100 MPH MICROBURST ADDED TO LAST WEEKS WV TORNADO

(06/29/2019)

By Bob Weaver It was a horrific weather week in parts of WV. Three years since a devastating flood struck the state, climate change weather patterns continue to sweep across the USA, along with frequent tornado alerts and micro-bursts in West Virginia. Meteorologists with the National Weather Service said Friday they’ve determined a microburst damaged property in northern Kanawha County Monday. The microburst happened in the community of Wallace near Sissonville. It was not the same storm that created a tornado over Charleston, meteorologists said. Information from the weather service said the microburst occurred at around 4:15 p.m. Monday. It was approximately two miles wide and two miles long. The wind speed was 90 to 100 mph. “The microburst began along Sissonville Drive just north of the intersection with Call Drive,” according to an NWS statement. “Limited tree damage was noted to the north and west of this point. More widespread tree damage was noted to the south along Wolf Pen Drive and Old Tuppers Creek Road.” A few hours later, an EF1 tornado began near Alum Creek and traveled several miles over Charleston’s South Hills neighborhood before dissipating at the Kanawha River.

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