Thunderstorm Wind in Jefferson County, West Virginia

Thunderstorm Wind May 3, 2025 · Jefferson County, West Virginia

60 mph

Estimated gust (52 kt)

Death

Injury

$10K

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 blew down onto an occupied golf cart at Locust Hill Golf Course, killing one occupant and critically injuring another.

The wider storm

Several supercell thunderstorms and small thunderstorm clusters produced large hail and scattered damaging wind gusts. A few of the large hail and wind damage reports were considerable in nature.

Began near Aldridge (39.2890, -77.9043).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1244033. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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