Thunderstorm Wind in Grant County, West Virginia

Thunderstorm Wind August 20, 2019 · Grant County, West Virginia

58 mph

Estimated gust (50 kt)

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

What the National Weather Service wrote

Three trees were blown down on Old Scherr Road.

The wider storm

A mesoscale convective system (MCS) and its associated energy was moving across central West Virginia on the morning of August 20th. As this moved eastward into the region during the afternoon and evening hours, it served as the focus for additional shower and thunderstorm development. Significant amounts of instability and steepening low level lapse rates led some of these thunderstorms to become severe.

Began near Scherr (39.2100, -79.1500).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 850461. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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