Thunderstorm Wind — Bedford, Virginia

2025-07-18 · near Stewartsville, Bedford, Virginia

Event narrative

A wind gust of 60 mph was measured by a personal weather station near the intersection of Stewartsville Road and Mountain Lion Drive.

Wider weather episode

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.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1272337. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.