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 TRIANGLE VA... LOCATION...TRIANGLE IN PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY VIRGINIA DATE...OCTOBER 13 2011 ESTIMATED TIME...5:29 PM TO 5:32 PM EDT MAXIMUM EF-SCALE RATING...EF-0 MAXIMUM WIND SPEED...65 MPH MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH...75 YARDS LENGTH...1.5 MILES BEGINNING LAT/LON...38.532N / 77.357W ENDING LAT/LON...38.553N / 77.346W * 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 NORTH FROM THE STAFFORD AND PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY BORDER TO TRIANGLE. ALONG THE WAY IT SPORADICALLY UPROOTED AND SNAPPED SEVERAL TREES...INCLUDING SOME ON FOREST GREENS GOLF COURSE. SEVERAL VIDEOS WERE TAKEN AS THE TORNADO PASSED OVER TRAFFIC ON INTERSTATE 95 AT RUSH HOUR...THOUGH ONLY LEAF DAMAGE WAS NOTED AT THAT TIME.