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Baltimore/Washington
Weather Forecast Office
...EF-0 TORNADO CONFIRMED IN RESTON VIRGINIA... LOCATION...RESTON IN FAIRFAX COUNTY VIRGINIA DATE...APRIL 27 2011 ESTIMATED TIME...11:25 PM TO 11:28 PM EDT MAXIMUM EF-SCALE RATING...EF-0 MAXIMUM WIND SPEED...80 MPH MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH...75 YARDS LENGTH...1.2 MILES BEGINNING LAT/LON...38.952N / 77.345W ENDING LAT/LON...38.964N / 77.331W * 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 ALONG THE LENGTH OF THE PATH WAS PRIMARILY TO TREES. THE TORNADO BEGAN IN A PARKING LOT ALONG SUNSET HILLS ROAD...WHERE SMALL LIMBS WERE SNAPPED FROM A HARDWOOD TREE...AND A LARGE LIMB WAS SNAPPED FROM A SOFTWOOD TREE. IT CROSSED SUNSET HILLS ROAD AND ENTERED THE HIDDEN CREEK COUNTRY CLUB GOLF COURSE...WHERE IT INTENSIFIED AND UPROOTED OR SNAPPED SEVERAL HARDWOOD AND SOFTWOOD TREES. THE TORNADO WEAKENED SLIGHTLY AS IT CROSSED NORTH SHORE DRIVE AND WEDGE ROAD...WHERE A FEW TREES WERE SNAPPED OR UPROOTED. A FEW HOMES APPEARED TO SUFFER MINOR DAMAGE FROM FALLEN TREES. AS IT CROSSED WIEHLE AVENUE...THE TORNADO INTENSIFIED AGAIN...SNAPPING OR UPROOTING NUMEROUS TREES ADJACENT TO TALL OAKS VILLAGE CENTER BEFORE WEAKENING RAPIDLY. THE TORNADO ENDED BEHIND THE COLVIN WOODS APARTMENTS. THIS TORNADO HAS BEEN RATED EF-0.
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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