High Wind, Newport News
- When
- May 29, 9:00 AM EST to 5:00 PM EST
- Where
- Newport News forecast zone
- Measured
- 45 kt (52 mph)
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
High Wind in Virginia, May 29, 2000
3 high wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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
- 2
- Property damage
- $30,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
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.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
3 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Norfolk
- When
- May 29, 9:00 AM EST to 5:00 PM EST
- Where
- Norfolk forecast zone
- Measured
- 45 kt (52 mph)
- Injuries
- 2 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $20,000
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
A powerful storm off the Virginia and North Carolina coast produced high winds and waves over portions of the Hampton Roads metro area. Wind gusts were measured to 45 knots at the Norfolk International Airport, and minor flooding occurred along the southern shores of the Chesapeake Bay due to the strong north winds pushing the water southward.
High Wind, Chesapeake
- When
- May 29, 9:00 AM EST to 5:00 PM EST
- Where
- Chesapeake forecast zone
- Measured
- 45 kt (52 mph)
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 36.688, -76.312 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
A powerful storm off the Virginia and North Carolina coast produced high winds over parts of the Hampton Roads metro area. Gusts were measured to 45 knots at the Norfolk International Airport. Some minor coastal flooding occurred along with several inches of rain causing minor street flooding. Just offshore of Cape Henry, a man and woman had to be rescued from their 30 foot sailboat in winds estimated to 70 knots and seas 15 to 20 feet.
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.
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More
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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: 5151209, 5151279, 5151560.