Thunderstorm Wind — Mingo, West Virginia

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

Event narrative

A tree blew down and blocked portions of Hensley Big Branch Road near Lenore.

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.

View location on OpenStreetMap → (37.7800, -82.2500)

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1288959. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.