Thunderstorm Wind — Lynchburg (c), Virginia

2023-07-13 · near Lynchburg, Lynchburg (c), Virginia

Event narrative

Thunderstorm winds downed multiple trees and power lines. One tree fell into the road in front of EC Glass High School, and another fell on Grove Street, that pulled power lines down with it. Over one thousand people were left without power.

Wider weather episode

A slow-moving cold front dropping south from the Ohio Valley. As this front encountered an airmass with modest shear and very unstable conditions, it allowed allowed for afternoon thunderstorms to develop. Some of these storms were discrete and produced large hail. After the storms began to merge into bowing segments, damaging winds resulted.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1124811. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.