April 27-28, 2011 Severe Weather

...EF-1 TORNADO CONFIRMED JUST SOUTHEAST OF HARRISONBURG VIRGINIA...

LOCATION...KEEZLETOWN IN ROCKINGHAM COUNTY VA
DATE...APRIL 28 2011 
ESTIMATED TIME...3:55 AM TO 3:58 AM EDT 
MAXIMUM EF-SCALE RATING...EF-1 
MAXIMUM WIND SPEED...90 MPH 
MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH...150 YARDS
LENGTH...2.7 MILES 
BEGINNING LAT/LON...38.388N / 78.865W 
ENDING LAT/LON...38.416N / 78.832W
* 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 AND EYEWITNESS REPORTS DETERMINED THAT AN EF-1 TORNADO 
TRACKED JUST SOUTHEAST OF THE CITY OF HARRISONBURG ALONG BOYER ROAD. 
THE TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN ALONG OSCEOLA SPRINGS ROAD CAUSING TREE 
DAMAGE...THEN PROCEEDED NORTHEAST TO BOYER ROAD. THE TORNADO 
UPROOTED AND SNAPPED NUMEROUS LARGE TREES... UPROOTED MOST OF A 
PERSONAL APPLE ORCHARD...CAUSED STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO TWO HOMES BY 
LIFTING THEIR ROOFS...DAMAGED TWO BARN ROOFS...KNOCKED DOWN 
GRAVESTONES...DESTROYED A METAL SHED...AND MOVED A LIVESTOCK TRAILER 
SEVERAL FEET. THE STORM CROSSED US ROUTE 33 AND LIFTED WHEN IT 
REACHED THE RIDGE ADJACENT TO IT.