Thunderstorm Wind, Jefferson
- When
- July 4, 5:15 PM EST
- Where
- Jefferson County, Charles Town
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Property damage
- $500
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 39.300, -77.850
A tree was downed.
Damaging Wind in West Virginia, July 4, 2003
A thunderstorm with strong gusty winds downed a tree in Charles Town on the evening of the 4th.
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 strong gusty winds downed a tree in Charles Town on the evening of the 4th.
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 Jul 4, 1:39 PM EST, 3 hours 36 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 4, 1:39 PM EST, 3 hours 36 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC 239 PM EDT FRI JUL 4 2003 SHORT TERM...(TONIGHT AND SATURDAY) WEAK TROUGH PASSING TO THE NORTH OF FA TODAY...SOUNDING SHOWS THAT WE ARE CONDITIONALLY UNSTABLE THIS AFTERNOON. SO WITH CURRENT TSTM IN PA AND WV WILL HAVE SCHC IN ACROSS THE FA TONIGHT. GUIDANCE CONTINUE TO DEVELOP A SUMMERTIME SUBTROPICAL RIDGE OVR THE SRN CONUS...WITH THE MAIN BAND OF WESTERLIES REMAINING JUST N OF THE MID ATL. MAIN BAND OF WESTERLIES WAFFLES BACK AND FORTH ACROSS THE MASON DIXON...AND THIS MAKE THE FORECAST A BIT COMPLICATED. SAT...STG HTG WL BE THE MAIN PROB OF THE DAY...LEE TROF DEVELOPS...AND LLVL MOISTURE CONTS TO INCRS. WOULD XPCT SCT CONVECTION TO DEVELOP IN THE FAVORED TERRAIN AREAS...AND ALSO ALG THE LEE TROF. A FEW STORMS MAY BE STRONG TO SEVERE. ALSO TEMPS AND HEAT INDICES WL BE ON THE RISE SAT WI HEAT INDICES CLIMBING INTO THE 100-110F RANGE...SO WL ISSUE HEAT ADV FOR MOST OF CWA. ND SAT NIGHT-FRI SAT NIGHT...MODELS SUGGEST A LARGE CONVECTIVE COMPLEX WILL EVOLVE OVR THE UPPER MIDWEST TONIGHT AND TRACK ACROSS PA ON SAT. THIS ACTIVITY WILL LIKELY SKIRT OUR NRN ZONES. WILL REINTRODUCE THE SCHANCE POPS EVERYWHERE AS OUTFLOW BDRIES COULD GENERATE ISOLD ACTIVITY. SUN-WED...POPS GENERALLY AT CLIMO (SCHANCE 20%) ASSOCIATED WITH ANY LEFTOVR BDRIES FROM PREVIOUS CONVECTION IN A WARM JUICY AMS. TEMPS GENERALLY AOA 90. MINS GENERALLY AROUND 70 MOST AREAS MID 70S URBAN AREAS. THU-FRI...GFS SUGGESTS AN UPPER TROF AMPLIFYING TOWARD THE EAST COAST WILL PUSH A STG CDFNT THRU THE AREA EARLY THU. ROSA .LWX... DC...HEAT ADVISORY FROM 800 AM EDT SATURDAY UNTIL 800 PM EDT SATURDAY FOR ZONE DCZ001. MD...HEAT ADVISORY FROM 800 AM EDT SATURDAY UNTIL 800 PM EDT SATURDAY FOR ZONES MDZ002>007...MDZ009>011...MDZ013>014...MDZ016>018. VA...HEAT ADVISORY FROM 800 AM EDT SATURDAY UNTIL 800 PM EDT SATURDAY FOR ZONES VAZ025>031...VAZ036>042...VAZ050>057. WV...HEAT ADVISORY FROM 800 AM EDT SATURDAY UNTIL 800 PM EDT SATURDAY FOR ZONES WVZ048>053...WVZ055.
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 4, 9:45 AM EST, 7 hours 30 minutes before
DCZ001-MDZ002>007-009>011-013-014-016>018-VAZ021-025>031-036>042- 050>057-WVZ048>055-050900- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC 1045 AM EDT FRI JUL 4 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 AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... HEAT INDICES A FORECAST TO REACH THE 100F TO 105F RANGE SATURDAY. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS SUNDAY NEAR AND NORTH OF THE BALTIMORE/WASHINGTON METRO AREAS. ND
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 4, 3:34 PM EST, 1 hour 41 minutes before
VAZ039-042130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC 434 PM EDT FRI JUL 4 2003 AT 434 PM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM 2 MILES NORTHWEST OF ROCHELLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN...AND MAY CAUSE FUTURE LOCALIZED FLOODING. SOUTHWEST MADISON COUNTY WILL BE AFFECTED BY THIS STORM THROUGH 530 PM. RESIDENTS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT IN CASE WARNINGS ARE ISSUED. ROGOWSKI
Local storm report, Jul 4, 3:51 PM EST, 1 hour 24 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
451 PM EDT FRI JUL 04 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0347 PM MIDDLETOWN MD WIND DAMAGE
07/04/03 FREDERICK FEW TREES DOWN
0347 PM MYERSVILLE MD WIND DAMAGE
07/04/03 FREDERICK FEW TREES DOWNThe radar
The Sterling radar (KLWX), 48 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:14 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.
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The same day elsewhere
- Heat in Pennsylvania, July 4 to 9, 2003
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- Flash Flooding and Hail in Indiana, July 4 to 5, 2003
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, July 4, 2003
- Damaging Winds in Michigan, July 4, 2003
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, July 4 to 5, 2003
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Michigan, July 4, 2003
- Heat in California, July 4 to 5, 2003
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, July 4, 2003
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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: 5369170.