High Wind, Brunswick
- When
- September 16, 4:00 AM EST to 3:00 PM EST
- Where
- Brunswick forecast zone
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 36.765, -77.859 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind in Virginia, September 16, 1999
Numerous trees and power lines were blown down across central and interior southeast Virginia, resulting in widespread power outages.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 9 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
- $53,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 14
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 AKQ wrote it up.
Numerous trees and power lines were blown down across central and interior southeast Virginia, resulting in widespread power outages.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
14 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Caroline
- When
- September 16, 4:00 AM EST to 3:00 PM EST
- Where
- Caroline forecast zone
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 38.027, -77.347 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Charles City
- When
- September 16, 4:00 AM EST to 3:00 PM EST
- Where
- Charles City forecast zone
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 37.354, -77.059 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Chesterfield / Colonial Heights
- When
- September 16, 4:00 AM EST to 3:00 PM EST
- Where
- Chesterfield / Colonial Heights forecast zone
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
High Wind, Dinwiddie / Petersburg
- When
- September 16, 4:00 AM EST to 3:00 PM EST
- Where
- Dinwiddie / Petersburg forecast zone
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 37.076, -77.632 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Greensville / Emporia
- When
- September 16, 4:00 AM EST to 3:00 PM EST
- Where
- Greensville / Emporia forecast zone
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 36.681, -77.551 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Hanover
- When
- September 16, 4:00 AM EST to 3:00 PM EST
- Where
- Hanover forecast zone
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
High Wind, Henrico / Richmond
- When
- September 16, 4:00 AM EST to 3:00 PM EST
- Where
- Henrico / Richmond forecast zone
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
High Wind, King and Queen
- When
- September 16, 4:00 AM EST to 3:00 PM EST
- Where
- King and Queen forecast zone
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
High Wind, King William
- When
- September 16, 4:00 AM EST to 3:00 PM EST
- Where
- King William forecast zone
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
High Wind, New Kent
- When
- September 16, 4:00 AM EST to 3:00 PM EST
- Where
- New Kent forecast zone
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 37.505, -76.997 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Prince George / Hopewell
- When
- September 16, 4:00 AM EST to 3:00 PM EST
- Where
- Prince George / Hopewell forecast zone
- Property damage
- $4,000
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 37.240, -77.304 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Southampton / Franklin
- When
- September 16, 4:00 AM EST to 3:00 PM EST
- Where
- Southampton / Franklin forecast zone
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 36.699, -77.014 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Sussex
- When
- September 16, 4:00 AM EST to 3:00 PM EST
- Where
- Sussex forecast zone
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 36.922, -77.262 (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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Hurricane and Tropical Storm in New Jersey, September 16 to 23, 1999
- Flash Flooding and Coastal Flood in Pennsylvania, September 16 to 17, 1999
- Flash Flooding in New Jersey, September 16 to 17, 1999
- Hurricane and Flash Flooding in Delaware, September 16 to 17, 1999
- Flash Flooding and High Wind in New York, September 16 to 17, 1999
- Flash Flooding in New York, September 16 to 18, 1999
- Flash Flooding in North Carolina, September 16, 1999
- Tropical Storm and Storm Surge in Maryland, September 16, 1999
- Flash Flooding and Heavy Rain in Connecticut, September 16 to 18, 1999
- Tropical Storm and Flash Flooding in Virginia, September 16, 1999
- High Wind in Vermont, September 16 to 17, 1999
- Flash Flooding and High Wind in Maryland, September 16 to 18, 1999
More
Every storm in Virginia in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Virginia, September 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: 5720269, 5720270, 5720271, 5720272, 5720273, 5720274, 5720275, 5720276, 5720277, 5720278, 5720279, 5720375, 5720376, 5720377.