Thunderstorm Wind — Salem (c), Virginia

2009-06-03 · near Salem (c), Salem (c), Virginia

Event narrative

A large tree was blown down and blocked a road.

Wider weather episode

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.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 182302. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.