High Wind in Virginia, May 29, 2000

Name: High Wind in Virginia, May 29, 2000
Start: 2000-05-29T09:00
End: 2000-05-29T17:00
Location: Virginia

May 29, 2000 · NWS AKQ · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 high wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.

The toll

Deaths: 1
Injuries: 3
Property damage: None recorded
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.

Event by event

1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.

High Wind, Isle of Wight

When: May 29, 9:00 AM EST to 5:00 PM EST
Where: Isle of Wight forecast zone
Measured: 40 kt (46 mph)
Deaths: 1 direct, 0 indirect
Injuries: 3 direct, 0 indirect
Reported by: NEWSPAPER

A powerful storm system off the North Carolina and Virginia coast produced high winds and waves over the James River. One man was killed and three others were treated for hypothermia from the still-cold water when their 16 foot fishing boat capsized in the James River. Effects from the high winds did not extend very far inland.

The people who died

As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.

Event	Date	Age	Sex	Where	Kind
High Wind, Isle of Wight	2000-05-29	45	Male	In Water	Direct

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

Every storm in Virginia in 2000 Every state in 2000 This day in weather history Warnings in Virginia, May 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: 5151208.