Thunderstorm Wind — Danville (c), Virginia
2022-08-05 · near Danville, Danville (c), Virginia
$1K
Property damage
50 EG
Magnitude
Event narrative
Thunderstorm winds blew down two trees on Riverside Drive. Damage values are estimated.
Wider weather episode
An upper level disturbance crossed the region during the peak heating of the day. The timing of these two events helped yield a generous coverage of showers and storms across the area, with a couple of storms becoming severe. Those that became severe produced damaging wind gusts. Lightning was also known to have struck a house and also a chimney.
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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1051524. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.