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Powerful Pacific System Impacting the West; First Significant Snow for Portions of the East

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 >

...EF-0 TORNADO CONFIRMED NEAR AQUIA HARBOUR VA...

LOCATION...AQUIA HARBOUR IN STAFFORD COUNTY VIRGINIA
DATE...OCTOBER 13 2011 
ESTIMATED TIME...5:22 PM TO 5:29 PM EDT 
MAXIMUM EF-SCALE RATING...EF-0 
MAXIMUM WIND SPEED...80 MPH 
MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH...75 YARDS
LENGTH...2.7 MILES
BEGINNING LAT/LON...38.492N / 77.381W 
ENDING LAT/LON...38.529N / 77.364W
* FATALITIES...NONE
* INJURIES...NONE

* THE INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS PRELIMINARY AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE 
PENDING FINAL REVIEW OF THE EVENT(S) AND PUBLICATION IN NWS STORM DATA.

...SUMMARY...

A GROUND SURVEY CONDUCTED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE...TOGETHER 
WITH RADAR DATA AND VIDEO REPORTS DETERMINED THAT AN EF-0 TORNADO 
TRACKED FROM NORTHERN AQUIA HARBOUR...NORTH OVER THE BORDER INTO 
PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY.  ALONG THE WAY IT SPORADICALLY UPROOTED AND 
SNAPPED ABOUT A DOZEN TREES. HOMES IN THE COMMUNITY OFF MERRYVIEW 
DRIVE HAD MINOR ROOFING AND SIDING DAMAGE AS WELL AS A CHAIN LINK 
FENCE THAT WAS DOWNED. A BILLBOARD AND ITS POST WERE PUSHED NEARLY 
OVER. STAFFORD COUNTY FIRE ASSISTED WITH THE SURVEY.