Thunderstorm Wind, Braxton
- When
- May 13, 5:25 PM EST
- Where
- Braxton County, Servia
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 38.617, -80.950
Several trees were blown down along roads.
Hail and Damaging Winds in West Virginia, May 13, 2005
A warm front moved north. Thunderstorms formed in the moist and unstable air south of the front.
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
- $1,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 10
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 warm front moved north. Thunderstorms formed in the moist and unstable air south of the front. Thunderstorms became pulse severe with hail and gusty winds.
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 May 13, 3:22 PM EST, 2 hours 3 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 13, 3:22 PM EST, 2 hours 3 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 422 PM EDT FRI MAY 13 2005 .SHORT TERM (REST OF TONIGHT)... RAPID UPDATE OF THE FORECAST FOR CURRENT RADAR AND SATELLITE TRENDS. WILL ALSO ADD THE POSSIBILITY OF LARGE HAIL FOR A BAND IN CENTRAL WV AND NORTHEAST KY AND SOUTHEAST OH. && .PREVIOUS DISCUSSION... (ISSUED 300 PM EDT FRI MAY 13 2005) SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT)... INSTABILITY WEST OF MOUNTAINS THIS EVE WILL MEAN TSTORMS UNTIL SUN GOES DOWN. HAVE PLAYED THE APPROACH OF PRECIPITATION TONIGHT LATE AS ETA IS FASTEST OF MODEL AND IT HOLDS THINGS WEST OF OHIO RIVER. RAISED MINS TONIGHT WITH GRADIENT INCREASING. INCREASED TEMPS A COUPLE OF DEGREES ACROSS THE BOARD FOR SATURDAY...WHICH WILL RESULT IN HIGHS RIGHT AROUND 80 DEGREES FOR ALL BUT HIGHEST LOCATIONS IN CWA. NAM INITIALLY QUICKER WITH THE FRONTAL PASSAGE...THEN SLOWS DOWN THE HIGH PRESSURE MOVING IN SUNDAY EVENING...BUT OVERALL PRETTY CONSISTENT WITH GFS SOLUTION. WITH PLENTY OF CLOUDS AROUND WILL KICK UP SATURDAY NIGHT/SUNDAY MORNING TEMPS AS WELL. GUIDANCE VALUES HERE ARE VERY WITHIN A COUPLE OF DEGREES OF EACH OTHER HERE. WITH HIGH PRESSURE NOT IN A HURRY TO BUILD IN...LINGERING MOISTURE AND SOME INSTABILITY MAY LEAD TO A FEW SHOWERS SUNDAY AFTERNOON ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE EASTERN CWA. A PRETTY GOOD COOL DOWN IS FIGURED FOR SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING...AS 850MB TEMPS FALL TO -1C BY 12Z MONDAY. OTHERWISE...HIGH PRESSURE OVERHEAD MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY. PREVIOUS DISCUSSION... (ISSUED 140 PM EDT FRI MAY 13 2005) AVIATION... MOSTLY CLEAR SKY LATE THIS MORNING INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS...ARE BEGINNING TO Q UP. WILL WATCH THE POP UP SHOWERS ACROSS E KY AND W VA...AS THEY NEAR BKW. HAVE INCLUDED THE POSSIBILITY OF A THUNDERSTORM HERE FOR MID AFTERNOON. OTHERWISE...VFR CONDITIONS ALL AROUND. HIGH PRESSURE TO OUR SOUTHEAST IS WORKING HARD TO KEEP THE AFTERNOON CUMULUS FROM FORMING...BUT IN A LOSING BATTLE. OVER THE NEXT 18 HOURS...VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO DOMINATE. HOWEVER...TOWARDS THE END OF THE PERIOD COLD FRONT WILL ENTER THE PICTURE FROM THE WEST. WILL NEED TO LOWER CEILINGS AND START THE MENTION OF SHOWERS AND EVEN THE POSSIBILITY OF A THUNDERSTORM AFTER DAY BREAK SATURDAY. BY 18Z...THE COLD FRONT WILL BE ACROSS WESTERN OHIO. WINDS WILL ALSO BE ON THE INCREASE SATURDAY WITH WINDS AROUND 10 TO 15 KTS COMMON...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. PREVIOUS DISCUSSION... (ISSUED 1246 PM EDT FRI MAY 13 2005) LONG TERM (TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY)... HPC UTILIZED A MIDDLE OF THE ROAD APPROACH BETWEEN THE AMPLIFIED CANADIAN AND THE SUPPRESSING GFS. THIS HAPPENS TO BE VERY SIMILAR TO THE ECMWF SOLUTION...BUT DID KICK THE COLD FRONT FOR THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK TO OUR EAST QUICKER...SIMILAR TO THE GFS FOR DAYS 6 AND 7. && .RLX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WV...NONE. OH...NONE. KY...NONE. VA...NONE. && SHORT TERM...RPY
Hazardous weather outlook, May 13, 2:53 AM EST, 14 hours 32 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 353 AM EDT FRI MAY 13 2005 KYZ101>103-105-OHZ066-067-075-076-083>087-VAZ003-004-WVZ005>011- 013>020-024>040-046-047-140752- 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- 353 AM EDT FRI MAY 13 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... STRONG THUNDERSTRORMS MAY DEVELOP ALONG AND AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. THE MAIN THREAT WOULD BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.
