F1 Tornado — James City and York, Virginia

1993-08-06 · near Williamsburg To, James City and York, Virginia

Event narrative

A tornado touched down 2 miles south southeast of Williamsburg on the banks of the James River, destroying a recreation building and bath house and snapping numerous trees. It then moved into a trailer park at Blow Flats Road where five mobile homes were rolled over and it continued northeast and destroyed a storage trailer and a large metal manufacturing building and numerous trees were downed as well, blocking highways. The tornado then moved into York County, hitting the southern section of the Naval Weapons Station damaging several buildings and knocking down trees, it then dissipated in the western part of Yorktown.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 10356566. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.