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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
1122 AM EDT MON JUN 10 2013

...MICROBURST /STRAIGHT LINE WIND DAMAGE/ CONFIRMED NEAR
MECHANICSVILLE IN MECHANICSVILLE COUNTY VIRGINIA...

LOCATION...MECHANICSVILLE IN MECHANICSVILLE COUNTY VIRGINIA
DATE...JUNE 09 2013
ESTIMATED TIME...730 PM EDT
ESTIMATED MAXIMUM WIND SPEED...55 TO 65 MPH

* THE INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS PRELIMINARY AND SUBJECT TO
CHANGE PENDING FINAL REVIEW OF THE EVENT(S) AND PUBLICATION IN NWS
STORM DATA.

...SUMMARY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD VA HAS CONFIRMED A
MICROBURST /STRAIGHT LINE WIND DAMAGE/ NEAR MECHANICSVILLE IN
MECHANICSVILLE COUNTY VIRGINIA ON JUNE 09 2013.

HANOVER EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT HAS REPORTED THE DAMAGE WITNESSED
NEAR MECHANICSVILLE TO BE STRAIGHT LINE WIND. WINDS WERE STRONG
ENOUGH TO SNAP AND UPROOT AREAS OF TREES SOMME OF WHICH CAUSED
STRUCTURAL DAMAGE HITTING HOMES AND OUTBUILDINGS. ALL OF TREES WERE
BLOWN DOWN IN THE SAME DIRECTION AND SHOWED NO EVIDENT OF
TWISTING. THE AREA OF DAMAGE IS ALSO SPREAD OUT OVER AN AREA AND
NOT CONFINED TO A TIGHT PATH SUGGESTING AN AREA OF STRAIGHT LINE
DAMAGING WINDS.

THIS INFORMATION CAN ALSO BE FOUND ON OUR WEBSITE AT
WEATHER.GOV/AKQ.

FOR REFERENCE...
A MICROBURST IS A CONVECTIVE DOWNDRAFT WITH AN AFFECTED OUTFLOW AREA
OF LESS THAN 2 1/2 MILES WIDE AND PEAK WINDS LASTING LESS THAN
5 MINUTES. MICROBURSTS MAY INDUCE DANGEROUS HORIZONTAL/VERTICAL
WIND SHEARS...WHICH CAN ADVERSELY AFFECT AIRCRAFT PERFORMANCE AND
CAUSE PROPERTY DAMAGE. STRAIGHT-LINE WINDS ARE GENERALLY ANY WIND
THAT IS NOT ASSOCIATED WITH ROTATION...USED MAINLY TO DIFFERENTIATE
THEM FROM TORNADIC WINDS.

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