Thunderstorm Wind, Surry
- When
- January 13, 6:42 PM EST
- Where
- Surry County, Dobson
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 36.400, -80.717
Damaging Winds in North Carolina, January 13, 2005
Trees and limbs were down across much of the southwest to northcentral part of Surry Co.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
- 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
- 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.
What happened
The episode as NWS RNK wrote it up.
Trees and limbs were down across much of the southwest to northcentral part of Surry Co.
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 Jan 13, 2:40 PM EST, 4 hours 2 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 13, 2:40 PM EST, 4 hours 2 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 13, 5:22 PM EST, 1 hour 20 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 522 PM EST THU JAN 13 2005 NCZ001-002-018-VAZ007-009>018-022-WVZ042>045-141200- ALLEGHANY NC-ASHE NC-BLAND VA-CARROLL VA-CRAIG VA-FLOYD VA-GILES VA- GRAYSON VA-GREENBRIER WV-MERCER WV-MONROE WV-MONTGOMERY VA- PULASKI VA-ROANOKE VA-SMYTH VA-SUMMERS WV-TAZEWELL VA-WATAUGA NC- WYTHE VA- 522 PM EST THU JAN 13 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA... WESTERN AND CENTRAL VIRGINIA...AS WELL AS NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE... ...WIND ADVISORY FROM 6PM THIS EVENING THROUGH 4AM FRIDAY... STRONG GUSTY WINDS AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT. WIND GUSTS OF 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. NCZ003-019-VAZ019-020-023-024-032>035-141200- ALLEGHANY VA-AMHERST VA-BATH VA-BEDFORD VA-BOTETOURT VA-FRANKLIN VA- PATRICK VA-ROCKBRIDGE VA-SURRY NC-WILKES NC- 522 PM EST THU JAN 13 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA... WESTERN AND CENTRAL VIRGINIA...AS WELL AS NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE... ...HIGH WIND WARNING FROM 6PM THIS EVENING THROUGH 4 AM FRIDAY... A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT TONIGHT. AS THESE SHOWERS MOVE ACROSS THE AREA...WIND SPEEDS MAY GUST TO NEAR 60 MILES AN HOUR. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. NCZ004>006-020-VAZ043>047-058-059-141200- APPOMATTOX VA-BUCKINGHAM VA-CAMPBELL VA-CASWELL NC-CHARLOTTE VA- HALIFAX VA-HENRY VA-PITTSYLVANIA VA-ROCKINGHAM NC-STOKES NC- YADKIN NC- 522 PM EST THU JAN 13 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA... WESTERN AND CENTRAL VIRGINIA...AS WELL AS NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE... ...WIND ADVISORY FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING THROUGH 7AM FRIDAY... WINDS MAY GUST TO NEAR 50 MPH OVERNIGHT. THE STRONG WINDS WILL BE ASSOCIATED WITH A LINE OF SHOWERS THAT MOVES THROUGH THE AREA DURING THE OVERNIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.
The radar
The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 80 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:43 UTC.
Event by event
3 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Surry
- When
- January 13, 6:51 PM EST
- Where
- Surry County, Mt Airy
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 36.500, -80.617
Thunderstorm Wind, Surry
- When
- January 13, 7:05 PM EST
- Where
- Surry County, Elkin
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 36.250, -80.850
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
- Tornadoes in Georgia, January 13, 2005
- Tornado in South Carolina, January 13, 2005
- Flash Flood and Hail in Mississippi, January 13, 2005
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, January 13, 2005
- Flash Flooding in North Carolina, January 13 to 14, 2005
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Illinois, January 13, 2005
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, January 13, 2005
- Damaging Winds in Louisiana, January 13, 2005
- Damaging Winds in Tennessee, January 13, 2005
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, January 13, 2005
- Damaging Winds in Tennessee, January 13, 2005
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, January 13, 2005
More
Every storm in North Carolina in 2005Every state in 2005This day in weather historyWarnings in North Carolina, January 2005
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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5433179, 5433180, 5433252.