Thunderstorm Wind — Rockingham, Virginia

2025-06-19 · near Swift Run, Rockingham, Virginia

Event narrative

Several trees and wires blew down around Elkton, including in the 1800 block of Newtown Road, and in the 11700 block of Red Brush Road.

Wider weather episode

A severe weather outbreak occurred during the mid to late afternoon hours of Thursday, June 19th, 2025, as a strong cold front supported by a seasonably strong upper-level jet intersected a hot, humid, and unstable airmass. Severe weather was exclusively in the form of damaging wind gusts, many of which were considerable (near hurricane-force) in nature in the Washington DC metro area.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1255641. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.