Thunderstorm Wind — Prince William, Virginia
2025-06-19 · near Gainesville, Prince William, Virginia
$100K
Property damage
65 EG
Magnitude
Event narrative
Numerous trees blew down along VA-55 John Marshall Highway between Haymarket and Gainesville.
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 1255683. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.