Thunderstorm Wind, Loudoun
- When
- July 19, 2:20 PM EST to 2:30 PM EST
- Where
- Loudoun County, Lovettsville to 2 mi E of Lovettsville
- Measured
- 75 kt (86 mph)
- Property damage
- $50,000
- Crop damage
- $75,000
- Coordinates
- 39.300, -77.630
Damaging Wind in Virginia, July 19, 1996
The parent thunderstorm simultaneously dropping an F1 tornado northeast of Lovettsville was producing a powerful rear-flank downburst immediately to the south and southwest. Damage occurred roughly over a 2-mile wide by 3-mile long area.
Where it happened
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $50,000
- Crop damage
- $75,000
- 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.
The parent thunderstorm simultaneously dropping an F1 tornado northeast of Lovettsville was producing a powerful rear-flank downburst immediately to the south and southwest. Damage occurred roughly over a 2-mile wide by 3-mile long area. Numerous trees were uprooted or snapped. A nearly completed home (still under construction) had gables torn off and the roof collapse. A small shed was destroyed. The hardest hit area was along the banks of the Potomac River, where hundreds of trees were flattened. Winds were likely at peak speed (estimated 90 mph) at this location, likely a result of channeling flow through the mountain gap just east of Harpers Ferry WV.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
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
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- Flash Flood in Pennsylvania, July 19, 1996
- Flash Flood in Pennsylvania, July 19, 1996
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- Flash Flood in Pennsylvania, July 19, 1996
- Tornado in Maryland, July 19, 1996
- Flash Flood in Pennsylvania, July 19, 1996
- Flash Flood in Ohio, July 19 to 20, 1996
- Rip Current in Florida, July 19, 1996
- Tornadoes in Pennsylvania, July 19, 1996
- Flash Flood in Kentucky, July 19 to 20, 1996
- Flash Flood in Kentucky, July 19, 1996
More
Every storm in Virginia in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in Virginia, July 1996
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: 5576278.