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EF1 tornado in Dinwiddie County, Virginia

Tornado May 5, 2017 · Dinwiddie County, Virginia

EF1
Rating
2.3 mi
Path length
150 yd
Path width
$38K
Damage as recorded
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

Information obtained from the Dinwiddie county emergency manager and the Virginia Department of Forestry suggests a tornado touched down in timberland in northern Dinwiddie county. The tornado first touched down north of Route 460, to the west northwest of Sutherland, then tracked north northeast, ending near Namozine Road.

Extensive damage to trees occurred along the path, with no damage to structures.

The wider storm

Scattered severe thunderstorms in advance of low pressure and its associated cold front produced damaging winds and six tornadoes across portions of central and eastern Virginia.

Began near Church Rd (37.1887, -77.6428).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF1 Brunswick CountyEF1 Mecklenburg CountyEF0 Southampton CountyEF0 Powhatan CountyEF0 Lunenburg County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 704453. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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