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Thunderstorm Wind in Radford (c) County, Virginia

Thunderstorm Wind October 23, 2017 · Radford (c) County, Virginia

69 mph
Estimated gust (60 kt)
$10K
Damage as recorded

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

What the National Weather Service wrote

Thunderstorm winds downed numerous trees within the City of Radford.

The wider storm

An upper level storm system moving toward the region from the south would interact with a closed upper level low moving through the Tennessee Valley. At the surface, a fast moving cold front moved into the region where a highly sheared environment was in place. These conditions triggered multiple severe thunderstorms and a two tornadoes in southwest Virginia.

Began near Radford (37.1291, -80.5736).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

2 more tornadoes the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 724785. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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