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Thunderstorm Wind in Wythe County, Virginia

Thunderstorm Wind December 11, 2021 · Wythe County, Virginia

58 mph

Estimated gust (50 kt)

$2K

Damage as recorded

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

What the National Weather Service wrote

One tree and one power line reported down due to thunderstorm winds.

The wider storm

Showers with damaging winds developed in advance of a potent cold front. A strengthening low level jet combined with minimal instability helped generate these damaging winds caused localized tree damage across portions of Wythe, Giles, and Smyth counties.

Began near Speedwell (36.8182, -81.1746).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 990280. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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