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Thunderstorm Wind in Fairfax (c) County, Virginia

Thunderstorm Wind July 14, 2004 · Fairfax (c) County, Virginia

69 mph

Estimated gust (60 kt)

$3K

Damage as recorded

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

What the National Weather Service wrote

Numerous trees down.

The wider storm

A cold front moved through the area on the 14th and triggered numerous showers and thunderstorms over Northern Virginia. The stronger storms were concentrated from just east of the Blue Ridge to the Northern Piedmont. These storms produced penny to golf ball size hail, damaging winds, and very heavy rainfall.

Began near Fairfax (38.8500, -77.3000).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5417742. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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