Thunderstorm Wind in Martinsville (c) County, Virginia

Thunderstorm Wind June 10, 2011 · Martinsville (c) County, Virginia

75 mph

Estimated gust (65 kt)

Injury

$1.5M

Damage as recorded

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

What the National Weather Service wrote

Thunderstorm winds blew trees down all across the City of Martinsville. One tree fell on an occupied airport cab from Greensboro, NC. The car was totaled, however the male driver escaped only with a concussion. There were no passengers. Power lines were also brought down across the city.

The wider storm

Scattered storms developed during the afternoon heating of the day. A few of these storms produced damaging winds. The City of Martinsville was significantly impacted by one of these storms.

Began near Martinsville (36.7033, -79.8715).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 323852. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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