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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
514 PM EDT THU JUN 18 2026
...NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 6/18/26 THUNDERSTORM WIND EVENT IN
SOUTHERN UPSHUR COUNTY...
A NWS STORM SURVEY FOUND THAT WIND DAMAGE IN SOUTHERN UPSHUR
COUNTY THAT OCCURRED BETWEEN 730 AM AND 745 AM THIS MORNING WAS
CAUSED BY STRAIGHT-LINE WINDS. RATHER SIGNIFICANT SWATHS OF TREE
DAMAGE WERE FOUND WHERE UP TO 100 MPH WINDS OCCURRED NEAR THE
ALEXANDER RD/NATURAL BRIDGE RD INTERSECTION. A COUPLE OF HOMES IN
THIS AREA HAD MINOR DAMAGE FROM TREES FALLING ON THEM. ANOTHER
SIGNIFICANT AREA OF TREE DAMAGE WAS FOUND ABOUT A MILE FURTHER
EAST DOWN NATURAL BRIDGE RD WHERE SEVERAL LARGE HARDWOODS WERE
BLOWN DOWN COMPLETELY BLOCKING THE ROAD. THE DOWNED TREES WERE
ALL LYING IN A N TO NE DIRECTION WITH NO SIGNS OF A TORNADO
OCCURRING. SCATTERED TREE DAMAGE OCCURRED ELSEWHERE ACROSS THE
SOUTHERN PART OF THE COUNTY AS WELL WITH AROUND 130 INDIVIDUAL
REPORTS OF TREE AND POWER LINE DAMAGE RECEIVED FROM UPSHUR 911
TODAY.
ABE
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