Here are the highest wind gusts recorded on October 28-30, 2012, at some Virginia locations, according to National Weather Service (NWS) information available on 10/30/12 (11 a.m.) at the following NWS forecast office Web sites:
Blacksburg, Va., http://www.erh.noaa.gov/er/rnk/;
Morristown, Tenn., http://www.srh.noaa.gov/mrx/;
Baltimore-Washington, http://www.erh.noaa.gov/er/lwx/; and
Wakefield, Va., http://www.erh.noaa.gov/er/akq/.
Abingdon – 26 mph – 10/29, approx. 9 p.m.
Accomack County – 62 mph – 10/29, approx. 2:30 p.m.
Blacksburg – 45 mph – 10/29, approx. 11 p.m.
Charlottesville – 40 mph – 10/29, approx. 9 p.m.
Danville – 40 mph – 10/30, approx. 4 a.m.
Dulles Airport (Loudoun County) – 54 mph – 10/29, approx. 10 p.m.
Fredericksburg – 41 mph – 10/29, approx. 6 p.m.
Newport News – 47 mph – 10/29, approx. 7 p.m.
Norfolk – 52 mph – 10/28, approx. 2 p.m.
Richmond – 38 mph – 10/29, approx. 7 p.m.
Roanoke – 60 mph – 10/29, approx. 9 p.m.
Virginia Beach – 49 mph – 10/28, approx. 8 p.m.
Winchester – 53 mph – 10/29, several times between 6 p.m. and 8 p.m.
Wise – 37 mph – 10/30, approx. 2 a.m.
Wytheville – 30 mph – 10/29, approx. 6:15 a.m.
