Thunderstorm Wind — Southampton, Virginia

2024-08-04 · near Isaac, Southampton, Virginia

Event narrative

An area of intense thunderstorm straight line winds began south of the Southampton County Fairgrounds and snapped several trees. The winds also picked up large tree limbs and blew them up to 100 feet away and caused extensive damage to a couple of wooden outbuildings in the fairgrounds. The outbuilding roofs completely collapsed and the walls sustained significant damage. The path of straight line winds continued to the north and blew open an overhead door of a metal building on the north side of the fairgrounds. The winds then snapped a few more trees near the VDOT Franklin Yard, and along the south side of New Market Road. Peak wind gusts at the fairgrounds were estimated at 80-90 mph. A separate area of thunderstorm wind damage was observed at Riverdale Elementary School, where a small shed was blown over and a few large tree limbs were downed. Peak wind gusts were estimated at around 60 mph.

Wider weather episode

Scattered severe thunderstorms along a frontal boundary produced damaging winds across portions of southeast Virginia.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1212964. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.