Thunderstorm Wind, Goochland
- When
- July 29, 3:55 PM EST to 4:05 PM EST
- Where
- Goochland County, Fife to Hadensville
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 37.730, -78.070
Trees and power lines down.
Hail and Damaging Winds in Virginia, July 29, 1999
4 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. 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
- $7,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 6
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 Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 125 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:57 UTC.
Event by event
4 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Fluvanna
- When
- July 29, 4:05 PM EST
- Where
- Fluvanna County, 5 mi W of Troy
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 37.930, -78.330
Trees down in the Lake Monticello area on Routes 53 and 618.
Hail, Fluvanna
- When
- July 29, 4:22 PM EST
- Where
- Fluvanna County, 3 mi S of Palmyra
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- AMATEUR RADIO
- Coordinates
- 37.820, -78.280
Thunderstorm Wind, Powhatan
- When
- July 29, 4:30 PM EST
- Where
- Powhatan County, Central Portion
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 37.550, -76.930
Trees down.
Thunderstorm Wind, Amelia
- When
- July 29, 4:56 PM EST
- Where
- Amelia County, 3 mi N of Chula
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 37.430, -77.920
Large tree down.
Hail, Nottoway
- When
- July 29, 5:28 PM EST
- Where
- Nottoway County, Crewe
- Measured
- 2.5 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 37.170, -78.120
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.
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Heat in Wisconsin, July 29 to 31, 1999
- Heat in Texas, July 29, 1999
- Flash Flood in New Mexico, July 29, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, July 29, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, July 29, 1999
- Heat in Minnesota, July 29 to 30, 1999
- Lightning Strike in North Carolina, July 29, 1999
- Damaging Wind and Lightning Strike in North Carolina, July 29, 1999
- Tornado in Texas, July 29, 1999
- Damaging Winds in Ohio, July 29, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, July 29, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Virginia, July 29, 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: 5713853, 5713854, 5713855, 5713856, 5713857, 5713858.