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Thunderstorm Wind in Grant County, West Virginia

Thunderstorm Wind August 25, 2020 · Grant County, West Virginia

63 mph

Estimated gust (55 kt)

$2K

Damage as recorded

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

What the National Weather Service wrote

A tree was blown down on WV-90 Henry Dobbin Highway near East Portal Road.

The wider storm

An outflow boundary from a decaying convective system triggered an isolated severe thunderstorm over northern Virginia around midday. A cold front then triggered an organized line of thunderstorms which produced scattered to numerous damaging wind gusts over eastern West Virginia, western Maryland, and northern into central Virginia as well as the DC metro area.

Began near Dobbin (39.2399, -79.4104).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 905420. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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