Thunderstorm Wind, Rockingham
- When
- May 22, 12:20 PM EST
- Where
- Rockingham County, Broadway
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 38.617, -78.800
A tree was downed onto a home.
Damaging Wind in Virginia, May 22, 2000
A thunderstorm which developed in the early afternoon of the 22nd produced hail and winds in excess of 55 MPH near Broadway. A tree fell onto a home in Broadway around 1:20 PM EDT.
Where it happened
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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 LWX wrote it up.
A thunderstorm which developed in the early afternoon of the 22nd produced hail and winds in excess of 55 MPH near Broadway. A tree fell onto a home in Broadway around 1:20 PM EDT. At 1:03 PM EDT, marble sized hail fell just north of Harrisonburg. Pea sized hail was reported at New Market in Shenandoah County around 1:25 PM EDT.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
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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- Damaging Wind in South Carolina, May 22, 2000
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- Damaging Winds in Missouri, May 22, 2000
- Hail in Florida, May 22, 2000
- Damaging Winds in South Dakota, May 22, 2000
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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: 5144271.