EF1 Tornado — Caroline, Virginia

2024-08-08 · near Golansville, Caroline, Virginia

Event narrative

Around 654 PM, a thunderstorm in a rain band associated with Tropical Depression Debby produced a short lived tornado that initially touched down near Cedar Fork Road about 1 mile west of Route 1 near Golansville. The tornado snapped and uprooted several pine trees in this location before entering a densely wooded forest to the north. About 6/10 of a mile to the northeast, the tornado entered the Lake Caroline Subdivision near the intersection of Senate Drive and Kennedy Cove. Numerous trees were snapped and uprooted. As the tornado continued to travel north northwest, it continued to knock down additional trees, with numerous houses along Loyalist Drive, American Drive, West Point Drive, Woodlyn Drive, Powder Horn Drive and Admiral Drive receiving roof and siding damage from trees falling on houses. In all, more than 30 houses were damaged from falling trees, and power lines were downed throughout the community. After crossing the west end of Lake Caroline, the tornado began to weaken with just a few more trees being knocked down along Lake Caroline Road and Waring Drive before dissipating.

Wider weather episode

Tropical Cyclone Debby tracking northward from the Carolinas across western Virginia produced scattered severe thunderstorms with damaging winds and one tornado across portions of central and southeast Virginia.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1213503. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.