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Baltimore/Washington
Weather Forecast Office
...EF-1 TORNADO CONFIRMED NEAR STAUNTON VIRGINIA... LOCATION...CHURCHVILLE IN AUGUSTA COUNTY VA DATE...APRIL 28 2011 ESTIMATED TIME...2:17 AM TO 2:23 AM EDT MAXIMUM EF-SCALE RATING...EF-1 MAXIMUM WIND SPEED...100 MPH MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH...150 YARDS LENGTH...4.0 MILES BEGINNING LAT/LON...38.179N / 79.215W ENDING LAT/LON...38.225N / 79.170W * 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 AUGUSTA COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE...TOGETHER WITH RADAR AND EYEWITNESS REPORTS DETERMINED THAT AN EF-1 TORNADO TRACKED FROM CHRISTIAN TO CHURCHVILLE VIRGINIA...5 MILES NORTHWEST OF STAUNTON. THE TORNADO SNAPPED AND UPROOTED NUMEROUS LARGE TREES...DAMAGED SEVERAL HOMES... REMOVED ROOFING ON MULTIPLE RESIDENCES AND DESTROYED SEVERAL OUTBUILDINGS.
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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