Thunderstorm Wind — Ritchie, West Virginia

2024-07-05 · near Mountain, Ritchie, West Virginia

$2K

Property damage

50 EG

Magnitude

Event narrative

Outside of Pennsboro, several trees were blown down. One occurred on Mountain Drive and the others along Haddox Run and Burton Run.

Wider weather episode

A thunderstorm complex swept through West Virginia on the afternoon and evening of July 5th in response to an upper level disturbance. Storms advanced eastward through the Ohio Valley and reached the western flank of the state that evening, bringing destructive winds as convection presented itself in a bowing segment. This resulted in areas of downed trees and power lines across north-central West Virginia before activity departed into the Mid-Atlantic.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1191615. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.