High Wind, Patrick
- When
- April 12, 6:00 AM EST to 11:00 AM EST
- Where
- Patrick forecast zone
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Reported by
- BROADCAST MEDIA
- Coordinates
- 36.678, -80.284 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind in Virginia, April 12, 1999
High winds during the morning of the 12th blew over a tractor trailer truck on Route 58 in The Meadows of Dan, and a mobile home in Cruzes Store, both in Patrick County. High winds blew over two tractor trailer trucks 5 miles south of Fancy Gap on Interstate Route 77 in Carroll County, and trees and power lines across Franklin County, blocking some roads.
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
- $14,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- 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.
What happened
The episode as NWS RNK wrote it up.
High winds during the morning of the 12th blew over a tractor trailer truck on Route 58 in The Meadows of Dan, and a mobile home in Cruzes Store, both in Patrick County. High winds blew over two tractor trailer trucks 5 miles south of Fancy Gap on Interstate Route 77 in Carroll County, and trees and power lines across Franklin County, blocking some roads.
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, Patrick
- When
- April 12, 6:00 AM EST to 11:00 AM EST
- Where
- Patrick forecast zone
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- BROADCAST MEDIA
- Coordinates
- 36.678, -80.284 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Carroll
- When
- April 12, 6:00 AM EST to 11:00 AM EST
- Where
- Carroll forecast zone
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- BROADCAST MEDIA
- Coordinates
- 36.697, -80.829 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Franklin
- When
- April 12, 6:00 AM EST to 11:00 AM EST
- Where
- Franklin forecast zone
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 36.992, -79.881 (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.
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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: 5691261, 5691262, 5691263, 5691264.