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EF0 tornado in Gloucester County, Virginia

Tornado April 19, 2019 · Gloucester County, Virginia

EF0
Rating
1.4 mi
Path length
100 yd
Path width
$25K
Damage as recorded
EF0EF1EF2EF3EF4EF5Unrated

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 York River. The tornado arrived on land and produced its most intense damage in the trees along Jenkins Neck Road. The tornado proceeded to the north northeast and flattened a shed near the intersection of Maryus Road and Guinea Circle. The tornado likely lifted in the marshland north of Maryus.

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 Bena (37.2600, -76.4100).

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 York CountyEF0 Newport News (c) County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 822003. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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