Thunderstorm Wind — Grant, West Virginia

2019-08-18 · near Arthur, Grant, West Virginia

Event narrative

Multiple trees were reported blown down in the Arthur area near WV-42.

Wider weather episode

A hot and humid air mass in place led to increasing amounts of instability across the region. This fostered the development of a few showers and thunderstorms, a couple of which became locally severe.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 850127. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.