Thunderstorm Wind, Bland
- When
- August 20, 12:15 AM EST
- Where
- Bland County, Ceres
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 37.020, -81.350
Damaging Winds in Virginia, August 20, 1999
Thunderstorm winds downed trees, ripped a tin roof off of a house, and damaged the roof of a barn in Ceres, and downed trees 3 miles east of New Castle.
Where it happened
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- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $10,000
- 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.
What happened
The episode as NWS RNK wrote it up.
Thunderstorms during the early morning of the 20th produced damaging winds.Thunderstorm winds downed trees, ripped a tin roof off of a house, and damaged the roof of a barn in Ceres, and downed trees 3 miles east of New Castle.
The radar
The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 96 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 05:13 UTC.
Event by event
2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Craig
- When
- August 20, 12:40 AM EST
- Where
- Craig County, 3 mi E of New Castle
- Reported by
- DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
- Coordinates
- 37.500, -80.070
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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- Flash Flood in Pennsylvania, August 20, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, August 20, 1999
- Flash Flood in Pennsylvania, August 20, 1999
- Flash Flood in Pennsylvania, August 20, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, August 20, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, August 20, 1999
- Flash Flooding in New York, August 20, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, August 20, 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: 5713750, 5713751.