EF2 tornado in Kanawha County, West Virginia

An EF2 tornado with maximum winds of 115 miles per hour followed a track of about 8 miles, extending from Cross Lanes to just south of the community of Wallace. This was a non-continuous path with three notable damage locations. Significant converging tree damage was observed along Hidden Pines Lane in Cross Lanes, where several large and unhealthy softwood trees were snapped at their bases along with uprooting of many large hardwood trees. Minor damage to homes were noted adjacent to this location along Hidden Cove.

The next area of significant tree convergence was observed along a narrow stretch of the 5000 block of Rock Fork Road, near Tyler Mountain Memory Gardens, where a utility pole was snapped at the base along with several uprooted mixed hardwood and softwood trees. This damage extended to a subdivision on Lynn Oak Drive where several large softwood and hardwood trees were either snapped or uprooted. One large hardwood tree fell onto a home in Cross Lanes, which resulted in significant damage to the second story. A local resident's john boat and camper were also flipped over and crushed by large trees in this area.

The final location where damage was noted occurred just south of the community of Wallace along the 4000 block of Sissonville Drive and Whittington Road. This was where several large softwood trees were either snapped or uprooted. In addition, sporadic tree damage was noted just south of the overall track, resulting from straight-line winds.

A strong area of low pressure tracking through the Ohio Valley caused multiple rounds of thunderstorms across the state of West Virginia on April 2nd and 3rd. The first round that occurred on the 2nd took the form of an intense squall line that raced across the southern and central portions of the state during the late morning and midday hours. This caused extensive wind damage, with a 92 mile per hour wind gust measured at the Huntington Tri-State Airport, along with at least nine embedded tornadoes in a corridor from Huntington to east of Charleston. In addition to damage associated with the tornadoes, over 100 locations reported non-tornadic wind damage.

Additional thunderstorms later in the afternoon produced another tornado in the Hico community of Fayette County. The ten confirmed tornadoes during this event is a record for the most tornadoes observed during any event in the state of West Virginia.

To top it all off, the multiple rounds of thunderstorms also resulted in excessive rainfall amounts for parts of the state. This resulted in several instances of flash flooding of creeks and streams with reported road closures due to high water, primarily during the evening of April 2nd. The transition to generalized flooding occurred during the early morning of April 3rd due to the response from larger creeks. Considerable runoff from this rainfall caused river flooding along the Tygart Valley River and its tributaries, and very heavy rainfall over Pennsylvania from these same storms led to moderate to major flooding on the Ohio River between April 4th to the 6th. One fatality occurred in Wood County on the 4th when a motorist entered flood waters and their vehicle overturned and then submerged.