Thunderstorm Wind, Wayne
- When
- June 14, 5:00 PM EST
- Where
- Wayne County, Ceredo
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 38.400, -82.550
Trees fell across power lines.
Damaging Winds in West Virginia, June 14, 2005
A squall line, of strong to severe thunderstorms, developed in Ohio and Kentucky, then moved into western West Virginia. This activity was well ahead of an approaching cold front.
Where it happened
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- 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 happened
The episode as NWS RLX wrote it up.
A squall line, of strong to severe thunderstorms, developed in Ohio and Kentucky, then moved into western West Virginia. This activity was well ahead of an approaching cold front.
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 14, 4:50 PM EST, 10 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 14, 4:50 PM EST, 10 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 550 PM EDT TUE JUN 14 2005 .SHORT TERM (REST OF TONIGHT)... UPDATED FOR WATCH NUMBER 483. NOT MUCH CHNAGE TO THE FORECAST NEEDED. && .PREVIOUS DISCUSSION... (ISSUED 241 PM EDT TUE JUN 14 2005) SHORT TERM (REST OF TONIGHT)... SEVERE PARAMETERS CONTINUE TO LOOK FAVORABLE INTO THIS EVENING AND NO MAJOR CHANGES MADE AS SEVERE WEATHER HAS ALREADY STARTED PANNING OUT JUST UPSTREAM OF FORECAST AREA. RUC...NAM AND GFS LESS BULLISH WITH EVENT NOW WITH LESS MOISTURE AND MUCH LOWER POPS. THIS APPEARS AT ODDS WITH ACTIVITY UPSTREAM BUT IT APPEARS MODELS ARE PICKING UP ON SLIGHTLY STRONGER LOW TO MID LEVEL FLOW...A DIFFERENCE WHICH MAY BE JUST ENOUGH TO SHEAR THINGS OUT AS WE MOVE INTO THIS EVENING. UPPER DIV IS NOT VERY IMPRESSIVE ON NAM ANYMORE EXCEPT NORTH OF FORECAST AREA AND OTHER MODELS AGREE...GFS WAS NEVER THAT BULLISH HERE. OPTED TO STAY WITH LIKELY POPS...NEITHER INCREASING NOR DECREASING FOR THE TIME BEING AND THIS IS A COMPROMISE OF SORTS. LOWER MAV NUMBERS ON LOWS TONIGHT MOST LOCATIONS REFLECT FASTER TIMING OF PARENT MODEL ON PROGRESS OF FRONT AND WENT NEAR TO SLIGHTLY ABOVE. PREVIOUS DISCUSSION... (ISSUED 210 PM EDT TUE JUN 14 2005) LONG TERM (WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY)... UPPER LEVEL LOW WILL BE WRAPPING AROUND THE GREAT LAKES REGION. THIS COMBINED WITH AFTERNOON HEATING COULD HELP SPARK AN AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORM WEDNESDAY ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE CWA...WITH SOME COOLER AIR MOVING IN IN THE MID LEVELS. TEMPERATURE WISE...NOT A LOT OF COOLING AT THE SFC UNTIL THURSDAY...WHEN LOW TO MID 70S ARE FIGURED. WITH UPPER LEVEL LOW RESIDING TO OUR NORTH THROUGH FRIDAY...WILL BE DIFFICULT TO GET RID OF LOW POPS ALL TOGETHER. PREVIOUS DISCUSSION (18Z TO 18Z)... (ISSUED 125 PM EDT TUE JUN 14 2005) AVIATION... OVERNIGHT FOG WILL BE HIGHLY DEPENDENT ON THE AMOUNT OF AFTERNOON PRECIPITATION. OTHERWISE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN MIXED THROUGH MOST OF THE OVERNIGHT HOURS...LIMITING LIFR FOG DEVELOPMENT. COUPLE OF LINES OF THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY PUSHING IN FROM WESTERN AND CENTRAL OHIO. OTHER THAN A FEW POP UP STORMS...HAVE TIMED THE FIRST LINE TO APPROACH HTS AROUND 2030Z...AND PKB MORE TOWARDS 21Z. AS THESE STORMS NEAR...MAY NEED TO INCREASE POTENTIAL WIND GUSTS ABOVE THE 40KTS CURRENTLY FORECAST FOR OUR WESTERN SITES. OTHERWISE...FOR WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON WILL KEEP BKN MID DECK ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE CWA WITH MORE BREAKS FIGURED SOUTH OF PKB AND CKB. PREVIOUS DISCUSSION... (ISSUED 1158 AM EDT TUE JUN 14 2005) SHORT TERM (REST OF TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT)... WATCH BOX 480 SVR ISSUED JUST AS I WAS READY TO ISSUE SHORT TERM UPDATE SO TIMING WORKED WELL. ILN SOUNDING SHOWS VIRTUALLY NO CAP AND CU ALREADY GOING UP QUICKLY ACROSS THE AREA. CAPES UP TO 2500 J/KG ON LOW 70S DEW POINTS...AND 35-45 KTS THROUGH THE LOW AND MID LEVELS...COUPLED WITH GOOD UPPER DIV AHEAD OF APPROACHING SHORT WAVE...MAKE SEVERE ALL BUT A SLAM DUNK LATER THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. WITH WET BULB HIGH AND SHEAR UNIDIRECTIONAL...EXPECT DAMAGING WIND TO BE THE MAIN THREAT. SOUTHERN EDGE OF THREAT NEAR HTS TO CRW CORRIDOR LOOKS GOOD AS MEAN WIND AND UPPER DIVERGENCE DROP OFF SIGNIFICANTLY SOUTH OF THERE GIVEN TRACK OF SHORT WAVE. OTHERWISE LITTLE CHANGE NEEDED TO ONGOING FORECAST. CHANGED WEATHER TERMS TO COVERAGE AND LIMITED THUNDERSTORM THREAT AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AS STABILITY IS LOST BEFORE DAWN. TEMPERATURES BY AND LARGE ON TRACK. && .RLX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WV...NONE. OH...NONE. KY...NONE. VA...NONE. && SHORT TERM...TRM
