Thunderstorm Wind, Stafford
- When
- July 13, 2:03 AM EST
- Where
- Stafford County, 5 mi E of Fredericksburg
- Property damage
- $30,000
- Coordinates
- 38.300, -77.370
Damaging Wind in Virginia, July 13, 1996
Tropical Storm Bertha, moving through southeastern Virginia and the lower Delmarva, spawned severe wind gusts in strong feeder bands rotating northwest from the center. In King George Co, a roof was blown onto a tree, a garage was missing from a home, and a metal shed was demolished.
Where it happened
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- Heat and drought
- Cold
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $30,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
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.
What happened
The episode as NWS LWX wrote it up.
Tropical Storm Bertha, moving through southeastern Virginia and the lower Delmarva, spawned severe wind gusts in strong feeder bands rotating northwest from the center. In King George Co, a roof was blown onto a tree, a garage was missing from a home, and a metal shed was demolished. In southeast Stafford Co, near Butzner Corner, siding was ripped from a few homes, and one sustained skylight damage, in the River Bend subdivision. In northeastern Spotsylvania Co, estimated winds to 80 mph knocked down trees in and near Fredericksburg.
The radar
The Sterling radar (KLWX), 76 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 07:04 UTC.
Event by event
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornado in Colorado, July 13, 1996
- Tropical Storm in New Jersey, July 13, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Tennessee, July 13, 1996
- Flash Flood in New Hampshire, July 13, 1996
- Rip Current in Florida, July 13, 1996
- Rip Current in Florida, July 13, 1996
- Hail in Wyoming, July 13, 1996
- Tornado in Colorado, July 13, 1996
- Hail in Wyoming, July 13, 1996
- Tornado in Maryland, July 13, 1996
- Hail in Nebraska, July 13, 1996
- Hail in Colorado, July 13, 1996
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: 5568019.