Thunderstorm Wind — Mingo, West Virginia

2025-09-05 · near Lenore, Mingo, West Virginia

Event narrative

Portions of a downed tree fell onto a home in the Lenore area heading towards Laurel Creek Lake.

Wider weather episode

Increasingly unstable atmospheric conditions on the afternoon of September 5th ahead of a cold front led to strong thunderstorms across portions of West Virginia. Storms initially developed west of the Ohio River and grew to strong to severe thresholds as they crossed into the state. As a result, damaging wind gusts that accompanied these storms caused a swath of downed trees across the Kanawha Valley and up into the central lowlands before weakening as they approached the Appalachian Mountains.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1288958. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.