Thunderstorm Wind — Radford (c), Virginia

2009-06-11 · near Radford, Radford (c), Virginia

Event narrative

Thunderstorm winds toppled trees and large tree limbs in Radford.

Wider weather episode

A large complex of thunderstorms pushed from Tennessee and Kentucky into the western forecast area by late afternoon of June 11th. With moderate instability and a moist air mass in place storms became severe across western Virginia and some storms produced heavy rainfall. Rainfall across parts of Wythe, Pulaski and western Montgomery ranged from 1 to 3 inches in a couple of hours.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 184302. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.