Thunderstorm Wind — Norton (c), Virginia

2009-05-08 · near Norton, Norton (c), Virginia

Event narrative

Numerous trees and power lines were reported down in Norton and Coeburn.

Wider weather episode

A highly organized mesoscale convective vorticity maximum with strong low to mid tropospheric flow coupled with moderate instability resulted in the development of discrete supercellular thunderstorms. These storms produced a long-lived tornado across Northeast Tennessee late in the afternoon and another long duration tornado across Southwest Virginia later in the evening.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 170977. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.