EF1 tornado in Barbour County, West Virginia

An EF1 tornado with maximum estimated winds of up to 110 mph began near Richman Road and traveled east about 1.1 miles lifting just prior to Bud Edge Road. A barn near the beginning of the tornado track was destroyed with the debris scattered from NW to

SE of the original structure. Debris from the barn was found over a third of mile to the NE.

A double-wide also near the beginning of the path had significant siding damage on the south side and some windows broken out on the west side. The rear end of an SUV parked in gravel next to the double-wide was pushed about 2 feet to the NE while a flag pole in the front yard of the double-wide was blown down in a southwesterly direction.

From there, the tornado traveled through mostly open fields but did intersect a couple patches of hardwood trees. As it descended a small hill near the middle of the path, several healthy and mature locust trees were uprooted and some trunks were snapped

about 15 feet up and a swirling pattern was noted in the surrounding pasture grass. One tree was observed down near Bud Edge Road and this is assumed to be the end of the tornado track as no further damage was found.

A low pressure system lifted a warm front through the area as it travelled out of the Central Plains and into the Ohio Valley the night of June 21st into the morning of the 22nd. A cold front was then dragged across the Middle Ohio Valley and Central Appalachians as the parent system continued onward towards the Mid-Atlantic Coast from the 22nd into the morning of the 23rd.

A decaying band of precipitation moved across the Ohio River into West Virginia early in the morning of the 22nd, then additional rounds of showers and thunderstorms made their way across the area during the day and into the night. Precipitation eventually tapered off from west to east following the frontal passage overnight into the morning of the 23rd.

Strong to severe storms that developed during the day downed trees and powerlines across parts of the area. In Barbour County, an EF1 tornado caused damage to trees and structures along a 1.2 mile path.

Showers and storms generally produced one to two inches of rain, though training storms did lead to a swath of three to six inches of rain across parts of Mingo, Logan, Boone, Wyoming, and Raleigh counties. Flash flooding from the excessive rainfall in southeast West Virginia stranded vehicles, prompted water rescues, entered some homes, washed out a few bridges, and impacted numerous roads. Minor flooding also occurred on Island Creek near Logan.