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 14, 4:48 PM EST, 12 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 548 PM EDT TUE JUN 14 2005 OHZ066-067-075-084-150900- ATHENS OH-MORGAN OH-PERRY OH-VINTON OH- 548 PM EDT TUE JUN 14 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEASTERN OHIO... NORTHEASTERN KENTUCKY...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...AND MOST OF WEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. KYZ101>103-105-OHZ076-083-085>087-VAZ003-004-WVZ005>011-013>020- 024>040-046-047-150900- 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-NICHOLAS WV-PLEASANTS WV- POCAHONTAS WV-PUTNAM WV-RALEIGH WV-RANDOLPH WV-RITCHIE WV-ROANE WV- TAYLOR WV-TYLER WV-UPSHUR WV-WASHINGTON OH-WAYNE WV-WEBSTER WV- WIRT WV-WOOD WV-WYOMING WV- 548 PM EDT TUE JUN 14 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEASTERN OHIO... NORTHEASTERN KENTUCKY...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA... AND MOST OF WEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM THIS EVENING. THE MAIN THREAT FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP WILL BE DAMAGING WIND. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE LIKELY. TRM
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 14, 3:33 PM EST, 1 hour 27 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
433 PM EDT TUE JUN 14 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0420 PM TSTM WND DMG BEVERLY 39.55N 81.64W
06/14/2005 WASHINGTON OH EMERGENCY MNGR
LARGE BRANCHES DOWN.
&&
PGLocal storm report, Jun 14, 3:54 PM EST, 1 hour 6 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
454 PM EDT TUE JUN 14 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0415 PM TSTM WND DMG MALTA 39.65N 81.86W
06/14/2005 MORGAN OH EMERGENCY MNGR
LARGE LIMBS AND POWER LINES DOWN.
0415 PM TSTM WND DMG 1 S MCCONNELSVILLE 39.64N 81.84W
06/14/2005 MORGAN OH EMERGENCY MNGR
TREES DOWN NEAR ROKBY LOCKS.
&&
PGLocal storm report, Jun 14, 4:00 PM EST, 1 hour before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA
500 PM EDT TUE JUN 14 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0442 PM TSTM WND DMG MARIETTA 39.43N 81.45W
06/14/2005 WASHINGTON OH PUBLIC
LARGE BRANCHES BROKEN.
EVENT OCCURRED BETWEEN
442 PM 06/14/2005 AND 457 PM 06/14/2005
&&Local storm report, Jun 14, 4:06 PM EST, 54 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
506 PM EDT TUE JUN 14 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0450 PM TSTM WND DMG 2 SE MARIETTA 39.40N 81.42W
06/14/2005 WASHINGTON OH DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
LARGE TREE LIMBS DOWN ON ROUTE 7.
0437 PM TSTM WND DMG LOWELL 39.53N 81.51W
06/14/2005 WASHINGTON OH DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
LARGE TREE DOWN ON ROUTE 60.
&&
PGSpecial weather statement, Jun 14, 4:11 PM EST, 49 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 511 PM EDT TUE JUN 14 2005 KYZ101>103-105-OHZ086-087-WVZ005-006-142200- BOYD-CABELL-CARTER-GALLIA-GREENUP-LAWRENCE-WAYNE- 511 PM EDT TUE JUN 14 2005 HERE IS A SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FOR WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA AND NORTHEASTERN KENTUCKY.. AT 511 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF CARTER CAVES STATE PARK TO 23 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BLAINE...OR FROM 13 MILES SOUTH OF PORTSMOUTH TO WEST LIBERTY...MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY THESE STORMS INCLUDE HUNTINGTON...ASHLAND...IRONTON...GALLIPOLIS AND MILTON. WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH AND SMALL HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. STAY TUNED FOR POSSIBLE UPCOMING WARNINGS. PLEASE REPORT HAIL OR STRONG WINDS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY. 29
Local storm report, Jun 14, 4:28 PM EST, 32 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
528 PM EDT TUE JUN 14 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0510 PM TSTM WND DMG OLIVE HILL 38.30N 83.17W
06/14/2005 CARTER KY EMERGENCY MNGR
TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN.
&&
PGThe radar
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 73 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:58 UTC.
Event by event
4 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Cabell
- When
- June 14, 5:20 PM EST
- Where
- Cabell County, Barboursville
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 38.417, -82.283
Several trees were blown down.
Thunderstorm Wind, Lincoln
- When
- June 14, 5:55 PM EST
- Where
- Lincoln County, Branchland
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 38.217, -82.200
Thunderstorm Wind, Kanawha
- When
- June 14, 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Kanawha County, 1 mi E of St Albans
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 38.370, -81.817
Trees came down between St Albans and South Charleston.
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
- Flood and Hail in Kentucky, June 14, 2005
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, June 14, 2005
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, June 14, 2005
- Flooding and Hail in Ohio, June 14, 2005
- Lightning Strike in New Hampshire, June 14, 2005
- Damaging Wind in Ohio, June 14, 2005
- Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, June 14, 2005
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, June 14, 2005
- Flash Flood in Pennsylvania, June 14, 2005
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Michigan, June 14, 2005
- Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, June 14, 2005
- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, June 14, 2005
More
Every storm in West Virginia in 2005Every state in 2005This day in weather historyWarnings in West Virginia, June 2005
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: 5456281, 5456282, 5456284, 5456283.