Thunderstorm Wind in Pendleton County, West Virginia

Thunderstorm Wind July 22, 2020 · Pendleton County, West Virginia

58 mph

Estimated gust (50 kt)

$10K

Damage as recorded

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

What the National Weather Service wrote

A large tree blew down onto a house off off Reddish Knob Road.

The wider storm

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.

Began near Sugar Grove (38.5117, -79.2945).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 900487. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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