Thunderstorm Wind, Surry
- When
- March 28, 2:15 PM EST
- Where
- Surry County, Mt Airy
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 36.500, -80.617
Damaging Wind in North Carolina, March 28, 2000
Thunderstorm winds during the afternoon of the 28th downed a tree onto the garage portion of a house, damaging the roof.
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
- $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.
Thunderstorm winds during the afternoon of the 28th downed a tree onto the garage portion of a house, damaging the roof.
The radar
The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 66 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:12 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
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- Flash Flood in Texas, March 28, 2000
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- Tornadoes and Flash Flood in Texas, March 28, 2000
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, March 28, 2000
- Dense Fog in California, March 28, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Texas, March 28, 2000
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Maine, March 28 to 30, 2000
- High Wind in Vermont, March 28, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, March 28, 2000
- High Wind in Vermont, March 28, 2000
- Strong Wind in Maine, March 28, 2000
More
Every storm in North Carolina in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in North Carolina, March 2000
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: 5136017.