Dust Devil, Amherst
- When
- March 6, 1:30 PM EST
- Where
- Amherst County, Amherst
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 37.605, -79.145 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Dust Devil in Virginia, March 6, 2000
A dust devil in Amherst tore part of a tin roof off of a barn. Parts of the roof landed an eighth of a mile away.
Where it happened
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- 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
- $3,000
- 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.
A dust devil in Amherst tore part of a tin roof off of a barn. Parts of the roof landed an eighth of a mile away.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 dust devil. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Dust Devil
- A small rotating column of dust from surface heating that caused damage or injury.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Hail in California, March 6, 2000
- Wildfire in South Dakota, March 6, 2000
- Flooding in California, March 6 to 7, 2000
- High Wind in California, March 6, 2000
- Wildfire in South Dakota, March 6, 2000
- Heavy Snow and Hail in Colorado, March 6 to 7, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Colorado, March 6 to 7, 2000
- High Wind in Alaska, March 6 to 7, 2000
- Hail in California, March 6, 2000
More
Every storm in Virginia in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in Virginia, 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: 5136894.