Southwestern counties took the brunt of the storm, Appalachian Power spokesman Phil Moye said.

"We don't think it's anywhere near the sort of physical damage nor as widespread as what we saw with the June 29th storm," Moye said. "But still, it was a pretty severe thunderstorm - a typical strong summer thunderstorm."

He could not say what type of damage was caused.

According to Appalachian Power's outage map, Wayne County had 3,442 customers without power; Lincoln County, 2,675; Cabell, 2,051; Logan, 1,037; Putnam, 449; and Kanawha, 212.

"We were fortunate that it wasn't a more severe storm," Moye said. "I think people are hypersensitive now when they see a storm coming our way because of the kinds of storms we've been having."

A hazardous weather outlook was issued for much of West Virginia and portions of surrounding states on Tuesday.

According to the National Weather Service, there was a slight risk of severe thunderstorms, with the primary threat being damaging winds. Heavy rains and flooding also were possible.

Ken Batty, a meteorologist with the weather service, said it's important to remember there are different levels of derecho storms, and while Tuesday's weather could have included gusty winds and downpours, it was unlikely to be of the same magnitude as the June 29 storm.

A long range of thunderstorms that started in Wisconsin was being tracked Tuesday. Just before noon, the storms were in Indiana and headed toward Dayton, Ohio, but could have turned down into Eastern Kentucky, Batty said. Other storms in front of that line were complicating weather predictions.

Appalachian Power announced at 11:30 a.m. it was monitoring a storm system moving across the mid-west that was "expected to bring severe weather to the company's service area later this evening."

"While there remains some doubt as to how severe, wind gusts as high as 65 mph are predicted, and we are taking steps to prepare for significant outages," the company announced.

The company also had called 500 line mechanics and 100 damage assessors to the West Virginia and Virginia service areas.

The wind didn't quite reach the speeds predicted. The weather service recorded gusts at 42 mph in Beckley and 41 mph in Charleston. Huntington recorded a wind gust at 38 mph.

"It wasn't anywhere near as strong as the June 29th storm," said Nick Webb, another weather service meteorologist. "It pretty much weakened once it got into our area."

Moye said crews were able to immediately begin working to assess and repair damages. Some of the crews brought into the area ahead of the storm will be sent to the western part of the state as well as affected areas of southwestern Virginia. Some of the workers may be sent home.

"It's certainly better to have resources secured when you see something like this coming than to not have them," Moye said.

Staff writer Lauren McGill contributed to this report.

Contact writer Ashley B. Craig at ashley.cr...@dailymail.com or 304-348-4850.