Thunderstorm Wind in Randolph County, West Virginia

Thunderstorm Wind June 26, 2024 · Randolph County, West Virginia

52 mph

Estimated gust (45 kt)

$500

Damage as recorded

Where the report was made, with tornadoes recorded within 15 miles over the years.

What the National Weather Service wrote

A tree was blown down on Helvetia-Adolph Road near the town of Mill Creek.

The wider storm

An approaching cold front, making eastward progress through the Ohio Valley, helped to promote showers and thunderstorms through West Virginia on June 26th. Despite excessive cloud coverage, peaks of sunshine aided in daytime heating and the resulting development of strong to severe thunderstorms across the state. Outside of an isolated instance of quarter size hail in Clay County, the strongest storms that day caused downed trees and power lines due to damaging wind gusts. Convection jetted off to the northeast that evening with the encroachment of the cold front, bringing severe weather to an end.

Began near Mill Creek (38.7500, -79.9900).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1191178. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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