SLIDESHOW: Storms Pummel Ohio Valley
Photo by Scott McCloskey A local group of good samaritans decided to help remove a giant tree that fell across a section of Kruger Street in front of Monument Place after high winds and heavy rain and hail moved through the Elm Grove area of Wheeling Wednesday afternoon.
Photo by Scott McCloskey A local group of good samaritans decided to help remove a giant tree that fell across a section of Kruger Street in front of Monument Place after high winds and heavy rain and hail moved through the Elm Grove area of Wheeling Wednesday afternoon.
Photo by Scott McCloskey A local group of good samaritans decided to help remove a giant tree that fell across a section of Kruger Street in front of Monument Place after high winds and heavy rain and hail moved through the Elm Grove area of Wheeling Wednesday afternoon.
Photo by Scott McCloskey A local group of good samaritans decided to help remove a giant tree that fell across a section of Kruger Street in front of Monument Place after high winds and heavy rain and hail moved through the Elm Grove area of Wheeling Wednesday afternoon.
Photo by Scott McCloskey Park View Road was closed after high winds and heavy rain and hail moved through the Elm Grove area Wednesday.
Photo by John McCabe The intersection of Park View Lane and National Road was impassable Wednesday evening after that afternoon’s storms left plenty of standing water.
Photo by John McCabe The intersection of Park View Lane and National Road was impassable Wednesday evening after that afternoon’s storms left plenty of standing water.
Photo by John McCabe The intersection of Park View Lane and National Road was impassable Wednesday evening after that afternoon’s storms left plenty of standing water.
Photo by John McCabe Water barrels down the side of Park View Lane following Wednesday’s storms.
Photo by John McCabe Drivers plow through high waters around Wheeling that came from heavy rains that drenched the Ohio Valley on Wednesday afternoon.
Photo by Scott McCloskey Motorists make their way through backed up storm water on National Road in Elm Grove near Reisbecks after high winds and heavy rain and hail moved through the area Wednesday afternoon.
Photo by Scott McCloskey Motorists make their way through backed up storm water on National Road in Elm Grove after high winds and heavy rain and hail moved through the area Wednesday afternoon.
Photo by Scott McCloskey A West Virginia Division of Highways crew makes their way through backed up storm water on National Road in Elm Grove after high winds and heavy rain and hail moved through the area Wednesday afternoon.
Photo by Scott McCloskey Swift water runs beneath the historic Stone Bridge in Elm Grove Wednesday after high winds and heavy rain and hail moved through the area Wednesday afternoon.
Photo by John McCabe Drivers plow through high waters around Wheeling that came from heavy rains that drenched the Ohio Valley on Wednesday afternoon.
Photo by Andrew Grimm A former toll house near the entrance of Brooke Hills Park was destroyed by severe weather Wednesday afternoon. Pieces of the 180-year-old structure were scattered as far as the other side of state Route 27. Trees were also reported to be down around the park, and power outages were reported across the area from the storms.
Photo by Derek Redd Wednesday's sudden storm floods the backyard of a home on Decatur Ave. in the Springdale section of Wheeling.
Photo by Scott McCloskey A local group of good samaritans decided to help remove a giant tree that fell across a section of Kruger Street in front of Monument Place after high winds and heavy rain and hail moved through the Elm Grove area of Wheeling Wednesday afternoon.
Photo by Scott McCloskey A local group of good samaritans decided to help remove a giant tree that fell across a section of Kruger Street in front of Monument Place after high winds and heavy rain and hail moved through the Elm Grove area of Wheeling Wednesday afternoon.
Photo by Scott McCloskey A local group of good samaritans decided to help remove a giant tree that fell across a section of Kruger Street in front of Monument Place after high winds and heavy rain and hail moved through the Elm Grove area of Wheeling Wednesday afternoon.
Photo by Scott McCloskey A local group of good samaritans decided to help remove a giant tree that fell across a section of Kruger Street in front of Monument Place after high winds and heavy rain and hail moved through the Elm Grove area of Wheeling Wednesday afternoon.
Photo by Scott McCloskey Park View Road was closed after high winds and heavy rain and hail moved through the Elm Grove area Wednesday.
Photo by John McCabe The intersection of Park View Lane and National Road was impassable Wednesday evening after that afternoon’s storms left plenty of standing water.
Photo by John McCabe The intersection of Park View Lane and National Road was impassable Wednesday evening after that afternoon’s storms left plenty of standing water.
Photo by John McCabe The intersection of Park View Lane and National Road was impassable Wednesday evening after that afternoon’s storms left plenty of standing water.
Photo by John McCabe Water barrels down the side of Park View Lane following Wednesday’s storms.
Photo by John McCabe Drivers plow through high waters around Wheeling that came from heavy rains that drenched the Ohio Valley on Wednesday afternoon.
Photo by Scott McCloskey Motorists make their way through backed up storm water on National Road in Elm Grove near Reisbecks after high winds and heavy rain and hail moved through the area Wednesday afternoon.
Photo by Scott McCloskey Motorists make their way through backed up storm water on National Road in Elm Grove after high winds and heavy rain and hail moved through the area Wednesday afternoon.
Photo by Scott McCloskey A West Virginia Division of Highways crew makes their way through backed up storm water on National Road in Elm Grove after high winds and heavy rain and hail moved through the area Wednesday afternoon.
Photo by Scott McCloskey Swift water runs beneath the historic Stone Bridge in Elm Grove Wednesday after high winds and heavy rain and hail moved through the area Wednesday afternoon.
Photo by John McCabe Drivers plow through high waters around Wheeling that came from heavy rains that drenched the Ohio Valley on Wednesday afternoon.
Photo by Andrew Grimm A former toll house near the entrance of Brooke Hills Park was destroyed by severe weather Wednesday afternoon. Pieces of the 180-year-old structure were scattered as far as the other side of state Route 27. Trees were also reported to be down around the park, and power outages were reported across the area from the storms.
Photo by Derek Redd Wednesday's sudden storm floods the backyard of a home on Decatur Ave. in the Springdale section of Wheeling.