Monday, July 26, 2010 6:55 AM
(Source: The Dominion Post (Morgantown, W.Va.))By Evelyn Ryan, The Dominion Post, Morgantown, W.Va.
July 26–The storm front responsible for the heat advisory Friday and Saturday slammed through the Morgantown area shortly after noon Sunday, leaving temperatures in the mid-70s behind.
Winds gusting up to 20 mph felled trees, downed power lines and, at Sunset Beach, relocated a building onto a truck.
Things are i m p roving weatherwise — at least for this week, AccuWeather Meteorologist Justin Povick said Sunday.
“For the next week, it looks like you will get a break from the intense heat and humidity,” he said. “The temperatures through midweek will be closer to normal, with humidity on the low side [today] and Tuesday. Highs will range from 84-87.”
Another storm system is projected to move through this area Thursday, leaving temperatures around 80 degrees for Friday and Saturday.
Sunday’s storm dropped a half inch of rain in just 20-30 minutes, he said.
Brad Burns, an employee of Sunset Beach Marina, was in the wrong place at the wrong time when the storm arrived Sunday.
He was working at the marina when the high winds accompanying the storm swirled through the Cheat Lake area shortly after noon.
“I was standing on the back of a boat when it hit,” he said. “It picked me up and threw me into the front of the boat. I looked up just in time to see the building flip over and land on my truck.”
Marina Owner Barry Frey added, “One of my workers was in the shed. It turned over right around him. Sometimes you have to give God credit — thankfully, no one was hurt.”
Lack of the building won’t keep the marina from operating, he said, but it is a loss to the business.
Emergency crews weren’t needed at the lake. Cheat Lake Volunteer Fire Department Lt. Bernie Murray said they were called out, but the call was canceled as they were starting out.
“The wind came up the lake and flipped the building,” he said.
The quick-moving storm was accompanied by a tornado warning for northeastern Monongalia and Preston counties, Fayette County, Pa., and Garrett County, Md., Povick said. The warning ran from 12:30-1 p.m.
Widespread wind damage was reported from Hazelton to Friendsville, Md., with many reports of damaging winds gusting at an estimated 55-65 mph right along the Interstate 68 corridor, he said.
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