Thunderstorm Wind — Newport News (c), Virginia

2025-03-05 · near Oyster Pt, Newport News (c), Virginia

Event narrative

An estimated gust of 55 knots (60 to 65 miles per hour) was reported from a retired USAF meteorologist.

Wider weather episode

A deep trough over the Midwest and surface low near the Great Lakes brought a robust cold front into the Mid Atlantic region. A strongly-forced area of linear convection moved from west to east across portions of central into eastern Virginia. These storms mostly produced strong to severe straight line wind gusts but one waterspout moved ashore from the York River into Gloucester county, causing EF0 damage.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1242222. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.