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Thunderstorm Wind in Norton (c) County, Virginia
Thunderstorm Wind May 8, 2009 · Norton (c) County, Virginia
Where the report was made, with tornadoes recorded within 15 miles over the years.
What the National Weather Service wrote
Numerous trees and power lines were reported down in Norton and Coeburn.
The wider storm
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.
Began near Norton (36.9300, -82.6300).
Other tornadoes from the same storm system
3 more tornadoes the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 170977. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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