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EF0 tornado in Mecklenburg County, Virginia
Tornado September 17, 2018 · Mecklenburg County, Virginia
The path drawn at its surveyed width of 100 yards (0.06 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 touched down near Skipwith Road and Moores Road where numerous trees were downed. The storm then tracked northeast, while intermittently touching down causing widespread tree damage. The tornado made its last touchdown near Highway 47 about 6 miles east of Chase City where numerous trees were downed near the Salem Methodist Church. Structure damage to several houses and outbuildings were noted, however all structure damage was due to downed trees.
The wider storm
Scattered severe thunderstorms associated with tropical cyclone Florence produced damaging winds and ten tornadoes across portions of central and south central Virginia.
Began near Skipwith (36.6840, -78.4440).
Other tornadoes from the same storm system
10 more tornadoes the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 786888. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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