Saturday, May 15, 2010
Storms Create Thousands Of Power Outages
WEST VIRGINIA....
Friday a storm rolled through West Virginia, producing golf-ball sized hail and fears of flash flooding, as well as tornado watches, although no funnel sightings were reported. At 8:00 P.M. Friday night, Appalachian Power reported more than 2,000 outages and Allegheny Power reported more than 400, with the most outages including Kanawha County, Clay County and Wood County. Golf-ball sized hail fell in parts of Roane and Kanawha counties, and a flash-flood warning was issued for Boone County. Floodwaters damaged some cars and homes near Spring Valley Drive in Kenova.
Friday a storm rolled through West Virginia, producing golf-ball sized hail and fears of flash flooding, as well as tornado watches, although no funnel sightings were reported. At 8:00 P.M. Friday night, Appalachian Power reported more than 2,000 outages and Allegheny Power reported more than 400, with the most outages including Kanawha County, Clay County and Wood County. Golf-ball sized hail fell in parts of Roane and Kanawha counties, and a flash-flood warning was issued for Boone County. Floodwaters damaged some cars and homes near Spring Valley Drive in Kenova.
# posted by Homer Owens @ 9:40 AM 
