Thunderstorm Wind in Wythe County, Virginia
Thunderstorm Wind July 23, 2023 · Wythe County, Virginia
Where the report was made, with tornadoes recorded within 15 miles over the years.
What the National Weather Service wrote
One large tree was blown down by thunderstorm winds and this resulted in three power poles being damaged.
The wider storm
An upper level storm system crossed the region during peak heating. The passage of this system aided in the lift needed for thunderstorm development within an already very moist and unstable atmosphere. The environment spawned scattered severe thunderstorms which produced damaging winds. In addition, storms were at times slow-moving, with winds up to 700 mb averaging around 10 knots from the southwest. Surface-based CAPEs across central Virginia varied from 1,500 to over 2,000 J/Kg during late afternoon, while precipitable water values varied from 1.2 inches across the Mountain Empire to 1.6 inches across the Southside area of Virginia. The high instability and abundant atmospheric moisture combined to produce storms with high rainfall rates, at times observed to be up to 5 inches per hour.
Began near Kent (37.0233, -81.0062).
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1116660. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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