Thunderstorm Wind — Amherst, Virginia
2022-05-27 · near Monroe, Amherst, Virginia
$1K
Property damage
50 EG
Magnitude
Event narrative
One tree down along the 400 block of Possum Road and one tree down along Smoky Hollow Road due to thunderstorm winds.
Wider weather episode
A strong cold front, in advance of a slow moving upper level low pressure system, brought multiple rounds of severe storms to southwest Virginia. With increasing instability and high low level shear, these storms produced damaging winds, hail and two tornadoes. While most of the severe weather occurred during the morning hours of the 27th, a second round of storms produced damaging winds during the afternoon.
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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1027973. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.