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EF1 tornado in Goochland County, Virginia

Tornado June 16, 2022 · Goochland County, Virginia

EF1

Rating

21.5 mi

Whole path

150 yd

Path width

$115K

Damage as recorded

NOAA records this tornado county by county. Its path ran through Fluvanna County → Goochland County; the totals above are for the whole tornado.

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 150 yards (0.09 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What EF1 means. On the Enhanced Fujita scale, EF1 is moderate damage: roofs badly stripped, mobile homes pushed off foundations or overturned, windows broken, consistent with estimated gusts of 86–110 mph. The rating comes from a survey of the worst damage after the storm, not from a wind measurement, so it says as much about what the tornado hit as about how strong it was.

What the National Weather Service wrote

Tornado tracked from Fluvanna county into Goochland county. The tornado produced widespread uprooted and snapped trees along Old Stage Road and Castle Rock Road in Goochland. The tornado tracked to near Maidens before lifting. Numerous homes were damaged and there were widespread power outages. Two trees were downed onto a structure.

The wider storm

Scattered severe thunderstorms associated with a warm front produced damaging winds, large hail, and three tornadoes across portions of central Virginia.

Began near Galedonia (37.8660, -78.0890).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

2 more tornadoes the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.

EF0 Louisa County EF0 Fluvanna County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1042314. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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