EF0 Tornado — Jefferson, West Virginia

2024-06-05 · near Shepherdstown, Jefferson, West Virginia

Event narrative

National Weather Service Baltimore/Washington Weather Forecast Office staff conducted a survey of damage associated with a storm that began near Morgans Grove Park in Shepherdstown, WV, on the afternoon of June 5th, 2024. The tornado started in the Morgana neighborhood, approximately 200 yards southwest of Morgans Grove

Park, leaving leaf litter and small limbs broken. The tornado progressed north-northeast near the Town Run Commons adjacent to Morgans Grove Park, uprooting a tree and bringing down several large branches on both sides of Kearneysville Pike near Morgans Grove Park. The tornado continued to bring down large limbs along Shepherd Lane as it progressed north-northeastward towards the Colonial Hills neighborhood. The tornado brought down a tree along the southbound lane of Potomac Farms Drive before moving just off to the north across the road into a lightly wooded area with

small limbs broken and no further damage observed further north.

Wider weather episode

On the afternoon and evening of Wednesday, June 5th, 2024, a warm front slowly lifted northeast across the eastern Panhandle of West Virginia into northern Virginia as well as central and northeastern Maryland. At the same time, low pressure tracked along the warm front causing severe thunderstorms and tornadoes to develop. Over a dozen tornadoes were confirmed in just under six hours.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1174092. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.