EF0 tornado in Frederick County, Virginia
Tornado April 28, 2011 · Frederick County, Virginia
NOAA records this tornado county by county. Its path ran through Shenandoah County → Frederick County; the totals above are for the whole tornado.
The path drawn at its surveyed width of 175 yards (0.10 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.
What the National Weather Service wrote
The tornado uprooted and snapped several trees near Middletown.
The wider storm
A strong cold front slowly passed through the region during the morning and early afternoon hours of the 28th. A southerly flow ahead of the front caused deep moisture over the area. The deep moisture combined with a mid-level trough to produce moderate amounts of instability. The cold front combined with the instability to trigger showers and thunderstorms. Some thunderstorms were able to mix down strong winds from aloft.
Low level wind speed and direction changed rapidly with height causing tornadoes to develop in some of the stronger thunderstorms.
Began near Meadow Mills (39.0153, -78.3187).
Other tornadoes from the same storm system
4 more tornadoes the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 302235. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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