Thunderstorm Wind in Lynchburg (c) County, Virginia

Thunderstorm Wind August 24, 2020 · Lynchburg (c) County, Virginia

63 mph

Estimated gust (55 kt)

$17K

Damage as recorded

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

What the National Weather Service wrote

A severe storm produced a swath of wind damage across the southern part of the City of Lynchburg, from Laxton Road to Candlers Mountain Road. Damages consisted of numerous trees and limbs being blown down, as well as powerlines being downed along Enterprise Drive.

The wider storm

A slow moving front across the Mid-Atlantic interacted with a very unstable airmass that was currently in place to produce a severe storm in the Lynchburg area with damaging straight-line winds, resulting in numerous reports of property damage.

Began near (lyh)glenn Fld Lynch (37.3465, -79.2347).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 914068. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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