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EF1 tornado in Scott County, Virginia

Tornado May 16, 2023 · Scott County, Virginia

EF1

Rating

0.6 mi

Path length

30 yd

Path width

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 30 yards (0.02 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

An EF1 tornado touched down on the northwest side of the ridge south of US Highway 23 and ended before crossing the highway. The tornado primarily uprooted softwood trees along its path.

The wider storm

A weak trough brought severe straight line winds and weak tornadoes embedded in a line of severe thunderstorms.

Began near Fraleytown (36.7045, -82.7961).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF1 Lee County EF1 Lee County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1099591. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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