High Wind — Chesapeake, Virginia

2018-10-11 to 2018-10-12 · Chesapeake, Virginia

Event narrative

Numerous trees were downed and there was minor structural damage.

Wider weather episode

Tropical Cyclone Michael tracked from South Carolina northeast and off the Mid Atlantic Coast from Thursday morning, October 11 into early Friday morning, October 12. Very strong northwest winds on the back side of the storm produced damaging wind gusts across portions of south central, eastern, and southeast Virginia.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 791006. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.