Thunderstorm Wind — Grayson, Virginia

2024-08-30 · near Delhart, Grayson, Virginia

Event narrative

Thunderstorm winds blew both a tree and a tree branch down along Skyline Highway near the intersection with Forest Lane. 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 1211936. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.