EF0 Tornado — Augusta, Virginia

2011-04-16 · near Wilda, Augusta, Virginia

Event narrative

A tornado tracked just west of Stuarts Draft. The tornado produced damage to thirty-seven structures and also downed numerous trees and powerlines.

Numerous trees were toppled and wires were down along Old White Hll Road. A large tree fell onto a house off White Hall Road. A large storage shed was destroyed and multiple hardwood trees were topped ten to fifteen feet up near Twin Mill and Churchmans Mill Roads. A farm building along Tinkling Spring Road and Yoder Circle lost several outbuildings and trees.

Preliminary damage estimates from Augusty County Emergency Officials listed storm damage to twelve residences, three businesses, fifteen garage sheds, two mobile strutures and five barns. Preliminary damage cost was estimated at over 2.2 million dollars.

Wider weather episode

Strong low pressure over the Midwest remained cutoff from jet stream on the 16th. The warm front associated with this system passed through during the morning. Warm and moist southerly winds behind the front provided moderate amounts of instability. The instability combined with forcing from the low for showers and thunderstorms to develop.

There was enough instability along with strong winds aloft for some thunderstorms to become severe.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 302294. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.