVR MI...THERE IS NOT MANY SFC OBS REPORTING PRECIP. WOULD BE SURPRISED IF WE SEE ANYTHING MORE THAN FLURRIES. THAT SAID...WILL HAVE A CHC OF A SHSN OVR THE BALT METRO AREA WITH LESS THAN AN INCH POSSBLE. ALL THE ENSBLES AND PART THE GFS HAS THIS BRING THE AREA THAT HAS THE BEST CHC OF SEEING MEAS PRECIP. FOR THE WASH AREA AND VA WILL HAVE SLGHT CHC OF A SHSN WITH NO ACCUM...BASICALLY AN ALT WORDNG FOR FLURRIES. WILL ALSO HAVE A CHC OF SHSN IN THE MNTNS WHERE THE ETA HAS MEAS PRECIP THRU WED ALONG THE W RIDGE...AROUND AN INCH POSSBLE TNT. WILL ALSO UNDERCUT MOS TMPS TNT. ALSO WILL GO WITH COLDER GFS FOR 850MB AND LO LVL TMPS. THIS WILL ALLOW FOR ANYTHING THAT DOES FALL TO FALL AS SNOW IN OUR AREA. WILL BE INTERESTNG TO SEE IF ANY PRECIP HAS DVLPED IN THE OH VALLY BY 00Z...IF NOT WOULD LEAN EVEN MORE TWDS THIS BEING A NON EVENT. 850MB FLOW IS FLAT AND EVRYTHNG INDICATES DOWNSLPLNG OVRNGHT. 18Z ETA COMING IN AND SHOWNG PRECP SHIELD STAYING JUST TO OUR NE IN EASTERN PA AND NJ. MAY BUMP UP TIMNG A FEW HOURS BASED ON NEW 18Z ETA. AFTER THAT SCT CLDS TMRRW. THEN HGH CLDS WED NGHT AS AS WARM FRNT PASSES TO OUR N. STRONG LONG TERM (THU-TUE) DEEP VORTEX REMAINS ANCHORED OVR ERN CANADA AND SENDS OUT A COUPLE OF REINFORCING SHOTS OF COLD AIR ACROSS THE AREA. FIRST ONE IS SCHEDULED TO MOVE THRU THE AREA THURS MORNING AND SECOND ONE FRI MORNING. NOT EXPECTING ANYTHING WITH THESE TWO FRONTS EXCEPT FOR A FEW CLOUDS WITH FIRST FRONT. COLD AND BREEZY FOR THE WEEKEND. ROSA .LWX... DC...NONE. MD...NONE. VA...NONE. WV...NONE. MARINE...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY ZONES ANZ530>534...ANZ536>537.
Event by event
2 strong wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Strong Wind, Grant
- When
- January 8, 12:00 AM EST to 8:00 AM EST
- Where
- Grant forecast zone
- Measured
- 47 kt (54 mph) measured gust
- Property damage
- $100
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
What these are
- Strong Wind
- Non-thunderstorm winds below high wind criteria that nonetheless caused damage or casualties.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Dense Fog in Utah, January 8, 2003
- High Wind in Virginia, January 8, 2003
- Frost and Freeze in Florida, January 8, 2003
- High Wind in Virginia, January 8 to 9, 2003
- High Wind and Strong Wind in West Virginia, January 8 to 9, 2003
- Winter Weather in New York, January 8 to 9, 2003
- Blizzard and High Wind in Alaska, January 8, 2003
- High Wind and Strong Wind in Maryland, January 8 to 9, 2003
- High Wind in North Carolina, January 8, 2003
- Flooding in California, January 8, 2003
- Heavy Snow in Wisconsin, January 8, 2003
- Dense Fog in Colorado, January 8, 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: 5340484, 5340485.