EF1 Tornado — Northumberland, Virginia

2024-04-03 · near Luttrellville, Northumberland, Virginia

Event narrative

A tornado tracked from Richmond County across Ridge Road and into Northumberland County where it caused mainly EF-0 damage to Quinton Oaks Gulf course as several hardwood trees were knocked down along with a storage shed which was destroyed. Additional damage was caused to a double wide manufactured home off of Ridge Road which had large sections of its roof ripped off. The tornado then intensified as it crossed Azalea Lane and Owl Town Road where numerous hardwood trees were snapped along with two houses which had portions of their roofs lifted off. One of these houses had its garage wall blown out and the other had multiple walls collapse and cave in. The damage in this area was consistent with EF-1 damage of 95-100 mph. The tornado continued to track northeast, crossing US 360 near Glebe Lane as a high-end EF-0 with roof damage observed on houses along with additional uprooted trees. The tornado lifted just north of US 360 and east of Glebe Lane around 310 pm EST.

Wider weather episode

An upper level low occluded over the Great Lakes on April 3 with a stationary front across southern Virginia on the morning of the 3rd lifting north as a warm front into the afternoon. Meanwhile, a secondary surface low formed across southwestern Virginia in the morning and gradually drifted east through the afternoon along with a trailing cold front. This setup produced scattered severe storms including a tornado in the Northern Neck.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1172759. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.