West Virginia, 2024

High Wind in West Virginia, February 28, 2024

February 28, 2024 · NWS LWX · 1 event in 1 county or zone

Strong downslope winds impacted parts of the eastern West Virginia panhandle behind a strong cold front that crossed the region.

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
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.

Strong downslope winds impacted parts of the eastern West Virginia panhandle behind a strong cold front that crossed the region.

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Event by event

1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.

High Wind, Eastern Grant

When
February 28, 6:00 PM EST to 10:00 PM EST
Where
Eastern Grant forecast zone
Measured
58 kt (67 mph) measured gust
Reported by
Mesonet
Coordinates
39.105, -79.196 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

A mesonet in Petersburg, WV measured a peak wind gust of 67 mph at 2030 LST. The AWOS at the Grant County Regional Airport in Petersburg, WV measured a peak wind gust of 59 mph at 2004LST.

What these are

High Wind
Sustained non-thunderstorm winds of 40 mph or more for an hour, or gusts of 58 mph or more.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

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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: 1164968.