The National Weather Service in Charleston has confirmed a tornado touched down a couple miles northeast of Ripley Friday night.
It was one of several confirmed small tornadoes in West Virginia in recent weeks.
The tornado path was through a section known as Sycamore Road and continued southeast over a rural, forested area where many trees were damaged.
It's classified as an EF-0 tornado. With winds of about 80 mph. Oddly, the most intense winds occurred outside of the tornado path in a windburst.
The storm traveled more than 300 miles from western Ohio and ended near Charlottesville, VA producing wind damage, large hail and flash flooding.
No injuries were reported.
A tornado alert was issued for Roane County, which had severe wind.
There was widespread power outages in several counties.
A few weeks ago, what appeared to be a mini-tornado touched down near Grantsville, twisting trees, but it was not confirmed.
A "super derecho" crossed the region in June of 2012. Traveling more than 700 miles that now infamous super derecho extended more than 100 miles in width during its 12 hour life span.
Power was cut to millions of Americans.
Climatologists say severe weather patterns are increasing across the US with climate change.
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