The severe wind outbreak of August 9, 2000
381 wind reportsVirginia, Ohio, Kentucky and 16 more states
381 damaging wind reports across 19 states between 2:58 AM and 12:56 AM the next day CDT, 3 of them 65 knots (75 mph) or stronger. 111 hail reports and 8 tornadoes the same day.
Watch the day unfoldSevere wind day · August 9, 2000
How the day unfolded
Every damaging wind report of the day at its logged time, with the day's hail reports and tornadoes, and the counties they reached.
The day in numbers
- Wind reports
- 381
- 97th of 15,807 days with wind reports since 1955
- 75 mph or more
- 3
- 1 of 86 mph (75 knots) or more
- Strongest measured gust
- —
- No measured gust reported
- Measured
- 0
- reports with an instrument reading; the rest are estimates from damage
- Killed by wind
- 1
- 10 injured
- Counties reporting
- 290
- in 19 states
Hour by hour
Damaging wind reports in each hour, Central Daylight Time.
The strongest winds
The 100 strongest reports with a speed. Measured gusts come from an instrument; estimated speeds are judged from damage.
| 5:40 PM | Ashtabula County OH | 86 mph | Estimated |
| 4:45 PM | Williamsburg County SC | 81 mph | Estimated |
| 5:10 PM | Horry County SC | 75 mph | Estimated |
| 6:30 PM | Horry County SC | 71 mph | Estimated |
| 2:00 PM | Lapeer County MI | 70 mph | Estimated |
| 3:15 AM | Washington County IA | 69 mph | Estimated |
| 10:15 AM | Pickaway County OH | 69 mph | Estimated |
| 2:10 PM | Lapeer County MI | 69 mph | Estimated |
| 3:12 PM | Bamberg County SC | 69 mph | Estimated |
| 3:40 PM | Louisa County VA | 69 mph | Estimated |
| 3:40 PM | Louisa County VA | 69 mph | Estimated |
| 3:52 PM | Fluvanna County VA | 69 mph | Estimated |
| 4:31 PM | Goochland County VA | 69 mph | Estimated |
| 4:50 PM | Henrico County VA | 69 mph | Estimated |
| 5:05 PM | Chesterfield County VA | 69 mph | Estimated |
| 5:10 PM | Hanover County VA | 69 mph | Estimated |
| 5:10 PM | Powhatan County VA | 69 mph | Estimated |
| 6:15 PM | Scioto County OH | 69 mph | Estimated |
| 8:20 PM | Harrison County KY | 69 mph | Estimated |
| 8:35 PM | Jefferson County IN | 69 mph | Estimated |
| 8:40 PM | Scott County KY | 69 mph | Estimated |
| 8:40 PM | Fayette County KY | 69 mph | Estimated |
| 8:45 PM | Nicholas County KY | 69 mph | Estimated |
| 8:45 PM | Bourbon County KY | 69 mph | Estimated |
| 9:05 PM | Franklin County KY | 69 mph | Estimated |
| 9:05 PM | Woodford County KY | 69 mph | Estimated |
| 9:15 PM | Fayette County KY | 69 mph | Estimated |
| 9:20 PM | Fayette County KY | 69 mph | Estimated |
| 9:35 PM | Shelby County KY | 69 mph | Estimated |
| 11:10 PM | Meade County KY | 69 mph | Estimated |
| 11:15 PM | Nelson County KY | 69 mph | Estimated |
| 2:25 PM | Hillsborough County FL | 66 mph | Estimated |
| 4:15 PM | Loudoun County VA | 66 mph | Estimated |
| 6:00 AM | Saginaw County MI | 64 mph | Estimated |
| 8:10 AM | Delaware County IN | 64 mph | Estimated |
| 2:15 PM | Staunton VA | 64 mph | Estimated |
| 4:01 PM | Kearny County KS | 64 mph | Estimated |
| 7:37 PM | Broome County NY | 64 mph | Estimated |
| 6:10 AM | Tuscola County MI | 63 mph | Estimated |
| 2:05 PM | Macomb County MI | 63 mph | Estimated |
| 5:00 PM | Mobile County AL | 63 mph | Estimated |
| 5:30 PM | Horry County SC | 63 mph | Estimated |
| 7:39 AM | Marion County IN | 62 mph | Estimated |
| 12:35 PM | Kanawha County WV | 61 mph | Estimated |
| 5:50 PM | Hamilton County OH | 61 mph | Estimated |
| 7:02 AM | Lapeer County MI | 60 mph | Estimated |
| 8:05 AM | St. Clair County MI | 60 mph | Estimated |
| 10:10 AM | Franklin County OH | 60 mph | Estimated |
