Thunderstorm Wind, Shenandoah
- When
- August 13, 8:30 PM EST to 8:50 PM EST
- Where
- Shenandoah County, Countywide
- Property damage
- $15,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 38.870, -78.620
Trees downed
Damaging Winds in Virginia, August 13, 1999
An area of thunderstorms that developed across West Virginia moved across Northern Virginia between 9:00 PM EDT on the 13th and 12:30 AM EDT on the 14th. The strongest storms produced wind gusts in excess of 55 MPH, frequent lightning, and heavy downpours.
Where it happened
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- Cold
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $33,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 8
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.
An area of thunderstorms that developed across West Virginia moved across Northern Virginia between 9:00 PM EDT on the 13th and 12:30 AM EDT on the 14th. The strongest storms produced wind gusts in excess of 55 MPH, frequent lightning, and heavy downpours. Downed trees were reported across Shenandoah County between 9:30 PM and 10:30 PM EDT. Trees were also downed just east of Strasburg in Warren County at 10:25 PM EDT. Lightning started two small brush fires near McGaheysville and Penn Laird between 10:15 PM and 10:25 PM EDT. In northwest Fauquier County, the storms downed trees in Delaplane and Marshall between 11:00 PM and 11:10 PM EDT. At 12:05 AM EDT on the 14th, tree branches were blown onto Interstate 66 in the city of Fairfax. Orange County officials reported high wind downing trees in Gordonsville at 12:10 AM EDT.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
8 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Rockingham
- When
- August 13, 9:15 PM EST
- Where
- Rockingham County, Penn Laird
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 38.380, -78.800
Trees and power lines downed
Thunderstorm Wind, Shenandoah
- When
- August 13, 9:20 PM EST
- Where
- Shenandoah County, Strasburg
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 38.980, -78.370
Trees downed
Thunderstorm Wind, Warren
- When
- August 13, 9:25 PM EST
- Where
- Warren County, 2 mi NW of Waterlick
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 38.980, -78.320
Trees downed
Thunderstorm Wind, Rockingham
- When
- August 13, 9:25 PM EST
- Where
- Rockingham County, Mc Gaheysville
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 38.370, -78.730
Trees and power lines downed
Thunderstorm Wind, Fauquier
- When
- August 13, 10:00 PM EST
- Where
- Fauquier County, Delaplane
- Property damage
- $4,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 38.920, -77.920
Trees downed
Thunderstorm Wind, Fauquier
- When
- August 13, 10:10 PM EST
- Where
- Fauquier County, Marshall
- Property damage
- $4,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 38.870, -77.850
Trees downed
Thunderstorm Wind, Orange
- When
- August 13, 11:10 PM EST
- Where
- Orange County, Gordonsville
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 38.150, -78.180
Trees downed
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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- Damaging Wind in Alabama, August 13, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Vermont, August 13, 1999
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: 5718659, 5718663, 5718660, 5718661, 5718662, 5718664, 5718665, 5718666.