High Wind — Alleghany / Clifton Forge / Covington, Virginia
October 20, 1997 · NOAA Storm Events record
Direct deaths
1
Direct injuries
0
Property damage
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Area
Alleghany / Clifton Forge / Covington
Event narrative (NOAA)
A logger was killed when a very localized area of high winds caused a tree to fall on him. The tree that fell was not being cut down and other workers attempts to alert the man failed. The very freak accident occurred about 2 miles south of Hematite in Alleghany County.
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Source: NOAA/NCEI Storm Events Database. Deaths and injuries are those NOAA classifies as direct. Damage is the reporting office's estimate at the time and is not inflation-adjusted. This is a catalogue record, not a forecast.