Thunderstorm Wind, Roanoke
- When
- April 27, 2:00 PM CST
- Where
- Roanoke County
- Measured
- 67 kt (77 mph)
- Coordinates
- 37.280, -80.070
Damaging Winds in Virginia, April 27, 1989
6 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
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- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 6
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
Event by event
6 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Franklin
- When
- April 27, 2:30 PM CST
- Where
- Franklin County
- Coordinates
- 37.120, -79.970
Thunderstorm Wind, Amherst
- When
- April 27, 2:30 PM CST
- Where
- Amherst County
- Coordinates
- 37.480, -78.980
Thunderstorm Wind, Campbell
- When
- April 27, 2:35 PM CST
- Where
- Campbell County
- Coordinates
- 37.230, -79.100
Thunderstorm Wind, Henry
- When
- April 27, 2:45 PM CST
- Where
- Henry County
- Coordinates
- 36.780, -79.880
Thunderstorm Wind, Pittsylvania
- When
- April 27, 3:20 PM CST
- Where
- Pittsylvania County
- Coordinates
- 36.830, -79.400
What these are
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
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The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Hail in Iowa, April 27, 1989
- Tornado and Hail in Nebraska, April 27, 1989
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, April 27, 1989
- Tornadoes and Hail in Missouri, April 27, 1989
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, April 27, 1989
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Indiana, April 27, 1989
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, April 27, 1989
- Hail in South Carolina, April 27, 1989
- Damaging Wind in West Virginia, April 27, 1989
- Hail in Tennessee, April 27, 1989
- Hail in Illinois, April 27, 1989
More
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Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 10146062, 10146063, 10146064, 10146065, 10146275, 10146276.