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EF1 tornado in Southampton County, Virginia

Tornado April 19, 2019 · Southampton County, Virginia

EF1
Rating
2.8 mi
Path length
100 yd
Path width
$5K
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 EF1 means. On the Enhanced Fujita scale, EF1 is moderate damage: roofs badly stripped, mobile homes pushed off foundations or overturned, windows broken, consistent with estimated gusts of 86–110 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 same tornado that started in Northampton county North Carolina, tracked through Greensville county Virginia and into extreme southwest Southampton County Virginia. The tornado caused more damage to several trees while crossing Highway 58, and then lifting again.

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 Green Plain (36.6500, -77.4600).

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 CountyEF0 Greensville CountyEF0 Brunswick CountyEF0 Emporia CountyEF0 Isle of Wight CountyEF0 York CountyEF0 Newport News (c) CountyEF0 Gloucester County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 822104. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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