Thunderstorm Wind in Fredericksburg (c) County, Virginia

Thunderstorm Wind March 22, 2019 · Fredericksburg (c) County, Virginia

58 mph

Estimated gust (50 kt)

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

What the National Weather Service wrote

Numerous trees and wires were blown down throughout the city of Fredericksburg.

The wider storm

A potent upper level trough as well as a surface cold front crossed the region during the afternoon of March 22nd. Out ahead of the trough, surface heating and cold upper levels were able to generate marginal amounts of surface instability. This was enough to generate scattered showers and a few thunderstorms as the front and trough passed across the area. Steep low level lapse rates and low freezing levels allowed for some of these thunderstorms to become locally severe.

Began near Fredericksburg (38.2993, -77.4871).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 810999. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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