Thunderstorm Wind in Charlottesville (c) County, Virginia

Thunderstorm Wind August 14, 2011 · Charlottesville (c) County, Virginia

60 mph

Estimated gust (52 kt)

$5K

Damage as recorded

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

What the National Weather Service wrote

Trees were down in the city of Charlottesville.

The wider storm

An upper-level trough was over the region on the 14th. Colder air aloft due to the upper trough caused moderate amounts of instability to develop. A surface trough triggered showers and thunderstorms and some thunderstorms produced damaging wind gusts due to the moderate instability.

Began near Charlottesville (38.0374, -78.4857).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 342390. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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