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Thunderstorm Wind in Lexington (c) County, Virginia
Thunderstorm Wind August 10, 2012 · Lexington (c) County, Virginia
Where the report was made, with tornadoes recorded within 15 miles over the years.
What the National Weather Service wrote
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.
The wider storm
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.
Began near Lexington (37.7800, -79.4400).
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 409487. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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