New Kent & Louisa Co Tornado Images/Information...Oct 13, 2011

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Power Pacific system will continue to bring significant impacts for Pacific Northwest into northern California the remainder of the week. Dangerous coastal affects, heavy rain, flooding, strong winds, and higher elevation mountain snow continues. Meanwhile, a storm across the east is set to bring the first accumulating snow to many higher elevations of the Catskills into the central Appalachians. Read More >

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 401 PM EDT FRI OCT 14 2011 ...TORNADO CONFIRMED NEAR BOSWELLS TAVERN IN LOUISA COUNTY VIRGINIA... LOCATION...BOSWELLS TAVERN IN LOUISA COUNTY VIRGINIA DATE...OCTOBER 13, 2011 ESTIMATED TIME...340 PM EDT MAXIMUM EF-SCALE RATING...EF1 ESTIMATED MAXIMUM WIND SPEED...80 - 90 MPH MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH...100 YARDS PATH LENGTH...0.6 MILES BEGINNING LAT/LON...38.03 / 78.19W ENDING LAT/LON...38.04 / 78.18W FATALITIES...0 INJURIES...0 ...SUMMARY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD VA HAS CONFIRMED A TORNADO NEAR BOSWELLS TAVERN IN LOUISA COUNTY VIRGINIA ON OCTOBER 13, 2011. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STORM SURVEY TEAM CONFIRMED THAT THE TORNADO FIRST TOUCHED DOWN ALONG U.S. ROUTE 15 NEAR THE HISTORIC SYLVANIA PLANTATION...WHICH IS PART OF THE GREEN SPRINGS NATIONAL HISTORIC LANDMARK DISTRICT. THE TORNADO CONTINUED TO MOVE ACROSS THE PLANTATION...FIRST SHEARING OFF SEVERAL HARDWOOD TREES...BEFORE ENCOUNTERING THE SYLVANIA PLANTATION HOME...THAT WAS BUILT IN 1746. THE TORNADO PEELED THE ROOF OFF THE HOUSE...WHILE TEARING THE PORCHES OFF BOTH THE FRONT AND BACK OF THE HOUSE. IT ALSO UPROOTED SEVERAL TREES ON THE EASTERN SIDE OF THE HOUSE. THE TORNADO THEN IMPACTED THE POOL AREA ON THE FAR SIDE OF THE HOUSE...KNOCKING DOWN THE FENCE AND THROWING POOL FURNITURE IN MULTIPLE DIRECTIONS. THE TORNADO CONTINUED AWAY FROM THE POOL...REACHING A ROW OF TREES ABOUT ONE TENTH OF A MILE AWAY BEFORE LIFTING OFF THE GROUND. THE FUNNEL WAS OBSERVED FOR SEVERAL MILES BEFORE EXITING THE COUNTY. THIS INFORMATION CAN ALSO BE FOUND ON OUR WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV/AKQ. FOR REFERENCE...THE ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE CLASSIFIES TORNADOES INTO THE FOLLOWING CATEGORIES: EF0...WIND SPEEDS 65 TO 85 MPH. EF1...WIND SPEEDS 86 TO 110 MPH. EF2...WIND SPEEDS 111 TO 135 MPH. EF3...WIND SPEEDS 136 TO 165 MPH. EF4...WIND SPEEDS 166 TO 200 MPH. EF5...WIND SPEEDS GREATER THAN 200 MPH.

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 342 PM EDT FRI OCT 14 2011 ...TORNADO CONFIRMED IN NEW KENT COUNTY VA... LOCATION...............NEW KENT COUNTY VA...MOSTLY ALONG KENT LAKE BETWEEN US ROUTE 60 AND INTERSTATE 64. DATE...................THURSDAY OCTOBER 13, 2011. ESTIMATED TIME.........BETWEEN 447 AND 505 PM EDT. EF-SCALE RATING........EF1. ESTIMATED WIND SPEED...95 MPH. PATH WIDTH.............200 YARDS. PATH LENGTH............9 MILES...CONTINUOUS TRACK. BEGINNING LAT/LON......37.4774N / 77.1250W. ENDING LAT/LON.........37.5936N / 77.0417W. INJURIES...NONE. DEATHS...NONE. ...SUMMARY... TORNADO FIRST TOUCHED DOWN ALONG EMMAUS CHURCH ROAD...OR ROUTE 609... JUST INTO NEW KENT COUNTY NORTH OF US ROUTE 60. THE NWS STORM SURVEY RATED THE TORNADO AS AN EF1...WITH WINDS ESTIMATED AT 95 MPH...AS IT REACHED THE WOODHAVEN SHORES SUBDIVISION ON BOTH SIDES OF KENT LAKE. PER COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT...OVER 30 HOMES WERE DAMAGED IN THE WOODHAVEN SHORES SUBDIVISION ON BOTH SIDES OF KENT LAKE...PRIMARILY DUE TO TREES FALLING ON HOMES. DAMAGE WAS MOST EXTENSIVE ALONG AND ADJACENT TO LAKESHORE DRIVE...WHICH SURROUNDS KENT LAKE. EF1 DAMAGE EXTENDED JUST TO THE NORTH OF KENT LAKE...TO INCLUDE 2 BARNS THAT WERE DESTROYED ALONG ASHLAND FARM ROAD. THE TORNADO WEAKENED TO A HIGH-END EF0 AND TURNED NORTHEAST AS IT CROSSED NORTH OF INTERSTATE 64. DAMAGE AT GW WATKINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL INCLUDED ALUMINUM ROOFING PANELS THAT WERE POPPED OFF ALONG WITH A FEW BUSTED WINDOWS. EF0 DAMAGE WAS OBSERVED FARTHER NORTHEAST...WITH SEVERAL TREES DOWNED OR SNAPPED OFF ALONG TALLEYSVILLE ROAD NEAR OLD RIVER ROAD. THE TORNADO LIFTED JUST BEFORE ENTERING KING WILLIAM COUNTY.