| 2:22 PM | St. Clair County MI | 60 mph | Estimated |
| 2:35 PM | Huron County MI | 60 mph | Estimated |
| 3:35 PM | Bay County MI | 60 mph | Estimated |
| 4:45 PM | Stanton County KS | 60 mph | Estimated |
| 5:15 PM | Maury County TN | 60 mph | Estimated |
| 5:48 PM | Hodgeman County KS | 60 mph | Estimated |
| 5:55 PM | Rutherford County TN | 60 mph | Estimated |
| 6:00 PM | Steuben County NY | 60 mph | Estimated |
| 6:40 PM | Schuyler County NY | 60 mph | Estimated |
| 7:05 PM | Tompkins County NY | 60 mph | Estimated |
| 7:12 PM | Warren County TN | 60 mph | Estimated |
| 7:20 PM | Tioga County NY | 60 mph | Estimated |
| 7:36 PM | Kanawha County WV | 60 mph | Estimated |
| 7:50 PM | Broome County NY | 60 mph | Estimated |
| 7:55 PM | Chenango County NY | 60 mph | Estimated |
| 8:20 PM | Otsego County NY | 60 mph | Estimated |
| 8:25 PM | Otsego County NY | 60 mph | Estimated |
| 8:30 PM | Delaware County NY | 60 mph | Estimated |
| 5:45 AM | Iroquois County IL | 58 mph | Estimated |
| 7:37 AM | Hamilton County IN | 58 mph | Estimated |
| 7:52 AM | Madison County IN | 58 mph | Estimated |
| 8:00 AM | Marion County IN | 58 mph | Estimated |
| 8:05 AM | Hancock County IN | 58 mph | Estimated |
| 8:20 AM | Randolph County IN | 58 mph | Estimated |
| 8:25 AM | Wayne County IN | 58 mph | Estimated |
| 8:30 AM | Henry County IN | 58 mph | Estimated |
| 8:35 AM | Darke County OH | 58 mph | Estimated |
| 8:40 AM | Mercer County OH | 58 mph | Estimated |
| 8:40 AM | Fayette County IN | 58 mph | Estimated |
| 9:00 AM | Montgomery County OH | 58 mph | Estimated |
| 9:00 AM | Preble County OH | 58 mph | Estimated |
| 9:00 AM | Union County IN | 58 mph | Estimated |
| 9:10 AM | Shelby County OH | 58 mph | Estimated |
| 9:11 AM | Miami County OH | 58 mph | Estimated |
| 9:15 AM | Champaign County OH | 58 mph | Estimated |
| 9:30 AM | Greene County OH | 58 mph | Estimated |
| 9:35 AM | Clark County OH | 58 mph | Estimated |
| 9:45 AM | Madison County OH | 58 mph | Estimated |
| 10:15 AM | Ross County OH | 58 mph | Estimated |
| 10:27 AM | Fairfield County OH | 58 mph | Estimated |
| 10:30 AM | Licking County OH | 58 mph | Estimated |
| 10:40 AM | Hocking County OH | 58 mph | Estimated |
| 10:57 AM | Scioto County OH | 58 mph | Estimated |
| 12:00 PM | Mercer County OH | 58 mph | Estimated |
| 1:30 PM | Logan County OH | 58 mph | Estimated |
| 2:10 PM | Orangeburg County SC | 58 mph | Estimated |
| 3:00 PM | Macomb County MI | 58 mph | Estimated |
| 3:30 PM | Shelby County OH | 58 mph | Estimated |
| 3:55 PM | Pickens County AL | 58 mph | Estimated |
| 4:15 PM | Clark County OH | 58 mph | Estimated |
| 4:19 PM | Cumberland County VA | 58 mph | Estimated |
| 4:25 PM | Union County IN | 58 mph | Estimated |
By state
| Virginia | 68 | — |
| Ohio | 59 | — |
| Kentucky | 56 | — |
| West Virginia | 43 | — |
| New York | 28 | — |
| Indiana | 24 | — |
| Georgia | 15 | — |
| Mississippi | 15 | — |
| Tennessee | 15 | — |
| Florida | 13 | — |
| North Carolina | 13 | — |
| Michigan | 11 | — |
| South Carolina | 6 | — |
| Alabama | 5 | — |
| Kansas | 3 | — |
| Iowa | 3 | — |
| Illinois | 2 | — |
| Maryland | 1 | — |
| Pennsylvania | 1 | — |
| Massachusetts | 0 | — |
| Nebraska | 0 | — |
| New Mexico | 0 | — |
Counties with the most wind reports
- Ulster CountyNY · 4 reports
- Kanawha CountyWV · 4 reports
- Hocking CountyOH · 4 reports
- Scott CountyMS · 3 reports
- Lapeer CountyMI · 3 reports
- Dearborn CountyIN · 3 reports
- Cattaraugus CountyNY · 3 reports
- Wolfe CountyKY · 3 reports
- Fayette CountyKY · 3 reports
- Fleming CountyKY · 3 reports
Hail and tornadoes that day
111 hail reports, 2 of 2 inches or more; 8 tornadoes.
