EF0 tornado in Botetourt County, Virginia
Tornado April 28, 2011 · Botetourt County, Virginia
The path drawn at its surveyed width of 125 yards (0.07 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 with winds estimated up to 80 MPH touched down about 2 miles northeast of Clydes Run Road. There was an intermittent path of damage going north northeast with numerous trees uprooted.
The wider storm
Widespread severe weather impacted the area. A strong upper level trough approaching from the west provided strong winds aloft, and a weak upper level low pressure system moved across during the afternoon hours setting off scattered thunderstorms. These storms quickly became severe. In total, there were 6 tornadoes with numerous reports of damaging winds and large hail. Heavy rainfall from these storms also caused scattered flash flooding.
Began near Lick Run (37.7476, -79.7400).
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 304295. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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