Thunderstorm Wind — Pendleton, West Virginia
2020-07-22 · near Sugar Grove, Pendleton, West Virginia
$10K
Property damage
50 EG
Magnitude
Event narrative
A large tree blew down onto a house off off Reddish Knob Road.
Wider weather episode
An upper-level trough interacted with a stalled surface front draped over the Mid-Atlantic resulting in scattered to numerous showers and thunderstorms developing in the lee of the Appalachians Mountains as early as midday. The storms coalesced into a bow echo moved eastward across central Maryland and northern Virginia (including the DC metro) during the mid afternoon. Thunderstorms exited the area by nightfall.
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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 900487. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.