Thunderstorm Wind — Charlottesville (c), Virginia

2011-08-14 · near Charlottesville, Charlottesville (c), Virginia

Event narrative

Trees were down in the city of Charlottesville.

Wider weather episode

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.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 342390. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.