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Thunderstorm Wind in Mingo County, West Virginia

Thunderstorm Wind September 5, 2025 · Mingo County, West Virginia

58 mph

Estimated gust (50 kt)

$500

Damage as recorded

Where the report was made, with tornadoes recorded within 15 miles over the years.

What the National Weather Service wrote

A downed tree blocked portions of the road at the 500 block of Right Fork Laurel Creek.

The wider storm

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.

Began near Parsley (37.8200, -82.2100).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1288961. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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