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EF1 tornado in Mathews County, Virginia

Tornado April 28, 2008 · Mathews County, Virginia

EF1
Rating
0.3 mi
Path length
50 yd
Path width
$50K
Damage as recorded
EF0EF1EF2EF3EF4EF5Unrated

The path drawn at its surveyed width of 50 yards (0.03 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

A brief tornado touched down just southwest of Bohannon on North River Road near Cakes Creek. The tornado took the roof off a home, overturned a boat and a vehicle, and downed several trees.

The wider storm

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

Began near Mobjack (37.3857, -76.3681).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF3 Suffolk (c) CountyEF1 Brunswick CountyEF1 Colonial Heights (c) CountyEF1 Greensville CountyEF1 Surry CountyEF1 Isle of Wight CountyEF0 Southampton CountyEF0 James CityEF0 Gloucester County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 97847. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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