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EF0 tornado in Lunenburg County, Virginia

Tornado May 5, 2017 · Lunenburg County, Virginia

EF0
Rating
1.0 mi
Path length
75 yd
Path width
$20K
Damage as recorded
EF0EF1EF2EF3EF4EF5Unrated

The path drawn at its surveyed width of 75 yards (0.04 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What EF0 means. On the Enhanced Fujita scale, EF0 is light damage: shingles and siding peeled, gutters torn, branches broken, consistent with estimated gusts of 65–85 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

The tornado briefly touched down in an area of trees just to the west of Powers Road. The tornado then lifted before touching down at the intersection of Craig Mill Road and Powers Road, uprooting and breaking numerous trees. No significant structural damage was indicated other than some minor flashing damage to a house, and damage to a kennel from falling trees. The tornado then lifted once again just north of the Craig

Mill Road/Powers Road intersection.

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 Bagleys Mills (36.8435, -78.1685).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF1 Brunswick CountyEF1 Dinwiddie CountyEF1 Mecklenburg CountyEF0 Southampton CountyEF0 Powhatan County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 704460. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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