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Issued by NWS Charleston, WV

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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
147 PM EDT SAT JUN 15 2013

...MICROBURST CONFIRMED NEAR ELIZABETH IN WIRT COUNTY
WEST VIRGINIA...

LOCATION...2N TO 6ENE OF ELIZABETH IN WIRT COUNTY WV
DATE...JUNE 13 2013
ESTIMATED TIME...11:25 AM EDT
ESTIMATED MAXIMUM WIND SPEED...75-80 MPH
MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH...400 YARDS
PATH LENGTH...4.8 MILES
BEGINNING LAT/LON...39.085N / 81.381W
ENDING LAT/LON...39.076N / 81.292W
* FATALITIES...0
* INJURIES...0

* THE INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS PRELIMINARY AND SUBJECT TO
CHANGE PENDING FINAL REVIEW OF THE EVENT AND PUBLICATION IN
NWS STORM DATA.

...SUMMARY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON WV HAS CONFIRMED A
MICROBURST NEAR ELIZABETH IN WIRT COUNTY WEST VIRGINIA ON
JUNE 13 2013.

A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVING FROM WEST TO EAST AT ABOUT 50
MPH...ENTERED WIRT COUNTY JUST AFTER 11 AM ON THURSDAY JUNE 13.
THE LINE OF STORMS CROSSED THE TOWN OF ELIZABETH AROUND 11:25 AM.

A STORM DAMAGE SURVEY CONDUCTED ON FRIDAY JUNE 14 FOUND A
CONCENTRATED SWATH OF DAMAGE FROM ABOUT 2 MILES NORTH TO ABOUT 6
MILES EAST-NORTHEAST OF ELIZABETH.

NUMEROUS TREES WERE UPROOTED OR SNAPPED...A COUPLE TREES FELL ONTO
HOUSES OR OTHER STRUCTURES. ALSO...THE ROOF OF AN OPEN-ENDED PORCH
WAS FLIPPED ONTO THE HOUSE IT WAS ATTACHED TO.

LITTLE TO NO DAMAGE WAS FOUND IMMEDIATELY TO THE EAST OR WEST OF
THIS SWATH. HOWEVER...SHORTLY AFTER THIS MICROBURST...THE STORM
DEVELOPED A BOWING SEGMENT AND ADDITIONAL DAMAGE WAS REPORTED
ABOUT 50 MILES TO THE EAST ACROSS PORTIONS OF LEWIS AND UPSURE
COUNTIES.

THIS INFORMATION CAN ALSO BE FOUND ON OUR WEBSITE AT
WEATHER.GOV/RLX.

FOR REFERENCE...
A MICROBURST IS A CONVECTIVE DOWNDRAFT WITH AN AFFECTED OUTFLOW
AREA OF LESS THAN 2 1/2 MILES WIDE AND PEAK WINDS LASTING LESS THAN
5 MINUTES. MICROBURSTS MAY INDUCE DANGEROUS HORIZONTAL/VERTICAL
WIND SHEARS...WHICH CAN ADVERSELY AFFECT AIRCRAFT PERFORMANCE AND
CAUSE PROPERTY DAMAGE. STRAIGHT-LINE WINDS ARE GENERALLY ANY WIND
THAT IS NOT ASSOCIATED WITH ROTATION...USED MAINLY TO
DIFFERENTIATE THEM FROM TORNADIC WINDS.

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