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Thunderstorm Wind in Sussex County, Virginia

Thunderstorm Wind June 22, 2026 · Sussex County, Virginia

58 mph

Estimated gust (50 kt)

$10K

Damage as recorded

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

What the National Weather Service wrote

An NWS employee reported numerous trees and large branches down on Virginia Route 40.

The wider storm

Scattered to widespread storms developed across central Virginia in the afternoon of June 22. This was in associated with a lee trough and cold front well west of the region. Upscale growth into a few storm clusters produced swaths of damaging winds across central Virginia, eventually progressing eastward toward eastern Virginia in the evening.

Began near Newville (36.9900, -77.1400).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1354681. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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