Thunderstorm Wind in Buckingham County, Virginia

Thunderstorms during the afternoon and evening hours on the 9th produced hail up to golf ball size, damaging winds, and dangerous lightning.A severe thunderstorm during the afternoon of the 9th tracked from about 7 miles northeast of Centenery to 7 miles east northeast of Dillwyn. At times the damage path was 2 miles wide with sporadic damage to buildings and 3 comercial chicken houses destroyed. Numerous large trees were downed and uprooted along the path of the storm. In addition to the damaging winds, this storm also produced golf ball size hail along it's track. A fatality also occured when a tree was toppled onto a house in Arvonia.Thunderstorm winds downed numerous trees in Nathalie with many reports of damage to automobiles and houses. Thunderstorm winds knocked down trees 4 mile east-northeast of Newcastle, broke off 2 inch diameter tree limbs 1 miles south of Bedford City, snapped off trees and tore down a conveyor tower 2 miles east northeast of Newcastle, knocked down numerous trees which blocked roads in Buchanan and Turbeville, toppled trees and power lines, damaged the a barn and tore some shingles off a house from 2 miles northwest of Huddleston to Huddleston, snapped off trees and knocked down a school zone traffic light sign in Altavista, knocked down numerous trees, damaged a house, and moved a metal shed 100 feet in Hurt, knocked down numerous trees in Huddleston, knocked down numerous trees Hurt, and from Clover to 3 miles southeast of Dryburg.A woman was injured when she was struck by lightning in Roanoke.