- Rating: EF-1
- Location: 3 miles N of Ona, WV
- County: Cabell
- Start Location: 9:30 p.m. (38.4780, -82.2242)
- End Location: (38.4773, -82.2150)
- Estimated Peak Wind: 100 mph
- Path Length: 0.5 miles
- Path Width Maximum: 400 yards
- Fatalities: 0
- Injuries: 0
Details from NWS storm survey: On June 4th, 2014 at approximately 09:30 pm EDT an EF1 tornado with an estimated max speed of 100 mph touched down approximately 3 miles north of Ona in the north-central portion of Cabell County, West Virginia.
The following day on June 5th, 2014, a survey team from the NWS in Charleston, WV traveled to Ona. An employee from the West Virginia Division of Natural Resources had called our office to inform us that a portion of the forest was leveled near the intersection of Rush Hollow Road and Howells Mill Road.
Upon arriving, the survey team spoke with a homeowner that had significant structural damage on the front portion of their home due to a large fallen tree. Further inspection of the woods behind the home revealed extensive tree damage - both snapped and uprooted trees of up to 30 inches in diameter in a counterclockwise convergent pattern from the top of the ridge behind the home extending a half mile east down to Howells Mill Road with a maximum width of 400 yards.
After surveying the damage and analyzing radar data, the survey team has determined that the damage was the result of an EF1 tornado with winds up to 100 mph.
Photo of Damage
Image of tornado damage north of Ona, WV (Photo provided by National Weather Service)
Radar Imagery
Doppler Radar (Base Reflectivity) Near Time of Tornado (9:31 PM)
Base Velocity Near Time of Tornado (9:31 PM)
Normalized Rotation Near Time of Tornado (9:31 PM)
Correlation Coefficient Near Time of Tornado (9:31 PM)
4-Panel Near Time of Tornado (9:31 PM)
4-Panel Loop of Tornado
