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EF1 tornado in Norfolk (c) County, Virginia
Tornado April 28, 2008 · Norfolk (c) County, Virginia
NOAA records this tornado county by county. Its path ran through Suffolk (c) County → Portsmouth (c) County → Norfolk (c) County; the totals above are for the whole tornado.
The path drawn at its surveyed width of 300 yards (0.17 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.
What the National Weather Service wrote
The tornado maintained close contact with the ground as it moved from northern Portsmouth to the Norfolk Naval Air Station. The tornado damaged vehicles and a building at Pier 2, and numerous trees were blown down or snapped off. The tornado remained rated as EF1 from northern Portsmouth to the Norfolk Naval Air Station.
The wider storm
Severe thunderstorms in advance of a cold front produced numerous tornadoes across central and eastern Virginia.
Began near Hampton Rds (36.9211, -76.3423).
Other tornadoes from the same storm system
9 more tornadoes the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 97557. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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