Virginia, 1996

High Wind in Virginia, March 19, 1996

March 19, 1996 · NWS AKQ · 1 event in 1 county or zone

STRONG WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH A LATE WINTER STORM MOVING THROUGH VIRGINIA CAUSED MINOR STRUCTURAL AND TREE DAMAGE FROM NEAR THE RICHMOND CITY AREA TO THE NORTHERN NECK.

The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
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 AKQ wrote it up.

STRONG WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH A LATE WINTER STORM MOVING THROUGH VIRGINIA CAUSED MINOR STRUCTURAL AND TREE DAMAGE FROM NEAR THE RICHMOND CITY AREA TO THE NORTHERN NECK. IN THE RICHMOND AREA, THERE WAS MINOR DAMAGE TO CHURCH BUILDING AND ADJA

Event by event

1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.

High Wind, Essex

When
March 19, 4:40 PM EST to 4:45 PM EST
Where
Essex forecast zone

What these are

High Wind
Sustained non-thunderstorm winds of 40 mph or more for an hour, or gusts of 58 mph or more.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

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: 5582618.