Thunderstorm Wind in Charlottesville (c) County, Virginia

Thunderstorm Wind April 26, 2011 · Charlottesville (c) County, Virginia

60 mph

Estimated gust (52 kt)

$2K

Damage as recorded

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

What the National Weather Service wrote

A tree fell and snapped a power pole in Charlottesville.

The wider storm

A southerly flow around high pressure off the east coast transported plenty of moisture from the Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic Ocean across the area. The warm and moist southerly flow combined with a pressure trough to trigger showers and thunderstorms. Moderate amounts of instability caused a few thunderstorms to produce damaging winds and large hail.

Began near Charlottesville (38.0210, -78.4860).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 300351. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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