Thunderstorm Wind in Salem (c) County, Virginia

Thunderstorm Wind June 3, 2009 · Salem (c) County, Virginia

58 mph

Estimated gust (50 kt)

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

What the National Weather Service wrote

A large tree was blown down and blocked a road.

The wider storm

A moderately unstable air mass and seasonably strong mid-level shear helped to produce widespread multicellular storms beginning in the early afternoon of June 3rd. The storms began primarily as hail-makers but later in the day transitioned to damaging winds across a fairly wide area.

Began near Salem (c) (37.3000, -80.0500).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 182302. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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