Thunderstorm Wind — Marshall, West Virginia

2023-07-13 · near Glen Easton, Marshall, West Virginia

Event narrative

Trees were reported to be blown down on New Bethel Road.

Wider weather episode

A slowly southward-moving front was draped across central Ohio and Pennsylvania on July 13th. Warm air aloft initially kept storm development muted, but a mesoscaled convective vortex fired thunderstorms by early to mid-afternoon over the Middle Ohio Valley. These storms lifted northeastward into an environment characterized by 40 to 50 knots of deep-layer shear and up to 2500 J/kg of mixed layer CAPE. Dry air aloft also enhanced the downburst wind threat. As a result, a few reports of wind damage were received from Marshall and Ohio Counties.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1123388. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.