October 13, 2011 Severe Weather

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 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.