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Thunderstorm Wind in Essex County, Virginia

Thunderstorm Wind July 1, 2025 · Essex County, Virginia

58 mph

Estimated gust (50 kt)

$1K

Damage as recorded

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

What the National Weather Service wrote

VDOT reported a tree down blocking US Route 17 in the vicinity of Occupacia Road.

The wider storm

An upper-level trough and cold front progressed from the Great Lakes region into the Mid-Atlantic on July 1. Numerous thunderstorms, some of which produced swaths of damaging winds, developed ahead of the cold front in the late afternoon and evening hours across portions of central Virginia.

Began near Occupacia (38.0400, -77.0000).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1280429. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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