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EF0 tornado in Lancaster County, Virginia

Tornado July 5, 2022 · Lancaster County, Virginia

EF0

Rating

11.5 mi

Path length

75 yd

Path width

$15K

Damage as recorded

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 75 yards (0.04 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What EF0 means. On the Enhanced Fujita scale, EF0 is light damage: shingles and siding peeled, gutters torn, branches broken, consistent with estimated gusts of 65–85 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

A weak tornado first developed over the Rappahannock River near Water View and then tracked southeast between Ottoman and Senora in Lancaster county causing minor damage to mainly trees and a few structures as it crossed River Road. The tornado continued southeast crossing the Corrotoman River before crossing the south end of Weems. More minor damage occurred in south Weems. The tornado then moved into the Rappahannock River where it later dissipated.

The wider storm

Scattered severe thunderstorms associated with a warm front produced damaging winds and a tornado across portions of the Virginia Northern Neck.

Began near Monaskon (37.7310, -76.6000).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1046867. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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