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Thunderstorm Wind in Cabell County, West Virginia

Thunderstorm Wind July 25, 2005 · Cabell County, West Virginia

58 mph

Estimated gust (50 kt)

Death

$1K

Damage as recorded

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

What the National Weather Service wrote

The outflow wind gust was funneled between 2 adjacent buildings along Piedmont Road in Huntington. A man was sitting outside on his second floor apartment landing, reading his Bible. The wind blew out a window unit from the adjacent building and dropped onto him. The 73 year old man was killed.

The wider storm

After a hot and humid afternoon, strong to severe thunderstorms moved southeast, out of Ohio, and through much of West Virginia. Damaging wind gusts were common with the storms and the associated outflow boundary. One power company reported 50,000 customers without electricity at the peak of the outages.

Began near Huntington (38.4167, -82.4667).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5461442. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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