Thunderstorm Wind — Wise, Virginia

2025-05-20 · near East Stone Gap, Wise, Virginia

Event narrative

Several trees were blown down by severe thunderstorm wind gusts.

Wider weather episode

An occluding surface low bringing a trailing cold front forced isolated severe thunderstorms in southwest Virginia, fueled by high effective shear and moderate amounts of instability.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1262925. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.