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Thunderstorm Wind in Grant County, West Virginia

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

58 mph

Estimated gust (50 kt)

$3K

Damage as recorded

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

What the National Weather Service wrote

Two trees were blown down on Point Drive near US-220 Franklin Pike.

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 Hiser (38.9744, -79.1182).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 900491. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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