EF0 tornado in Augusta County, Virginia

A supercell thunderstorm spawned two tornadoes during the

afternoon of Thursday, August 6th. The first tornado touched down

along Hatchery Road, near Harriston in Augusta County Virginia.

Numerous trees were uprooted and large branches snapped along the

tornado`s path as it moved to the east-southeast. Trees fell in

multiple directions in a generally convergent nature over a path

about two and a half miles long. Notably, many trees fell towards

the south while the parent storm`s motion was toward the east,

indicating a rotating vortex in contact with the ground. NWS 88D

Doppler Radar showed rotation directly over this area.

There was tree damage noted along Rockfish Road and crop damage

along Patterson Mill Road. The tornado then moved across US-340

East Side Highway where at least one tree fell on a vehicle, but

no injuries were reported as a result. It then moved into the

Jollett Springs Mobile Home Park, where several trees were

uprooted, and one snapped. At least one mobile home had damage to

its facade when an awning blew off, as shown by a picture taken by

local broadcast media.

Sporadic straight-line tree damage was noted north and east of this

point, and although KLWX WSR-88D continued to show rotation several

thousand feet above ground level, no discernible tornadic damage was

noted east of the mobile home park from this tornado.

A slow-moving warm front sparked multiple rounds of isolated severe thunderstorms across the Middle Atlantic on Thursday, August 6th, 2020. The first moved through the greater DC metro area during the early morning hours. The second was a supercell that moved across the southern Shenandoah River Valley and central Virginia Piedmont, causing significant damage and unusually large hail for so late in the season. A final (third) round of thunderstorms affected northern Virginia with isolated wind damage during the mid to late evening hours.