Baltimore/Washington
Weather Forecast Office
...EF-0 TORNADO CONFIRMED NEAR NASONS VIRGINIA... LOCATION...2 MI NNE OF NASONS IN ORANGE COUNTY VIRGINIA DATE...OCTOBER 13 2011 ESTIMATED TIME...4:05 PM TO 4:06 PM EDT MAXIMUM EF-SCALE RATING...EF-0 MAXIMUM WIND SPEED...70 MPH MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH...50 YARDS LENGTH...1.3 MILES BEGINNING LAT/LON...38.275N / 78.021W ENDING LAT/LON...38.293N / 78.013W * 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... DAMAGE WAS FIRST NOTED TO TWO TREES ALONG A CREEK JUST OFF CLIFTON RD ABOUT 1 MILE NORTH OF ROUTE 20. A DISCONTINUOUS PATH OF ALL TREE DAMAGE CONTINUED NORTHEAST...ENDING WITH A HALF DOZEN TREES TOPPED AND UPROOTED ALONG CLARKS MOUNTAIN RD ABOUT 0.2 MILE EAST OF MOORMAN RD. AT THIS POINT...THE DAMAGE PATH ENDED. THIS TORNADO HAS BEEN RATED EF-0 WITH MAXIMUM WINDS ESTIMATED AT 70 MPH.
US Dept of Commerce
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
National Weather Service
Baltimore/Washington
Weather Forecast Office Baltimore/Washington
43858 Weather Service Rd.
Sterling, VA 20166
(571) 888-3500
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