Thunderstorm Wind — Ritchie, West Virginia

2025-09-05 · near Hazelgreen, Ritchie, West Virginia

Event narrative

Tree damage along Conrad Run Road resulted in over 200 homes to be without power near the community of Hazelgreen.

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 1289211. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.