Severe Storm with Hurricane-Force Winds July 17, '09 Southampton County Virginia

I was chasing a rotating storm eastward across Southampton County, VA and became stuck in the core. Due to the high winds, I couldn't risk travel near trees and had to wait it out. I encountered hurricane force winds that I estimate were 70 to 80 mph. The storm was becoming embedded in a line and lost strength. I ended the chase when I enountered a blocked road. The high wind video was filmed around 3:15 PM on 35. My car is facing southeast. The fallen tree was on 628. This video was shown on The Weather Channel.

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• severe storm
• high winds
• Southamption County
• Virginia
• July 17
• hurricane force

[Anbukakashi897]

628 between courtland and wakefield is no joke even on a dry day....that and 603 are the most winding roads i have ever seen

[ChaseThatTornado67]

holy crap! jeez thats some rain foreal!

[pnotla]

Bill is a Weather God, as usual.

[CyrusNixes]

Wow, great footage, Bill. Makes me think of central Oklahoma, but this storm was in Virginia!

[lMalaysia101]

I remember this day.

[norekos]

super storm!

[vmax135]

WOW... excellent footage, Bill!!!! Those are some decent winds at the beginning of the clip!

[ajp42109]

holy crap, nice video!

[stormspinner1]

Wow, Bill, awesome capture! Have seen winds like that a few times, always something to behold. And love that flash/boom at :47. Sweet! 5/5 stars!

[NaturalScienceFan]

Good Job Bill! Nice footage!!! Love the intense wind! I did see this on TWC, but I didn't know that you shot it!