WSLS web staff – ROANOKE (WSLS 10) - The National Weather Service spent Thursday surveying four sites across Virginia following Wednesday's deadly storms. The EF3 tornado in Appomattox County is the strongest tornado to ever hit in the WSLS 10 viewing area during the month of February. It's the first ever EF3 tornado in Appomattox County.
Here's the preliminary breakout from the NWS:
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EVERGREEN, VA - APPOMATTOX COUNTY
ESTIMATED TIME - 3:29PM EST
MAXIMUM EF-SCALE RATING - EF-3
ESTIMATED MAXIMUM WIND SPEED - 136 TO 165MPH MAXIMUM PATH
WIDTH - 400 YD (PRELIMINARY)
PATH LENGTH - 13 MILES (PRELIMINARY)
FATALITIES - 1 INJURIES - 7
SUMMARY:
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG VA HAS CONFIRMED A TORNADO NEAR EVERGREEN IN APPOMATTOX COUNTY VIRGINIA ON 02/24/2016. A TORNADO TRACKED JUST TO THE SOUTHEAST OF THE TOWN OF APPOMATTOX IN VIRGINIA...IMPACTING THE COMMUNITY OF EVERGREEN BEFORE ENDING JUST WEST OF HOLIDAY LAKE STATE PARK. THIS TORNADO WAS ON THE GROUND FOR 13 MILES WITH A WIDTH OF 400 YARDS...AND DAMAGED OVER 100 HOMES AND STRUCTURES...INCLUDING ONE WELL-BELT BRICK HOUSE. ONE FATALITY AND SEVEN INJURIES RESULTED FROM THIS
TORNADO.
PATRICK COUNTY, VIRGINIA
ESTIMATED TIME - 12:45PM EST
MAXIMUM EF-SCALE RATING - EF-1
ESTIMATED MAXIMUM WIND SPEED - 95 - 105MPH
MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH - 0.5 MILES
PATH LENGTH - 1.75 MILES
FATALITIES - 0 INJURIES - 0
SUMMARY:
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG VA HAS CONFIRMED A TORNADO NEAR ARARAT IN PATRICK COUNTY VIRGINIA ON 02/24/2016. A TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN NEAR THE END OF EPPERSON LANE AS AN EF-1 AND CONTINUED ACROSS ARARAT HIGHWAY WHERE ABOUT A HALF-DOZEN HOMES HAD MINOR ROOF DAMAGE. SEVERAL OUTBUILDINGS AND FENCES WERE
DESTROYED ALONG WITH NUMEROUS LARGE TREES WHICH WERE EITHER SNAPPED OR UPROOTED. ONE POORLY STRUCTURED OLD HOUSE HAD A ROOF COMPLETELY BLOWN OFF. THE TORNADO PROCEEDED ACROSS POND ROAD WHERE A MOBILE HOME WAS BLOWN OFF ITS FOUNDATION AND FURTHER TREE DAMAGE OCCURRED. THE TORNADO WAS ON THE GROUND FOR APPROXIMATELY TWO
MINUTES WITH A PATH LENGTH OF ABOUT 1.75 MILES.
WAVERLY, VIRGINIA
ESTIMATED TIME - 2:31 TO 2:41 PM
EF-SCALE RATING - EF1
ESTIMATED MAX WIND SPEED - 100 TO 110 MPH
MAX PATH WIDTH - 300 YARDS
PATH LENGTH - 9 MILES
FATALITIES - 3 INJURIES - 8
SUMMARY:
NWS STORM SURVEY CONCLUDED THAT A TORNADO OCCURRED NEAR WAVERLY VA. THE TORNADO BEGAN A FEW MILES SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF WAVERLY...MOVING FAST THROUGH THE TOWN OF WAVERLY...AND ENDING ABOUT FIVE MILES NORTH-NORTHEAST OF WAVERLY. MAX WINDS WERE 100-110 MPH...MAKING IT A STRONG EF1 TORNADO. NUMEROUS TREES WERE DOWNED...WITH TWO MOBILE HOMES DESTROYED AND SEVERAL HOMES AND BUSINESSES DAMAGED.
TAPPAHANNOCK
ESTIMATED TIME - 6:35 TO 7:05 PM
EF-SCALE RATING - EF3
ESTIMATED MAX WIND SPEED - 140 MPH
MAX PATH WIDTH - 400-500 YARDS
PATH LENGTH - 28 MILES
FATALITIES - 0/ INJURIES - NUMEROUS
SUMMARY:
NWS STORM SURVEY CONCLUDED THAT A LONG-TRACK TORNADO OF 28 MILES TRAVELED FROM THE MIDDLE PENINSULA TO NORTHERN NECK VA...AFFECTING KING AND QUEEN...ESSEX...RICHMOND...AND WESTMORELAND COUNTIES. MOST
OF THE DAMAGE WAS RATED EF1 AND EF2...WITH ITS PEAK INTENSITY OF EF3 OCCURRING ON KINO ROAD IN ESSEX COUNTY WHERE 3 MODULAR HOMES WERE DESTROYED. THE TORNADO HAD AN AVERAGE WIDTH OF 200 YARDS WITH A MAX
WIDTH OF 400 TO 500 YARDS AND CAUSED NUMEROUS INJURIES.
MECKLENBURG COUNTY
LOCATION - SOUTH CENTRAL/EAST CENTRAL MECKLENBURG COUNTY
EF-SCALE RATING - EF1
ESTIMATED MAX WIND SPEED - 85 TO 100 MPH
MAX PATH WIDTH - 150 YARDS
PATH LENGTH - 5.5 MILES
FATALITIES - 0 INJURIES - 0
SUMMARY:
NWS STORM SURVEY FOUND TORNADO DAMAGE ALONG A PATH FROM THE NC/VA LINE NEAR KEATS POINT...NORTHEASTWARD THROUGH PALMER POINT RECREATION AREA, THEN TO A POINT ABOUT 5.5 MILES WEST OF BRACEY. NUMEROUS TREES WERE DOWNED OR SNAPPED, MINOR ROOF DAMAGE TO A FEW HOMES, MINOR STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO ONE HOME AND A
SHED, AND ONE HOME MOVED OFF ITS FOUNDATION. IN ADDITION...HAIL AS LARGE AS 3 INCHES IN DIAMETER OCCURRED NEAR KERR LAKE DAM, AS WELL AS NORTHWEST OF SOUTH HILL, IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE SAME STORM.