In the hours before
Local storm report, May 13, 2:39 PM EST, 2 hours 46 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
339 PM EDT FRI MAY 13 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0325 PM HAIL HAYSI 37.21N 82.29W
05/13/2005 1.75 INCH DICKENSON VA POST OFFICE
&&
KFSpecial weather statement, May 13, 4:25 PM EST, 1 hour before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 525 PM EDT FRI MAY 13 2005 WVZ015-016-027-132200- CLAY WV-KANAWHA WV-ROANE WV- 525 PM EDT FRI MAY 13 2005 HERE IS A SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE... ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IS MOVING NORTHEAST OUT OF KANAWHA COUNTY INTO CLAY AND SOUTHEASTERN ROANE COUNTIES... AT 525 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER NORTHEASTERN KANAWHA COUNTY...OR ABOUT 11 MILES EAST OF PINCH...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE AMMA... NEBO...WALLBACK...GLEN...BIG OTTER AND CLENDENIN. WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND PEA SIZE HAIL ARE ALL POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. 15
Special weather statement, May 13, 4:59 PM EST, 26 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 559 PM EDT FRI MAY 13 2005 WVZ028-029-132245- BRAXTON WV-GILMER WV- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GLENVILLE AND SUTTON 559 PM EDT FRI MAY 13 2005 HERE IS A SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE...FOR GILMER AND BRAXTON COUNTIES. A STRONG STORM IS MOVING OUT OF CLAY COUNTY...INTO WESTERN BRAXTON AND EASTERN GILMER COUNTIES. THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS AROUND 40 MPH...AND SMALL HAIL. THIS STORM WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTH...AND BE NEAR BURNSVILLE AROUND 6:30 PM. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES.
Special weather statement, May 13, 5:06 PM EST, 19 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 606 PM EDT FRI MAY 13 2005 KYZ101-103-OHZ087-132306- BOYD KY-GREENUP KY-LAWRENCE OH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ASHLAND...DURBIN...GREENUP AND IRONTON 606 PM EDT FRI MAY 13 2005 HERE IS A SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE... FOR EASTERN GREENUP KENTUCKY...NORTHERN BOYD KENTUCKY...AND LAWRENCE COUNTY OHIO. A STRONG STORM IS MOVING OUT OF BOYD COUNTY...INTO LAWRENCE COUNTY. THIS STORM HAS PRODUCED SMALL HAIL AROUND ASHLAND...AND MAY INCLUDE STRONG GUSTY WINDS AROUND 40 MPH. THIS STORM WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH NORTHEASTWARD AROUND 20 MPH. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES.
Special weather statement, May 13, 5:13 PM EST, 12 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 613 PM EDT FRI MAY 13 2005 KYZ105-132300- LAWRENCE KY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LOUISA 613 PM EDT FRI MAY 13 2005 HERE IS A SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE... FOR LAWRENCE COUNTY KENTUCKY. A LINE OF STRONG STORMS ARE MOVING INTO LAWRENCE COUNTY FROM THE SOUTHWEST. THESE STORMS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. THESE STORMS WILL BE ACROSS CENTRAL LAWRENCE COUNTY BY 6:30 PM. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES.
Special weather statement, May 13, 5:17 PM EST, 8 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 617 PM EDT FRI MAY 13 2005 VAZ003-132315- DICKENSON VA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLINTWOOD 617 PM EDT FRI MAY 13 2005 HERE IS A SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE... STRONG STORMS CONTINUE TO RESIDE IN DICKENSON COUNTY. THESE STORMS ARE ASSOCIATED VERY HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. THEY MAY ALSO CONTAIN SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS AROUND 40 MPH. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES.
The radar
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 75 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:23 UTC.
Event by event
7 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Gilmer
- When
- May 13, 5:50 PM EST
- Where
- Gilmer County, Glenville
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 38.933, -80.833
Thunderstorm Wind, Mingo
- When
- May 13, 6:15 PM EST
- Where
- Mingo County, Kermit
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 37.833, -82.417
Trees were knocked down by the wind.
Hail, Wayne
- When
- May 13, 6:20 PM EST
- Where
- Wayne County, Wayne
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 38.217, -82.433
Hail, Lincoln
- When
- May 13, 6:30 PM EST
- Where
- Lincoln County, Ranger
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 38.117, -82.183
Hail, Logan
- When
- May 13, 6:30 PM EST
- Where
- Logan County, Logan
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 37.850, -82.000
Thunderstorm Wind, Lincoln
- When
- May 13, 6:40 PM EST
- Where
- Lincoln County, Hamlin
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 38.283, -82.100
Trees were blown down.
Hail, Cabell
- When
- May 13, 6:53 PM EST
- Where
- Cabell County, Huntington
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 38.417, -82.467
Hail, Cabell
- When
- May 13, 6:56 PM EST
- Where
- Cabell County, Barboursville
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 38.417, -82.283
Hail, Cabell
- When
- May 13, 7:00 PM EST
- Where
- Cabell County, 2 mi W of Salt Rock
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Reported by
- BROADCAST MEDIA
- Coordinates
- 38.317, -82.250
A carport was damaged.
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.
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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- Hail and Damaging Winds in Indiana, May 13, 2005
- Flood in Kansas, May 13 to 14, 2005
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- Hail and Damaging Winds in Michigan, May 13, 2005
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- Wildfire in Hawaii, May 13 to 14, 2005
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- Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, May 13, 2005
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: 5446148, 5446149, 5446151, 5446150, 5446153, 5446157, 5446152, 5446154, 5446155, 5446156.