Thunderstorm Wind, Patrick
- When
- August 29, 1:45 PM EST
- Where
- Patrick County, 5 mi SE of Woolwine
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 36.733, -80.217
Damaging Winds in Virginia, August 29, 2003
Thunderstorm winds during the afternoon of the 29th downed trees 5 miles southeast of Woolwine and 7 miles north of Burnt Chimney.
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
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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 29th downed trees 5 miles southeast of Woolwine and 7 miles north of Burnt Chimney.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Blacksburg, VA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 29, 9:40 AM EST, 4 hours 5 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 29, 9:40 AM EST, 4 hours 5 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG, VA 1040 AM EDT FRI AUG 29 2003 VALLEY FOG BURNING OFF AS IS EVIDENT ON MORNING SAT PIX. ALREADY REBOUNDING INTO U70 TO L80S EVERYWHERE BUT SERN WV WHERE SOME VALLEYS STILL IN THE UPPER 60S WITH MORE PERSISTANT FOG. MORNING SOUNDINGS IMPRESSIVE WITH WATER CONTENT AND INSTABILITY. PWATS NEAR 1.5 IN THE MOUNTAINS TO NEAR 1.9 IN THE EAST AND CAPES 1500 WEST TO 3500 J/KG EAST. NO SYNOPTIC SCALE FORCING AS WE SAW YESTERDAY...BUT MOIST ATMOS AND LOW LFCS WILL COMBINE WITH DIFFERENTIAL HEATING TO PRODUCE SCATTERED DEEP CONVECTION AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON. TEMPS ALOFT VERY WARM SO HAIL DOESNT APPEAR TO BE A BIG THREAT...BUT THERE COULD BE A FEW STORMS THAT PULSE TO NEAR SEVERE LEVELS WITH WINDS THIS AFTERNOON DURING PEAK HEATING. WILL OPEN MAX TEMP RANGES A BIT UPWARDS IN SOME LOCATIONS OTHERWISE ONLY ADDITION IS TO ADD VERY HEAVY RAIN EAST OF THE BLUE RIDGE. .RNK... NC...NONE. VA...NONE. WV...NONE. SPN
Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 29, 10:23 AM EST, 3 hours 22 minutes before
NCZ001>006-018>020-VAZ007-009>020-022>024-032>035-043>047-058-059- WVZ042>045-301100- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 610 AM EDT FRI AUG 29 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA... WESTERN AND CENTRAL VIRGINIA...AS WELL AS NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ONCE AGAIN TODAY...WITH THE BEST CHANCE ALONG AND WEST OF THE BLUE RIDGE. THE THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER APPEARS MINIMAL AT THIS TIME...WITH AN ISOLATED STRONG WIND GUST NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION. HOWEVER...SOME STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE SLOWLY AND PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL RATES. THEREFORE...THE RISK OF A STORM PRODUCING AN ISOLATED FLASH FLOOD DOES EXIST FOR LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING...MAINLY WEST OF THE BLUE RIDGE. THIS PRODUCT CAN BE VIEWED ON THE BLACKSBURG OFFICE INTERNET PAGE AT WWW.ERH.NOAA.GOV/ER/RNK. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. SK
In the hours before
Local storm report, Aug 29, 9:03 AM EST, 4 hours 42 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
1003 AM EDT FRI AUG 29 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0630 PM 10N BOONE NC FLASH FLOOD
08/28/03 WATAUGA STREET FLOODING. REPORTED
BY WATAUGA COUNTY EMA.
0830 PM FOREST VA WIND DAMAGE
08/28/03 BEDFORD NUMEROUS TREES DOWN.
REPORTED BY BEDFORD
COUNTY 911.
0940 PM 10NW BEDFORD VA WIND DAMAGE
08/28/03 BEDFORD NUMEROUS TREES DOWN.
REPORTED BY BEDFORD
SHERIFFS OFFICE.
0950 PM MONROE VA WIND DAMAGE
08/28/03 AMHERST A FEW TREES DOWN.REPORTED
BY AMHERST SHERIFFS
OFFICE.The radar
The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 33 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:45 UTC.
Event by event
2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Franklin
- When
- August 29, 3:00 PM EST
- Where
- Franklin County, 7 mi N of Burnt Chimney
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 37.200, -79.833
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
- Damaging Wind in New York, August 29, 2003
- Tornado in New York, August 29, 2003
- Flash Flood and Hail in Ohio, August 29, 2003
- Lightning Strike in Maryland, August 29, 2003
- Damaging Wind in New York, August 29, 2003
- Damaging Winds in New York, August 29, 2003
- Flash Flood in New Mexico, August 29, 2003
- Flash Flooding in Texas, August 29, 2003
- Flash Flood in Texas, August 29 to 30, 2003
- Flash Flooding and Heavy Rain in Kansas, August 29 to 30, 2003
- Damaging Wind in New York, August 29, 2003
- Lightning Strike in Utah, August 29, 2003
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: 5332840, 5332841.