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Thunderstorm Wind — Alleghany, Virginia

2021-08-29 · near Mallow, Alleghany, Virginia

$2K
Property damage
50 EG
Magnitude

Event narrative

Two or more trees were blown down by thunderstorm winds along Valley Ridge Road.

Wider weather episode

A weak front near the Appalachian Mountains interacted with a warm, moist air-mass

to spark widely scattered thunderstorms. A couple of these storms produced damaging winds and penny size hail, and local rainfall rates of 3 to 4 inches per hour were observed.

View location on OpenStreetMap → (37.7715, -79.9592)


Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 980910. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.