Thunderstorm Wind, Shenandoah
- When
- June 28, 1:35 PM EST
- Where
- Shenandoah County, Toms Brook
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- FIRE DEPT/RESCUE SQUAD
- Coordinates
- 38.950, -78.450
Trees down near the town of Bryce.
Damaging Winds in Virginia, June 28, 2005
With a tropical airmass in place, strong to severe thunderstorms occurred. These thunderstorms produced damaging wind gusts and heavy rainfall across a large portion of the Mid-Appalachian and Mid-Atlantic regions.
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 LWX wrote it up.
With a tropical airmass in place, strong to severe thunderstorms occurred. These thunderstorms produced damaging wind gusts and heavy rainfall across a large portion of the Mid-Appalachian and Mid-Atlantic regions.
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 Baltimore/Washington wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 28, 11:45 AM EST, 1 hour 50 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 28, 11:45 AM EST, 1 hour 50 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC 1245 PM EDT TUE JUN 28 2005 .UPDATE... UPDATE TO ADD HEAT ADVISORY FOR DC/ANNAP/FREDERICK/BALTIMORE/ FREDRCKSBURG/ AND SURROUNDING AREA. EXPECT HEAT ADVISORY OF 98 TO 102 IN THAT REGION THIS AFTERNOON. && .SHORT TERM (REST OF TODAY)... CURRENTLY...LATEST VISIBLE IMAGERY INDICATES SOME MID AND UPPER LEVEL CLOUDINESS MOVING IN FROM THE SOUTH. THE CLOUDS COULD MAKE THE HIGH TEMP/CONVECTION FORECASTS VERY TRICKY. TEMPERATURES ARE ALREADY IN THE LOWER TO MID 80S IN MOST LOCALES...WITH VERY JUICY DEWPOINTS IN THE LOWER 70S. THE MODIFIED FORECAST SOUNDINGS DO INDICATE A VERY UNSTABLE AIRMASS IN PLACE...WITH HIGH CAPE VALUES. THERE ARE NO SURFACE FOCUSING MECHANISMS...NOR MUCH IN THE WAY OF MID LEVEL FORCING. SO...THE POTENTIAL FOR PULSING THUNDERSTORMS EXIST. HAVE RAISED THE MAX TEMPERATURES A BIT IN MOST LOCALES. AGAIN...IT MAY END UP BEING TRICKY WITH THE INCREASING CLOUD COVER. WINDS ARE PRETTY LIGHT AND OUT OF THE SOUTH/SOUTHEAST. && .PREVIOUS DISCUSSION... (ISSUED 320 AM EDT TUE JUN 28 2005) SHORT TERM (TODAY AND TONIGHT)... SURFACE ANALYSIS FROM 3Z SHOWED THE AREA OF LOW PRESSURE THAT HAS IMPACTED THE FORECAST AREA OVER THE PAST FEW DAYS FINALLY PUSHING TO THE NORTHEAST. RADAR IMAGERY SHOWED MOST OF CONVECTION OVER SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA LAST EVENING WEAKENING AS IT PUSHES NORTH AND EAST...WHILE SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE BEGINNING TO DEVELOP OVER SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEASTERN VIRGINIA. CONVECTION WILL BEGIN RATHER EARLY TODAY. COVERAGE AT THIS TIME IS HARDER TO PIN DOWN...SO WENT WITH A BROAD BRUSH APPROACH WITH LIKELY POPS IN THE WEST TO CHANCE IN THE EAST. BREAKS IN THE CLOUDS THIS MORNING COULD HELP TO INCREASE SURFACE HEATING AND INSTABILITY FOR AN INCREASE IN COVERAGE THIS AFTERNOON. BUFKIT CAPE VALUES PEAK AROUND 2000 J/KG AROUND 15Z. WITH WEAK FLOW AND HIGH MOISTURE...PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES OF AROUND 2.00 INCHES...MAIN THREAT FROM THIS ACTIVITY WOULD BE ISOLATED FLOODING WITH THE HEAVIER STORMS. ALTHOUGH INSTABILITY WILL DECREASE OVERNIGHT...CANNOT RULE OUT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT MAY LAG OVER FROM TODAY. AVIATION... AREAS OF FOG WILL CONTINUE FOR MOST TERMINALS INTO MID MORNING. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE NORTHWARD INTO THE AREA LATER THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY. WITH TIMING AND COVERAGE STILL UNCERTAIN...HAVE ONLY MENTIONED VICINITY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH 06Z TAF ISSUANCE. MARINE...NO PROBS. LONG TERM (WED-MON)... 1ST PART OF XTND PD IS A BKN RECORD...SUMMERTIME PATTERN...PC/MC W/ CHC TRW...HIGHS U80S. HI PRES RMNS OFF THE CST PUMPING MOISTURE INTO MID ALTC. NO REAL FORCING MECHANISM BUT HV NO DOUBT THAT RW/TRW WL DVLP. SEE MAV NUMBERS WED ACTUALLY LKLY-CAT BUT WOULD PREFER TO KEEP THINGS AT CHC LVL. THIS PATTERN WL CONT INTO FRI EVE. AVN PUSHES A WK CD FNT THRU ON FRI...W/ CONTINENTAL HIGH PRES BLDG OVR THE RGN FOR THE WKND. CERTAINLY NOT THE NORM FOR THE JUL 4 WKND...BUT AS LAST JUL 4 I SPENT 12 HRS HERE BATTLING FLOOD PRODUCING TRW ITLL BE HARD TO COMPLAIN. WKND TEMPS WL STILL REACH AT LEAST M80S...BUT DWPTS IN THE 60S AS OPPOSED TO THE STICKY 70S WE ARE CURRENTLY EXPERIENCING. WOODY && .LWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... DC...NONE. MD...NONE. VA...NONE. WV...NONE. MARINE...NONE. && UPDATE...STRONG/LISTEMAA
