High Wind — Bland, Virginia

2018-03-01 to 2018-03-02 · Bland, Virginia

Event narrative

Winds blew at least one dozen trees down in the county. Damage values are estimated.

Wider weather episode

A cold front crossed the region on the evening of March 1st. Behind the front very strong winds a few thousand feet off the surface were brought downward due to good mixing within the lower levels. The long lasting, greater than 60 mph winds helped produce widespread damage that included hundreds of trees down and hundreds of power lines down, thousands of people left without power for a period of time, damaged structures due to the falling trees, and one case of an indirect injury as a motorist drove into a downed tree in Buckingham County. The damaging winds continued through mid-day March 3rd.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 747073. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.