EF1 tornado in Prince George County, Virginia

Tornado April 28, 2008 · Prince George County, Virginia

EF1

Rating

1.0 mi

Whole path

75 yd

Path width

Injuries

$2.0M

Damage as recorded

NOAA records this tornado county by county. Its path ran through Colonial Heights (c) County → Prince George County; the totals above are for the whole tornado.

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 75 yards (0.04 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 tornado lifted and crossed Temple Avenue from Colonial Heights into Prince George county. The tornado touched down briefly near Flexon Drive, Fine Drive and Puddleduck Drive. Several trees were uprooted, a few were snapped off, and several homes were damaged.

The wider storm

Severe thunderstorms in advance of a cold front produced numerous tornadoes across central and eastern Virginia.

Began near Jefferson Park (37.2530, -77.3768).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF3 Suffolk (c) County EF1 Brunswick County EF1 Greensville County EF1 Surry County EF1 Isle of Wight County EF1 Mathews County EF0 Southampton County EF0 James City EF0 Gloucester County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 97288. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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