Thunderstorm Wind — Ritchie, West Virginia

2024-08-31 · near Silver Run Station, Ritchie, West Virginia

$3K

Property damage

50 EG

Magnitude

Event narrative

Several trees were knocked down around the town of Cairo. A few fell onto the local roads and one almost fell onto a trailer.

Wider weather episode

Several rounds of showers and thunderstorms progressed through West Virginia on August 31st as a cold front swept through the Ohio Valley. While the overall setup for severe weather was low that day, a few storms grew strong enough to produce downbursts that resulted in single tree damage across West Virginia. In addition, a few spots observed stronger intensity damaging wind gusts, which caused multiple downed trees. As the cold front inched closer to Central Appalachia, the thunderstorm threat weakened in West Virginia.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1208610. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.