Thunderstorm Wind — Chesterfield, Virginia

2025-07-01 · near Richmond Chesterfiel, Chesterfield, Virginia

Event narrative

VDOT reported northbound VA-605 was closed at Genito Road due to a downed tree.

Wider weather episode

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.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1280435. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.