Thunderstorm Wind, Lexington (C)
- When
- June 2, 4:15 PM EST
- Where
- Lexington (C) County, Lexington
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 38.780, -79.450
Damaging Wind in Virginia, June 2, 1999
Thunderstorms during the afternoon of the 2nd produced damaging winds, downing trees and large tree limbs. One tree fell onto a house, destroying the chimney and punching holes into the roof.
Where it happened
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- Heat and drought
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- Marine and coastal
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
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 afternoon of the 2nd produced damaging winds, downing trees and large tree limbs. One tree fell onto a house, destroying the chimney and punching holes into the roof.
The radar
The Sterling radar (KLWX), 171 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:15 UTC.
Event by event
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
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
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in South Dakota, June 2 to 30, 1999
- Dense Fog in California, June 2, 1999
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, June 2, 1999
- Hail in California, June 2, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, June 2 to 14, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, June 2 to 10, 1999
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, June 2, 1999
- Damaging Winds in Mississippi, June 2, 1999
- Flash Flood in Kentucky, June 2, 1999
- High Wind in Colorado, June 2, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, June 2, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, June 2, 1999
More
Every storm in Virginia in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Virginia, June 1999
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: 5700435.