Thunderstorm Wind, Augusta
- When
- May 11, 2:10 PM EST
- Where
- Augusta County, Waynesboro
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Coordinates
- 38.070, -78.880
Damaging Wind in Virginia, May 11, 1996
Several large limbs were blown down by thunderstorm winds; 4 onto power lines, knocking them down. Around 250 customers were without power.
Where it happened
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- Heat and drought
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $5,000
- 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.
Several large limbs were blown down by thunderstorm winds; 4 onto power lines, knocking them down. Around 250 customers were without power.
The radar
The Sterling radar (KLWX), 158 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:08 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
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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: 5555104.