EF0 tornado in Sussex County, Virginia
Tornado April 19, 2019 · Sussex County, Virginia
NOAA records this tornado county by county. Its path ran through Sussex County → Prince George County; the totals above are for the whole tornado.
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 just south of Sussex Drive about 4 miles east of Stony Creek in Sussex County. It then traveled northeast and crossed Jerusalem Park Road near Courthouse Road, before continuing northeast across General Mahone Highway and lifting before reaching Centerville Road in Prince George County. The tornado mostly uprooted and snapped trees along its path. A garage was also destroyed from a tree falling on it.
The wider storm
Scattered severe thunderstorms in advance of low pressure and its associated cold front produced damaging winds and numerous tornadoes across portions of central and eastern Virginia.
Began near West Hope (36.9100, -77.3400).
Other tornadoes from the same storm system
11 more tornadoes the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 821954. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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