Thunderstorm Wind — Martinsville (c), Virginia

2024-08-30 · near Martinsville, Martinsville (c), Virginia

$30K

Property damage

55 EG

Magnitude

Event narrative

Thunderstorm winds blew down trees, power lines, and a power pole within an area of Martinsville. The region of damage extended from Beaver Street east to portions of Commonwealth Boulevard east of Fayette Street. A church was struck by a falling power pole on Fayette Street. Damage values are estimated.

Wider weather episode

The cold front that was over the region on the 29th, made limited progress eastward on the 30th. This feature continued to serve as the focus for afternoon and evening shower and thunderstorm development. A few of these storms increased to severe levels causing damaging winds which downed trees. There were also two occurrence of hail ranging from nickel to quarter size.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1211928. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.