Thunderstorm Wind — Lexington (c), Virginia

2012-08-10 · near Lexington, Lexington (c), Virginia

Event narrative

The City of Lexington 911 Center reported that two trees were blown down within the city of Lexington. One tree was down across Main Street in downtown Lexington and another was down on U.S. Highway 11, two miles south of Lexington.

Wider weather episode

An upper trough persisted across the Ohio Valley and Great Lakes region. An associated cold front was situated just west of the region from Kentucky into western Tennessee. This front was finally progressing eastward and by the morning of the 11th was located across central Virginia. As the front approached the area from the west during the afternoon and evening, showers and thunderstorms developed in the warm, humid air mass across the region. One of these briefly became severe and produced minor wind damage in the Lexington area.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 409487. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.