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Thunderstorm Wind in Essex County, Virginia

Thunderstorm Wind July 29, 2022 · Essex County, Virginia

58 mph

Estimated gust (50 kt)

$3K

Damage as recorded

Where the report was made, with tornadoes recorded within 15 miles over the years.

What the National Weather Service wrote

Trees fell down and knocked over power lines in Essex County.

The wider storm

Scattered severe thunderstorms developed over a zone of differential heating coincident with the southern fringe of 30 to 40 knot mid-level westerlies in central Virginia and moved into southeastern Virginia during the afternoon of July 29.

Began near Howertons (37.8300, -76.9400).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1046564. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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