Thunderstorm Wind in Fayette County, West Virginia

Several trees were snapped and uprooted near Maplewood. Power poles were snapped and lines blown down. A nearby home suffered roof damage and blown off shingles.

Severe weather was observed across the state on both of May 9th and 11th as the result of a crossing cold front and subsequent upper level disturbances.

Starting on the afternoon of the 9th, strong to severe thunderstorms first swept through northwest West Virginia, knocking down trees due to their resulting damaging wind gusts. A brief EF1 tornado touched down near the Parkersburg area that evening, causing multiple areas of tree damage within its path, along with an RV that was windswept onto its side.

Additional storms flared up two days later on the 11th, yielding additional tree damage across northern and parts of southeastern West Virginia. A few instances of quarter size hail was also observed within storms that afternoon.

Convection both evenings quickly diminished with the loss of daytime heating after sunset.