Thunderstorm Wind — Brooke, West Virginia
2025-07-16 · near Wellsburg, Brooke, West Virginia
$5K
Property damage
50 EG
Magnitude
Event narrative
Report of numerous trees down in Wellsburg.
Wider weather episode
A crossing cold front and weak shortwave passage spawned of scattered clusters of thunderstorms in an environment with 1500-2000 J/kg MLCAPE, >1000 J/Kg DCAPE, and weak deep layer shear. Some storms were severe with damaging wind.
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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1278209. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.