| 4:43 PM | Rush County IN | 2.50 |
| 5:30 PM | Fayette County IN | 2.00 |
| 4:30 AM | Lake County MI | 1.75 |
| 2:00 PM | Peach County GA | 1.75 |
| 3:27 PM | Tuscaloosa County AL | 1.75 |
| 4:10 PM | Wayne County IN | 1.75 |
| 4:23 PM | Rush County IN | 1.75 |
| 5:01 PM | Rush County IN | 1.75 |
| 6:45 PM | Boone County KY | 1.75 |
| 7:10 PM | Putnam County WV | 1.75 |
| 7:40 PM | Broome County NY | 1.75 |
| 7:45 PM | Broome County NY | 1.75 |
| 8:55 PM | Scott County KY | 1.75 |
| 7:25 PM | Tioga County NY | 1.50 |
| 5:00 AM | Isabella County MI | 1.25 |
| 10:35 PM | Dutchess County NY | 1.25 |
| 3:42 AM | Louisa County IA | 1.00 |
| 4:55 AM | Clare County MI | 1.00 |
| 5:23 AM | Midland County MI | 1.00 |
| 6:25 AM | Tuscola County MI | 1.00 |
| 1:25 PM | Iosco County MI | 1.00 |
| 1:30 PM | Iosco County MI | 1.00 |
| 1:31 PM | Iowa County IA | 1.00 |
| 2:20 PM | Oakland County MI | 1.00 |
| 2:20 PM | Hillsborough County FL | 1.00 |
| 3:05 PM | Sumter County FL | 1.00 |
| 3:45 PM | Stanton County KS | 1.00 |
| 4:55 PM | Butler County OH | 1.00 |
| 5:00 PM | Clermont County OH | 1.00 |
| 5:26 PM | Coffee County GA | 1.00 |
| 5:35 PM | Craven County NC | 1.00 |
| 5:50 PM | Chautauqua County NY | 1.00 |
| 6:29 PM | Decatur County IN | 1.00 |
| 6:41 PM | Lake County OH | 1.00 |
| 6:45 PM | Campbell County KY | 1.00 |
| 6:50 PM | Barbour County AL | 1.00 |
| 7:10 PM | Bartholomew County IN | 1.00 |
| 8:00 PM | Nash County NC | 1.00 |
| 8:30 PM | Henry County KY | 1.00 |
| 9:51 PM | Rockbridge County VA | 1.00 |
| 10:00 PM | Spencer County KY | 1.00 |
| 10:55 PM | Rensselaer County NY | 1.00 |
| 11:30 PM | Martinsville VA | 1.00 |
| 3:42 AM | Manistee County MI | 0.88 |
| 7:00 AM | Sanilac County MI | 0.88 |
| 7:40 AM | Lapeer County MI | 0.88 |
| 1:00 PM | Citrus County FL | 0.88 |
| 2:59 PM | Union County OH | 0.88 |
| 3:21 PM | Franklin County OH | 0.88 |
| 5:10 PM | Russell County AL | 0.88 |
- F0 tornado3:00 PM CDT
- F1 tornado3:20 PM CDT
- F2 tornado6:03 PM CDT
- F0 tornado6:39 PM CDT
- F1 tornado6:50 PM CDT
- F1 tornado7:26 PM CDT
- F0 tornado7:40 PM CDT
- F1 tornado8:20 PM CDT
2000 · On this date in other years · The biggest severe wind days
- A report is a single damage or measurement report to the National Weather Service. Several reports can describe one gust front, so reports are not storms.
- Reporting has grown with population, spotter networks and the internet, so counts from different decades are not directly comparable.
- Thunderstorm wind reports start at 50 knots (58 mph). SPC began flagging measured against estimated speeds in 2006; earlier reports are shown as estimated.
Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, 1955 to 2025. A day is SPC’s calendar date in Central Standard Time; a severe wind day here has 300 or more damaging wind reports, or 15 or more of 75 knots (86 mph) or more.