EF0 tornado in Carroll County, Virginia

The tornado with maximum sustained winds of 80 mph touched down very briefly at a gas station on U.S. 52, Fancy Gap Highway. The tornadic winds blew the roof off the station and into the awning covering the gas pumps. Some of the debris fell on a vehicle parked in the parking lot of the station. No other damage was noted. A piece of wood from the roof was carried 100 yards northwest along the highway. Two people were injured inside the gas station. Minor straight line wind damage occurred to nearby large limbs and small trees. Damage values are estimated.

Remnants of Tropical Storm Lee moved northeast through the Tennessee Valley. Strong shear on the east side of the system was responsible for generating numerous rotating thunderstorms. Some of these produced severe weather in the form of damaging winds. The rotation was strong enough in one of the storms to produce a tornado in Carroll County. Very heavy rain was also associated with the system. Flooding and flash flooding occurred over parts of the region. The heaviest rainfall was concentrated along the crest of the blue ridge where four to almost eight inches of rain fell. Some bursts of heavy rain had rainfall rates between one and two inches per hour.