Thunderstorm Wind, Greenup
- When
- June 1, 3:30 PM EST
- Where
- Greenup County, Wurtland
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 38.550, -82.767
Several trees were blown down.
Damaging Winds in Kentucky, June 1, 2004
4 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- 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
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 4
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 1, 2:00 PM EST, 1 hour 30 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 1, 2:00 PM EST, 1 hour 30 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 300 PM EDT TUE JUN 1 2004 .UPDATE TO DISCUSSION... .DISCUSSION 300 PM EDT THU JUN 1 2004 THRU THURSDAY NIGHT... ONLY WEAK WAVES THROUGH TONIGHT UNTIL THE MAIN WAVE SWINGS THROUGH ON WEDNESDAY. WITH NO GOOD TAPPING OF MOISTURE AS A RESULT OF WEST TO EAST FLOW ACROSS REGION THE CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION WILL ONLY BE CHANCE CATEGORY INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT. RIDGING BEHIND TROUGH FOR THURSDAY AND GOOD DRYING THURSDAY NIGHT. FRIDAY THRU TUESDAY... FRIDAY STILL APPEARS TO BE A PLEASANT JUNE DAY. WARM FRONTAL BOUNDARY STARTS LIFTING BACK NORTH ON SATURDAY SO POPS RETURN. DEEPER MOISTURE SHOULD ARRIVE BY SUNDAY. FRONTAL ZONE OSCILLATES IN OUR VICINITY SUNDAY INTO MONDAY. WARM SECTOR FIGURED FOR DAY 7. AAR BATTY .PREVIOUS DISCUSSION... 945 AM EDT TUE JUN 1 2004 CURRENT FORECAST LOOKS ON TRACK. NO CHANGES EXPECTED. AR && .AVIATION... 135 PM EDT TUE JUN 1 2004 WITH ONLY VERY WEAK WAVE BEFORE MAIN TROUGH WEDNESDAY ONLY PUT IN SOME MID DECK AND HIGH DECK WITH NO MENTION OF PRECIPITATION AS THE CHANCE WILL BE LOW. BEST OF PRECIPITATION AFTER 18Z. && .RLX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WV...NONE. VA...NONE. KY...NONE. OH...NONE. &&
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 1, 4:00 AM EST, 11 hours 30 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 500 AM EDT TUE JUN 1 2004 KYZ101>103-105-OHZ066-067-075-076-083>087-VAZ003-004-WVZ005>011- 013>020-024>040-046-047-020900- ATHENS OH-BARBOUR WV-BOONE WV-BOYD KY-BRAXTON WV-BUCHANAN VA-CABELL WV-CALHOUN WV-CARTER KY-CLAY WV-DICKENSON VA-DODDRIDGE WV-FAYETTE WV-GALLIA OH-GILMER WV-GREENUP KY-HARRISON WV-JACKSON WV-JACKSON OH-KANAWHA WV-LAWRENCE OH-LAWRENCE KY-LEWIS WV-LINCOLN WV-LOGAN WV-MASON WV-MCDOWELL WV-MEIGS OH-MINGO WV-MORGAN OH-NICHOLAS WV-PERRY OH-PLEASANTS WV-POCAHONTAS WV-PUTNAM WV-RALEIGH WV-RANDOLPH WV-RITCHIE WV-ROANE WV-TAYLOR WV-TYLER WV-UPSHUR WV-VINTON OH-WASHINGTON OH-WAYNE WV-WEBSTER WV-WIRT WV-WOOD WV-WYOMING WV 500 AM EDT TUE JUN 1 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEASTERN OHIO... NORTHEASTERN KENTUCKY...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...AND MOST OF WEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE... NO SEVERE WEATHER EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... NO SEVERE WEATHER EXPECTED. HC
The radar
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 95 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:29 UTC.
Event by event
4 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Greenup
- When
- June 1, 3:35 PM EST
- Where
- Greenup County, Russell
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 38.533, -82.683
Large branches were snapped off.
Thunderstorm Wind, Boyd
- When
- June 1, 3:42 PM EST
- Where
- Boyd County, Ashland
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 38.467, -82.633
Trees were knocked down in the city.
Thunderstorm Wind, Boyd
- When
- June 1, 3:55 PM EST
- Where
- Boyd County, Catlettsburg
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 38.417, -82.600
Trees were blown down.
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
- Tornadoes and Flash Flood in Texas, June 1, 2004
- Flooding in Wisconsin, June 1 to 30, 2004
- Damaging Winds in West Virginia, June 1, 2004
- Flooding in Kentucky, June 1 to 3, 2004
- Rip Current in Florida, June 1, 2004
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, June 1, 2004
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, June 1, 2004
- Damaging Winds in West Virginia, June 1, 2004
- Flooding in Kentucky, June 1 to 9, 2004
- Damaging Wind in Texas, June 1, 2004
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Kentucky, June 1 to 2, 2004
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, June 1, 2004
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: 5407147, 5407148, 5407149, 5407150.