Thunderstorm Wind in Buena Vista (c) County, Virginia

Thunderstorm Wind June 3, 2009 · Buena Vista (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

Several large trees down.

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 Buena Vista (37.7300, -79.3700).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 182326. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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