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EF1 tornado in Southampton County, Virginia

Tornado April 16, 2011 · Southampton County, Virginia

EF1

Rating

1.9 mi

Path length

300 yd

Path width

$30K

Damage as recorded

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 300 yards (0.17 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What EF1 means. On the Enhanced Fujita scale, EF1 is moderate damage: roofs badly stripped, mobile homes pushed off foundations or overturned, windows broken, consistent with estimated gusts of 86–110 mph. The rating comes from a survey of the worst damage after the storm, not from a wind measurement, so it says as much about what the tornado hit as about how strong it was.

What the National Weather Service wrote

A brief tornado touched down in southwest Southampton county. Numerous trees were snapped off and a few structures sustained damage. The most significant damage was to a farm equipment shelter and a roof on a home.

The wider storm

Scattered severe thunderstorms in advance of a cold front produced damaging winds, large hail, and numerous tornadoes across portions of central and eastern Virginia.

Began near Drewryville (36.6938, -77.3024).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

7 more tornadoes the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.

EF3 Gloucester County 2 dead EF2 Middlesex County EF2 Isle of Wight County EF1 Lunenburg County EF1 Dinwiddie County EF1 Middlesex County EF0 Southampton County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 303336. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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