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Public Information Statement
National Weather Service Charleston WV
307 PM EDT Tue Apr 9 2024

...NWS Damage Survey for 04/02/24 Tornado Event...

.St. Albans-Jefferson-Dunbar-Roxalana EF1 Tornado...Updated

Rating:                 EF1
Estimated Peak Wind:    100 mph
Path Length /statute/:  5.00 miles
Path Width /maximum/:   300 yards
Fatalities:             0
Injuries:               0

Start Date:             04/02/2024
Start Time:             11:02 AM EDT
Start Location:         1 SSE St. Albans / Kanawha County / WV
Start Lat/Lon:          38.3697 / -81.8157

End Date:               04/02/2024
End Time:               11:06 AM EDT
End Location:           1 ENE Dunbar / Kanawha County / WV
End Lat/Lon:            38.3722 / -81.7238

Survey Summary:
This is an update and extension of the previously confirmed St.
Albans EF1 tornado.

EF1 tornado with maximum winds of 100 mph began in the St. Albans
Park. Significant uprooting of hardwood trees oriented in a
north- northeast direction was observed along City Park Drive. On
the adjacent side of the road there were a mixture of hard and
softwood trees that were either uprooted or snapped, oriented in a
southeast direction indicating a clear converging damage swath.
Based on a combination of drone footage and ground surveys it was
determined that the tornado skipped eastward, embedded in an
larger swath of straight-line wind damage, from Saint Albans to
Jefferson to Dunbar and ending in the Roxalana area. This was a
non-continuous path with several noted areas of concentrated
damage.

In Saint Albans, several homes in the area just west of
Cunningham Memorial Park were damaged from fallen hardwood and
softwood trees of decent size and health. One home was missing a
section of wall on the east side of the structure. Multiple homes
in the area of Hughes Drive, Lotus Road, and Squires Drive
received damage from mixed hardwood and softwood trees that have
fallen. Some of the trees were rather large and healthy.

In Jefferson, several trees of mixed hardwood and softwood along
MacCorkle Avenue, Kanawha Terrace, Hampshire Drive, and Campbell
Lane were uprooted or snapped with some falling on homes. Drone
footage showed a path of convergent tree damage descending a hill
and crossing Rt. 60 in Jefferson where the roof was blown off of a
home.

In Dunbar, several trees around Dutch Hollow, Grandview, and into
Roxalana Road were either snapped or uprooted with some siding
and shingle damage noted to several homes and apartment buildings.
A large billboard on Fairlawn Avenue, next to a restaurant and
Interstate 64, was knocked over onto a car.

Thanks to the South Charleston Fire Department for use of their
drone and Kanawha County Emergency Management for their assistance
with this survey.

.Kanawha State Forest to Hernshaw EF1 Tornado...

Rating:                 EF1
Estimated Peak Wind:    100 mph
Path Length /statute/:  5.14 miles
Path Width /maximum/:   200 yards
Fatalities:             0
Injuries:               0

Start Date:             04/02/2024
Start Time:             11:11 AM EDT
Start Location:         5 WSW Marmet / Kanawha County / WV
Start Lat/Lon:          38.2353 / -81.6569

End Date:               04/02/2024
End Time:               11:15 AM EDT
End Location:           1 SSE Marmet / Kanawha County / WV
End Lat/Lon:            38.2362 / -81.566

Survey Summary:
A tornado touched down in the Kanawha State Forest near the
Pigeon Roost Trail then skipped along an intermittent path
eastward to the Hernshaw community. Significant tree damage was
noted between Hernshaw and Marmet, the top floor was blown off of
one structure, an RV was rolled and additional structure damage
occurred. The tornado dissipated before reaching I-64.

Thanks to South Charleston Fire Department for use of their drone
and Kanawha County Emergency Management and the Kanawha State
Forest for assistance with this survey.

.Ronda EF1 Tornado...

Rating:                 EF1
Estimated Peak Wind:    100 mph
Path Length /statute/:  0.50 miles
Path Width /maximum/:   100 yards
Fatalities:             0
Injuries:               0

Start Date:             04/02/2024
Start Time:             11:21 AM EDT
Start Location:         3 S East Bank / Kanawha County / WV
Start Lat/Lon:          38.1721 / -81.4558

End Date:               04/02/2024
End Time:               11:22 AM EDT
End Location:           3 SSW Glasgow / Kanawha County / WV
End Lat/Lon:            38.1724 / -81.4467

Survey Summary:
A tornado snapped and uprooted trees in a distinct path down a
hillside into the valley in the Ronda community near Cabin Creek.
A few homes suffered roof damage along Ronda Rd.

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EF Scale: The Enhanced Fujita Scale classifies tornadoes into the
following categories:

EF0.....65 to 85 mph
EF1.....86 to 110 mph
EF2.....111 to 135 mph
EF3.....136 to 165 mph
EF4.....166 to 200 mph
EF5.....>200 mph

NOTE:
The information in this statement is preliminary and subject to
change pending final review of the events and publication in
NWS Storm Data.


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ABE