Thunderstorm Wind, Gilmer
- When
- April 23, 8:58 PM EST
- Where
- Gilmer County, 0.54 mi E of Troy
- Measured
- 45 kt (52 mph) estimated gust
- Property damage
- $500
- Reported by
- 911 Call Center
- Coordinates
- 39.020, -80.760
One tree was blown down.
Hail and Damaging Wind in West Virginia, April 23, 2019
A cold front pushed through the middle Ohio River Valley and central Appalachians on the 23rd. Showers and thunderstorms formed along the front, some of which contained hail and gusty winds.
Where it happened
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- 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
- $500
- 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 RLX wrote it up.
A cold front pushed through the middle Ohio River Valley and central Appalachians on the 23rd. Showers and thunderstorms formed along the front, some of which contained hail and gusty winds.
The radar
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 115 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:56 UTC.
Event by event
1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Lewis
- When
- April 23, 9:22 PM EST
- Where
- Lewis County, 0.87 mi SE of Homeland
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 39.110, -80.390
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
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Texas, April 23 to 24, 2019
- Hail and Lightning Strike in Texas, April 23, 2019
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, April 23 to 25, 2019
- Flooding in Iowa, April 23 to 30, 2019
- Hail in New Mexico, April 23, 2019
- Hail in New York, April 23, 2019
- Damaging Wind in Arizona, April 23, 2019
- Flood in Iowa, April 23 to 30, 2019
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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 809177, 809176.