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EF1 tornado in Mecklenburg County, Virginia

Tornado February 24, 2016 · Mecklenburg County, Virginia

EF1
Rating
5.0 mi
Path length
150 yd
Path width
$260K
Damage as recorded
$50K
Crop damage
EF0EF1EF2EF3EF4EF5Unrated

The path drawn at its surveyed width of 150 yards (0.09 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

NWS storm survey found EF1 tornado damage along a path from the North Carolina Virginia line near Keats Point northeast through Palmer Point Recreation area, then to a point about five miles west of Bracey. Numerous trees were downed or snapped, minor roof damage occurred to a few homes, minor structural damage occurred to one home and a shed, and one home was moved off its foundation.

The wider storm

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

Began near Redlawn (36.6047, -78.2435).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF3 King and Queen CountyEF1 Sussex County 3 deadEF1 Middlesex CountyEF1 Middlesex CountyEF0 Fluvanna County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 621811. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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