EF0 Tornado — Berkeley, West Virginia

2024-08-08 · near Tomahawk, Berkeley, West Virginia

Event narrative

Berkeley County WV Emergency Management and the National Weather Service Baltimore/Washington Forecast Office conducted a survey of storm damage that occurred near Hedgesville in Berkeley County, West Virginia on Thursday night, August 08, 2024.

NWS Doppler Weather Radar in Sterling, Virginia showed a rotating thunderstorm that developed a tornado based on this survey. The damage was first noticed at 11:50 PM EDT around the intersection of Wampum Lane and Lodge Road where a large tree was uprooted and branches were snapped. The tornado continued on a path to the

northwest where most of the damage was concentrated on Brumbaugh Lane at 11:51 PM EDT. Several trees were uprooted and a few trees were snapped about midway up. Numerous large branches were down across the area as well. The direction of the damage appeared to be chaotic. The last noted damage was along the 200 block of Mound Builder Loop where several trees were uprooted and one snapped.

Wider weather episode

The remnants of Tropical Cyclone Debby spawned a few tornadoes in northern Virginia and eastern West Virginia.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1207676. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.