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EF0 tornado in York County, Virginia

Tornado April 19, 2019 · York County, Virginia

EF0
Rating
1.8 mi
Path length
150 yd
Path width
$150K
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 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 touched down near Colonial Parkway immediately east of the interchange with Queens Drive. The tornado tracked north northeast producing substantial tree damage, power line damage, and some home damage along Queens Drive. The tornado likely lifted north of Queens Lake in the marshlands surrounding Queens Creek.

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 Magruder (37.2800, -76.6700).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF2 Charles City (c) CountyEF2 Louisa CountyEF1 Sussex CountyEF1 Northampton CountyEF1 Southampton CountyEF0 Greensville CountyEF0 Brunswick CountyEF0 Emporia CountyEF0 Isle of Wight CountyEF0 Newport News (c) CountyEF0 Gloucester County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 821973. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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