High Wind, Pittsylvania / Danville
- When
- September 4, 9:00 PM EST to September 5, 11:00 AM EST
- Where
- Pittsylvania / Danville forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 36.704, -79.396 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind in Virginia, September 4 to 5, 1999
High winds from the remnants of Hurricane Dennis on the evening of the 4th and morning of the 5th, downed trees and powerlines.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 2 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
- None recorded
- 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.
High winds from the remnants of Hurricane Dennis on the evening of the 4th and morning of the 5th, downed trees and powerlines.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
2 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Halifax
- When
- September 4, 9:00 PM EST to September 5, 11:00 AM EST
- Where
- Halifax forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 36.767, -78.937 (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
- Tornado in Virginia, September 4, 1999
- Hurricane in North Carolina, September 4 to 5, 1999
- Tornadoes and Flood in Kansas, September 4 to 27, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Kansas, September 4 to 26, 1999
- Lightning Strikes in Kansas, September 4 to 10, 1999
- Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, September 4, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Texas, September 4, 1999
- Damaging Winds in Arkansas, September 4, 1999
- Damaging Winds in Texas, September 4, 1999
- Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, September 4, 1999
- Flash Flood in South Dakota, September 4, 1999
- Flash Flood in South Dakota, September 4, 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: 5717501, 5717502.