Thunderstorm Wind — Martinsville (c), Virginia

2022-05-27 · near Martinsville, Martinsville (c), Virginia

Event narrative

Multiple trees blocking roadways around the city 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 1028077. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.