Thunderstorm Wind in Bedford County, Virginia

Thunderstorm Wind July 18, 2025 · Bedford County, Virginia

58 mph

Estimated gust (50 kt)

$25K

Damage as recorded

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

What the National Weather Service wrote

Thunderstorm winds blew down one tree that fell on to a house near the intersection of Dickerson Mill Road and Stewartsville Road.

The wider storm

A frontal boundary approaching from the north combined with a hot and humid air mass to produce scattered severe thunderstorms across southwest Virginia. Damaging wind gusts from these storms blew down several trees and power lines with one of the trees falling on to a house in Bedford County, and hail up to the size of quarters fell in Bedford and Henry counties.

Began near Chamblissburg (37.2512, -79.6985).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1272334. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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