Thunderstorm Wind, Buchanan
- When
- July 28, 6:20 PM EST
- Where
- Buchanan County, Grundy
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Coordinates
- 37.280, -82.100
Trees fell and blocked roads.
Flash Flood and Damaging Wind in Virginia, July 28 to 29, 1997
1 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 1 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
- $252,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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 Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 113 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:19 UTC.
Event by event
1 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flash Flood, Dickenson
- When
- July 28, 9:00 PM EST to July 29, 1:00 AM EST
- Where
- Dickenson County, Counts
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 37.126, -82.350 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Rainfall of 2 to 3 inches in 1 to 2 hours on the western slopes of the Ohio-Tennessee River divide, flooded Lick Fork, Fryingpan Creek and Indian Creek. Sullivan Branch washed out sections of Route 688 near Duty. Around 40 families were either flooded or isolated by the flood waters. County officials reported 14 small private bridges were destroyed.
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.
- Flash Flood
- Flooding that begins within six hours of the rain that causes it, or of a dam or levee failure or ice jam release, often with deadly speed.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Flash Flood in Colorado, July 28, 1997
- Lightning Strikes in Texas, July 28, 1997
- Heat in Illinois, July 28, 1997
- Heat in North Carolina, July 28, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, July 28, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Virginia, July 28, 1997
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in North Carolina, July 28, 1997
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in West Virginia, July 28, 1997
- Damaging Winds in Kentucky, July 28, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, July 28, 1997
- Flash Flood and Hail in North Carolina, July 28, 1997
- Damaging Wind and Lightning Strike in Tennessee, July 28, 1997
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: 5606799, 5606800.