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 28, 12:09 PM EST, 1 hour 26 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC 109 PM EDT TUE JUN 28 2005 ANZ530>537-MDZ002-003-005>007-VAZ021-025>031-036-037-WVZ048>055- 291715- CHESAPEAKE BAY NORTH OF POOLES ISLAND MD- CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM POOLES ISLAND TO SANDY POINT MD- CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM SANDY POINT TO NORTH BEACH MD- CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM NORTH BEACH TO DRUM POINT MD- CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM DRUM POINT MD TO SMITH POINT VA- TIDAL POTOMAC FROM KEY BRIDGE TO INDIAN HEAD MD- TIDAL POTOMAC FROM INDIAN HEAD TO COBB ISLAND MD- TIDAL POTOMAC FROM COBB ISLAND MD TO SMITH POINT VA-ALLEGANY- WASHINGTON-CARROLL-NORTHERN BALTIMORE-HARFORD-HIGHLAND-AUGUSTA- ROCKINGHAM-SHENANDOAH-FREDERICK VA-PAGE-WARREN-CLARKE-NELSON- ALBEMARLE-GRANT-MINERAL-HAMPSHIRE-MORGAN-BERKELEY-JEFFERSON- PENDLETON-HARDY- 109 PM EDT TUE JUN 28 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MARYLAND WEST OF THE EASTERN SHORE INCLUDING THE CHESAPEAKE BAY AND EAST OF GARRETT COUNTY...EASTERN WEST VIRGINIA...NORTHERN AND CENTRAL VIRGINIA... WASHINGTON DC AND THE TIDAL POTOMAC RIVER. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ANY OF THESE WOULD CONTAIN DAMAGING WINDS AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS CURRENTLY FORECAST. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NECESSARY LATER THIS AFTERNOON. DCZ001-MDZ004-009>011-013-014-016>018-VAZ038>042-050>057-291715- DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA-FREDERICK MD-MONTGOMERY-HOWARD- SOUTHERN BALTIMORE-PRINCE GEORGES-ANNE ARUNDEL-CHARLES-ST. MARYS- CALVERT-GREENE-MADISON-RAPPAHANNOCK-FAUQUIER-LOUDOUN-ORANGE- CULPEPER-PRINCE WILLIAM/MANASSAS/MANASSAS PARK-FAIRFAX- ARLINGTON/FALLS CHURCH/ALEXANDRIA-STAFFORD-SPOTSYLVANIA- KING GEORGE- 109 PM EDT TUE JUN 28 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MARYLAND WEST OF THE EASTERN SHORE INCLUDING THE CHESAPEAKE BAY AND EAST OF GARRETT COUNTY...EASTERN WEST VIRGINIA...NORTHERN AND CENTRAL VIRGINIA... WASHINGTON DC AND THE TIDAL POTOMAC RIVER. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... A HEAT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH 6 PM. HEAT INDEX VALUES OF 98 TO 103 ARE CURRENTLY FORECAST. ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ANY OF THESE WOULD CONTAIN DAMAGING WINDS AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS CURRENTLY FORECAST. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NECESSARY LATER THIS AFTERNOON. STRONG
The radar
The Sterling radar (KLWX), 83 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:33 UTC.
Event by event
2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Rockingham
- When
- June 28, 1:55 PM EST
- Where
- Rockingham County, 2 mi W of Broadway
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 38.617, -78.833
Trees down
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
- Flash Flood and Damaging Winds in Maryland, June 28, 2005
- Lightning Strike in Kentucky, June 28, 2005
- Lightning Strike in Michigan, June 28, 2005
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in Montana, June 28 to 29, 2005
- Flash Flooding and Lightning Strike in Ohio, June 28, 2005
- Flash Flood and Hail in Michigan, June 28, 2005
- Damaging Winds in New York, June 28, 2005
- Flash Flooding in West Virginia, June 28, 2005
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in Michigan, June 28, 2005
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, June 28, 2005
- Flood and Damaging Wind in Indiana, June 28, 2005
- Flash Flood in Pennsylvania, June 28, 2005
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: 5452021, 5452020.