Power Outage in Huntington, WV

Over 50,000 homes were without power around the county due to downed power lines.

A tree fell at the 6200 block of Rosalind Road in the Pea Ridge area, killing a person outdoors. Near the West Virginia/Ohio state line, a tree fell onto power lines along County Road 411 near County Road 12. A nearby mesonet measured a 54 mph wind gust around the times these trees fell.

In Barboursville, a tree fell onto power lines on Route 501.

Several trees were downed with many without power in the Beverly Hills neighborhood.

Power lines were blown down.

A power line was blown down.

Near the town of Green Bottom, trees were blown down and took down power lines.

Tree limbs of less than four inches and power poles were broken near Huntington.

Numerous trees and power lines were blown down.

A tree fell on power lines near the intersection of Rosalind and Aracoma Roads.

Numerous trees fell, causing power outages.

A large tree branch fell onto the bed of a pickup truck near the intersection of 9th Avenue and 24th Street. Other trees fell within the city including along 8th Avenue. Some power lines were brought down too.

Lightning caused a power surge in the air condition units to a church. A small fire started in the utility room. Luckily, there were parishioners inside the church. They smelled smoke and called the fire department.

Scattered locations in the city had trees down, including around Ritter Park. A 300 year white oak tree fell along 11th Avenue. The tree snapped and splintered at the trunk. The female homeowner said, everyone understands, this is like a death in the family to me. The fallen tree did cause some minor damaged to the roof of her house and broke a few windows too. A roof on a 7th Avenue warehouse was damaged. The wind blew through some broken windows to help lift a portion of the roof. Also, a section of a side cinder block wall also fell. Both the roof and the wall were not anchored well. A tree fell onto power lines on 8th Avenue. A trained spotted at Marshall University estimated the wind gusts at 65 to 70 mph with many large branches blown down.

Power lines were knocked down near the 5th Street Exit of Interstate 64. The west bound lanes were closed.

Several trees fell onto power lines. Electrical outages affected 5000 residents.

Trees fell onto power lines. A tree also fell onto a trailer.

Several trees fell, some onto power lines in the city.

Trees and power lines came down in the city.

Cabell County 911 reported 8 locations in the city of Huntington, where fallen trees knocked down power lines. The downpours, associated with these thunderstorms, dumped 1 to 2 inches of rain between 1500 and1600E, causing viaducts to flood in the city.

Power lines and large branches were blown down.

A cold front arrived into West Virginia on the warm afternoon of June 10th, bringing with it strong thunderstorms. These storms inflicted strong winds and a few instances of small hail across the region. Downed trees and power lines occurred with the strong thunderstorm winds across the region before the passage of the front brought convection to an end.

After a one day lull in the active weather on Saturday the 7th, snow, sleet, and freezing rain quickly spread back northeast into West Virginia by dawn on Sunday the 8th.||Strong low level warm air advection combined with support from a 170 knot upper jet maximum to enhance the initial shot of snow in a narrow southwest to northeast band across the heart of West Virginia. About a 40 to 50 mile wide corridor from near Huntington, on northeast through Winfield, Spencer, Glenville, Weston, Buckhannon, Elkins, and Philippi saw mostly 4 to 6 inches of snow accumulate in 6 hours or less. Randolph County had 4 to 8 inches depending on elevation. Just north and south of that band, snow amounts were less, mostly 1 to 3 inches.||The southern mountains including Fayette and Raleigh Counties had very little snow, starting mostly as sleet. An increasing southeast wind caused surface temperatures to remain around 30 to 32, causing a period of freezing rain. Ice accumulations of a quarter of an inch were observed by midday. ||The precipitation decreased during the early afternoon as the support streaked toward the Mid Atlantic States. Travel conditions improved during the afternoon.||Another batch of rain moved north during the evening of the 8th. This renewed the freezing rain in portions of Fayette and Raleigh County. The ice accretion reached a half inch around Cool Ridge in southern Raleigh County during the night. With slightly colder temperatures in the upper 20s to around 30 degrees, Pocahontas County received a quarter inch of ice during the evening, after receiving 1 to 3 inches of snow and sleet during the day on the 8th.||In the higher terrain around Cool Ridge tree branches sagged, some snapped off. Power outages also occurred. About 3,200 customers were reported without electricity in Raleigh County.

Weakening showers along a strong cold front helped enhance the surface wind gusts. Gusts of 40 to 60 mph likely occurred. Damaged was limited to fallen trees or branches. A few power outages and blocked roads were reported.

Ice accumulated a quarter to a half inch from freezing rain. The ice was deposited mostly on the cold ground, rather than on trees and power lines. The air temperature was around 30 degrees.