Severe Thunderstorm Warning 59, NWS Charleston, WV

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTINGTON WV
1030AM EDT FRI JUL 10 1992

DATE...JULY 09
TIME...600PM EDT
LOCATION...CENTRAL WAYNE COUNTY WEST VIRGINIA..IN AN AREA 3 MILES NNW OF
CITY OF WAYNE..HERBERT UNINCORPORATED AREA BETWEEN STATE ROAD 16 (BIG
CREEK ROAD) AND GARRETT'S CREEK ROAD..BOTH OFF OF STATE ROAD 152
TYPE...WIND DAMAGE..NUMEROUS TREES DOWNED AND UPROOTED, SOME ACROSS
POWER/TELEPHONE LINES. SEVERAL SMALL OUTBUILDINGS WITH ROOFS TORN OFF
FROM STRAIGHT LINE DOWNBURST WINDS. SEVERAL HOMES HAD SOME PORTION OF
ROOF BLOWN OFF (DAMAGE 0-50,000 CATEGORY)
NO INJURIES OR DEATHS
SOURCE...OIC SURVEY TODAY

SURVEY ALSO INCLUDED CHECKS IN BOYD AND CARTER COUNTIES OF KENTUCKY..BUT
NO DAMAGE FOUND IN EITHER LOCATION.

END/D. GEORGE

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKINS WV
211 PM EDT FRI JUL 10 1992

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT FOR THE NORTH
CENTRAL AND NORTHERN MOUNTAINS OF WEST VIRGINIA...

WEATHER RADAR AT 205 PM EDT INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ACROSS
MONONGALIA...MARION AND PRESTON COUNTIES OF NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA.

THE STRONGEST STORM WAS JUST SOUTH OF MORGANTOWN. THESE STORMS ARE
MOVING EAST AROUND 45 MPH.

PERSONS ACROSS THE ABOVE MENTIONED COUNTIES PLUS ALL OF NORTHERN WEST
VIRGINIA SHOULD BE ALERT TO THREATENING WEATHER THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING. IF A THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES MOVE INDOORS AWAY FROM WINDOWS
AND ELECTRICAL APPLIANC:ES.

THUNDERSTORMS COULD CONTAIN...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS
LIGHNTING...HEAVY RAINS AND HAIL.

STAY ALERT AND MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR
WARNINGS.

END

GILKERSON

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LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BECKLEY WV
225 PM EDT FRI JUL 10 1992

...LOCAL REPORT FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #579 & #585 07/09/92

          *** ALL REPORT TIMES ARE GMT ***

07/09/92 2250 W109 R.D. BAILEY LAKE
STORM HAD JUST STARTED UP WHEN CALL MADE

07/09/92 2345 W047 DAVY
BEAN-SIZE HAIL REPORTED

07/09/92 2345 W047 CAPELS
"HAIL WAS ABOUT THE SIZE OF A DIME"
HAILSTORM WAS QUITE BRIEF

07/09/92 2357 W047 BIG SANDY
A LITTLE WIND AND RAIN BUT NO DAMAGE REPORTED

07/10/92    5 W025 QUINWOOD
SEVERAL TREES DOWN; WINDOWS BLOWN OUT OF 1 HOUSE;
SPRING DOOR RIPPED OFF A HOME; CAR DAMAGED; BEDLINER RIPPED OUT OF A
TRUCK.

07/10/92   15 W025 QUINWOOD
MODERATELY LARGE PINE TREES HAD TOP 30 FEET CHOPPED OFF
FUNNEL CLOUD MAY HAVE TOUCHED DOWN AND CAUSED ABOVE DAMAGE
APPLE TREES ALSO DAMAGED

AFTER PERSONAL INVESTIGATION AND INTERROGATION OF POSSIBLE WITNESSES,
IT IS HIGHLY UNLIKELY THAT A TORNADO WAS INVOLVED. DAMAGE WAS SPOTTY AT
BEST. THERE WERE MANY TREES WHICH HAD SUFFERED THE CHOP-OFF PHENOMENON;
THEY ALL FELL IN THE SAME DIRECTION. ACCORDING TO ONE WITNESS, THE ONLY
WAY A TORNADO COULD HAVE BEEN INVOLVED WAS "IF IT HAD FORMED OjN THE
OTHER SIDE OF THE HILL NEAR MARFRANCE; A TORNADO DID NOT AFFECT
QUINWOOD." IT WAS A SIGHT TO SEE, HOWEVER. ONE UPROOTED TREE HAD A ROOT
SYSTEM WHICH STOOD MORE THAN 6 FEET HIGH!