Thunderstorm Wind — Cabell, West Virginia

2005-07-25 · near Huntington, Cabell, West Virginia

Event narrative

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.

Wider weather episode

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.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 5461442. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.