EF0 tornado in Newport News (c) County, Virginia

Tornado April 19, 2019 · Newport News (c) County, Virginia

EF0

Rating

1.8 mi

Path length

100 yd

Path width

$50K

Damage as recorded

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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 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 likely touched down as a waterspout over the Warwick River. The tornado tracked northeast through the Sanford, Carriage Hill, and Denbigh sections of Newport News. The tornado produced mainly tree damage, particularly near Sanford Elementary, and did destroy a small storage shed. The tornado then lifted before reaching Route 60 near Denbigh Village Center.

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 Menchville (37.1000, -76.5500).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF2 Charles City (c) County EF2 Louisa County EF1 Sussex County EF1 Northampton County EF1 Southampton County EF0 Greensville County EF0 Brunswick County EF0 Emporia County EF0 Isle of Wight County EF0 York County EF0 Gloucester County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 822002. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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