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Thunderstorm Wind in Albemarle County, Virginia

Thunderstorm Wind July 26, 2025 · Albemarle County, Virginia

60 mph

Estimated gust (52 kt)

$2K

Damage as recorded

Where the report was made, with tornadoes recorded within 15 miles over the years.

What the National Weather Service wrote

Two trees blew down in Rockfish Gap.

The wider storm

A very hot and humid airmass was present over the Mid-Atlantic as a lee pressure trough gradually strengthened. This resulted in several widely scattered severe thunderstorms with locally damaging wind gusts west of the Blue Ridge Mountains.

Began near Yancey Mills (38.0398, -78.7488).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1269224. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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