High Wind, Henry
- When
- September 5, 11:30 PM EST to September 6, 5:00 AM EST
- Where
- Henry forecast zone
- Property damage
- $75,000
- Crop damage
- $20,000
- Coordinates
- 36.689, -79.926 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind in Virginia, September 5 to 6, 1996
4 high wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 4 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $2.0 million
- Crop damage
- $100,000
- Events
- 4
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.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
4 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Pittsylvania
- When
- September 5, 11:30 PM EST to September 6, 5:00 AM EST
- Where
- Pittsylvania forecast zone
- Property damage
- $1.0 million
- Crop damage
- $40,000
- Coordinates
- 36.704, -79.396 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Halifax
- When
- September 5, 11:30 PM EST to September 6, 5:00 AM EST
- Where
- Halifax forecast zone
- Property damage
- $700,000
- Crop damage
- $30,000
- Coordinates
- 36.767, -78.937 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Charlotte
- When
- September 5, 11:30 PM EST to September 6, 5:00 AM EST
- Where
- Charlotte forecast zone
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Crop damage
- $10,000
- Coordinates
- 37.012, -78.662 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
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
- Hurricane in North Carolina, September 5 to 6, 1996
- Hurricane in North Carolina, September 5 to 6, 1996
- High Wind in North Carolina, September 5 to 6, 1996
- Hurricane in South Carolina, September 5, 1996
- High Wind in South Carolina, September 5, 1996
- Hurricane in North Carolina, September 5 to 6, 1996
- High Wind in North Carolina, September 5 to 6, 1996
- High Wind in North Carolina, September 5 to 6, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Kentucky, September 5, 1996
- High Wind in South Carolina, September 5, 1996
- Hurricane in North Carolina, September 5 to 6, 1996
- High Wind in North Carolina, September 5 to 6, 1996
More
Every storm in Virginia in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in Virginia, September 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: 5564632, 5564633, 5564634, 5564635.