Power Outage in Lewisburg, WV

Thunderstorm winds blew down trees and powerlines, which landed on a truck along Route 219 near the Greenbrier County line.

High voltage power lines were blown down by thunderstorm winds, which shut down Interstate 64 for over an hour.

Thunderstorm winds damaged a porch on a house and one vehicle along Lesile Branch Road. Several trees and power lines were also damaged in and around the Quinwood area.

Thunderstorm winds damaged a porch on a house and one vehicle along Lesile Branch Road. Several trees and power lines were also damaged in and around the Quinwood area.

A line of thunderstorms producing damaging winds knocked several trees down, as well as power lines, in the Rupert area.

Thunderstorm winds downed a tree onto a power line.

Numerous trees and power lines were blown down across Greenbrier County.

Numerous trees and power lines were blown down across Greenbrier County.

Thunderstorm winds blew a tree onto a power line, catching the tree on fire, along Route 60, just west of Lewisburg, WV. Damage values are estimated.

Thunderstorm winds snapped a power pole in half in the community of Fairlea. . Damage values are estimated.

A tree was blown down onto a power line.

A SkyWarn spotter measured 1/4 inch ice accumulation from Clintonville in western Greenbrier county. The COOP Observer, located at the Greenbrier Valley Airport just north of Lewisburg in Maxwelton also measured 1/4 inch ice accumulation as well as an additional 1/2 inch of snow. Finally, a SkyWarn spotter also measured 1/4 inch ice accumulation in Smoot, about halfway between Lewisburg and Rainelle. Over 1000 electric customers, mainly in western Greenbrier county, were left without power.

Over a dozen reports of tree and powerline damage were received from scattered locations across the county. A wind gust of 51 mph was measured at Greenbrier County Airport at 535 PM, but substantially higher winds very likely occurred on exposed ridgelines.

Hundreds, if not thousands, of trees were blown down across the county. Some trees fell on houses and vehicles. Some roads were impassable due to the downed trees. Power lines were also brought down by the falling trees. In Rainelle, multiple trees fell upon houses. An 88 MPH wind gust was measured at White Sulpher Springs.

A tree was blown down onto power lines. Damage values are estimated.

Several large trees were blown down by high winds on power lines near Rainelle causing numerous power outages. A wind gust to 46 mph was recorded at 1121 AM at Greenbrier Valley Airport (KLWB) AWOS.

A mud slide closed Route 12 between Alderson and Asbury. The slide also knocked down a power pole.

Multiple trees and power lines downed across the county.

An unseasonably warm and moist air mass in advance of a strong late spring cold front ignited scattered thunderstorms across southeast West Virginia. Lightning from one of the storms struck a power pole near Frankford and set it on fire, resulting in power outages for the surrounding area.

The gradient between building high pressure form the west and low pressure lifting off to the northeast brought high winds to Greenbrier County. Over a dozen reports of tree and powerline damage were received.

A complex area of low pressure tracked west of the Appalachians on the 25th and a cold front pushed across the mountains during the late morning. Winds behind the front were extremely gusty across much of the area. Damage was to trees and power lines.

Thunderstorm winds downed trees northeast of Lewisburg with power lines downed near the Greenbrier and Summers county line.

Thunderstorm winds knocked down about 100 trees and power lines in the southern portion of Greenbrier County. Some trees fell on cars and homes. One person suffered minor injuries when a tree fell on the car they were in.

Freezing rain developed late in the evening of the 17th and continued until shortly after daybreak on the 18th. Ice accretion of 1/4 of an inch occured on trees and power lines, with isolated 1/2 inch amounts in the higher elevations of western Greenbrier County.

High winds during the midday and afternoon of the 13th downed large trees, tree limbs, power lines, and caused minor property damage.