Thunderstorm Wind, Stafford
- When
- July 14, 6:30 PM EST
- Where
- Stafford County, Falmouth
- Measured
- 88 kt (101 mph)
- Property damage
- $20,000
- Coordinates
- 38.320, -77.470
Damaging Wind in Virginia, July 14, 1996
A severe thunderstorm blew down the walls of an under-construction McDonalds restaurant in Falmouth. Several area roads were closed due to downed trees or large limbs.
Where it happened
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- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $20,000
- 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.
A severe thunderstorm blew down the walls of an under-construction McDonalds restaurant in Falmouth. Several area roads were closed due to downed trees or large limbs. Nickel-sized hail also fell nearby, at the intersection of federal highway 17 and interstate 95.
The radar
The Sterling radar (KLWX), 73 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:31 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
- Flash Flood in New Mexico, July 14, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Virginia, July 14, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Vermont, July 14, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Pennsylvania, July 14, 1996
- Lightning Strike in North Carolina, July 14, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Vermont, July 14, 1996
- Lightning Strike in South Carolina, July 14, 1996
- Flash Flood in Colorado, July 14 to 15, 1996
- Hail in New York, July 14, 1996
- Damaging Wind in New York, July 14, 1996
- Tornado in Arizona, July 14, 1996
- Lightning Strike in New Hampshire, July 14, 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: 5568023.