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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
838 PM EDT TUE APR 29 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0248 PM TORNADO 2 SE LAWRENCEVILLE 36.74N 77.83W
04/28/2008 F1 BRUNSWICK VA EMERGENCY MNGR
TORNADO TOUCHDOWN WITH SEVERAL TREES DOWN AND SNAPPED OFF
ALONG BELFIELD ROAD...WESTERN MILL ROAD AND MILAS DRIVE.
DAMAGE WAS RATED AS EF-1.
0251 PM TORNADO 3 SE LAWRENCEVILLE 36.73N 77.81W
04/28/2008 F1 BRUNSWICK VA NWS STORM SURVEY
CONTINUATION OF INTERMITTENT EF-1 TORNADO DAMAGE.
CONFIRMED TO HOMES ALONG A 300 YARD PATH.
0255 PM TORNADO 3 SW DOLPHIN 36.81N 77.83W
04/28/2008 F1 BRUNSWICK VA TRAINED SPOTTER
CONTINUATION OF EF-1 DAMAGE PATH. TWO TREES DOWN OFF RT
633.
0340 PM TORNADO 1 E COLONIAL HEIGHTS 37.26N 77.38W
04/28/2008 F1 CHESTERFIELD VA NWS EMPLOYEE
TORNADO REPORTED OFF TEMPLE AVE IN COLONIAL HEIGHTS FROM
MULTIPLE SOURCES. REPORTS OF DAMAGE INCLUDING OVERTURNED
CARS AT BEST BUY NEAR SOUTHPARK MALL. DAMAGE WAS RATED
EF-1.
0405 PM TORNADO DOWNTOWN SUFFOLK 36.72N 76.59W
04/28/2008 F3 CITY OF SUFFOLK VA PUBLIC
*** 200 INJ *** TORNADO INITIALLY TOUCHED DOWN AROUND 405
PM...WITH DAMAGE FIRST NOTED ABOUT 2 MILES NORTHEAST OF
LUMMIS. THE TORNADO HAD A PATH LENGTH OF ABOUT 10 MILES
LONG AND A QUARTER MILE WIDE. THE PRELIMINARY RATING OF
THIS TORNADO IS A STRONG EF-3...PENDING FURTHER
ASSESSMENT. THE TORNADO WAS ON THE GROUND FOR ABOUT 15 TO
20 MINUTES...BEFORE LIFTING AFTER CROSSING THE TOWN OF
DRIVER. THE TORNADO CAUSED WIDESPREAD DAMAGE TO HOMES AND
A FEW BUSINESSES THROUGHOUT THE CITY OF SUFFOLK.
0418 PM TORNADO 1 S CLAREMONT 37.21N 76.97W
04/28/2008 F1 SURRY VA LAW ENFORCEMENT
DOUBLE WIDE HOME DESTROYED. NUMEROUS TREES DOWN OR
SNAPPED OFF. DAMAGE WAS RATED AS EF-1.
0440 PM TORNADO 2 NW NORFOLK NAS 36.96N 76.33W
04/28/2008 F1 CITY OF NORFOLK VA EMERGENCY MNGR
EF-1 TORNADIC DAMAGE TO A BUILDING AND SEVERAL CARS
DAMAGED ON NORFOLK NAVAL BASE. NUMEROU TREES BLOWN DOWN
OR SNAPPED OFF. TORNADO DEVELOPED FROM THE SAME STORM
THAT PRODUCED THE EF-3 TORNADO IN SUFFOLK.
0445 PM TORNADO 2 NE CARRSVILLE 36.73N 76.80W
04/28/2008 F1 ISLE OF WIGHT VA NWS STORM SURVEY
CONFIRMED EF-1 DAMAGE ON SOUTHSIDE OF CARRSVILLE...WITH
DAMAGE TO ELEVEN HOMES AND SIX AGRICULTURAL BUILDINGS
ALONG HARVEST DRIVE AND ELEYS LANE.
0455 PM TORNADO 3 SW GLOUCESTER COURTHO 37.38N 76.57W
04/28/2008 F0 GLOUCESTER VA NWS STORM SURVEY
EF-0 DAMAGE ON HICKORY FORK ROAD IN THE TOWN OF BELROI. 2
LARGE TREES DOWN.
0512 PM TORNADO 1 NW NORTH 37.48N 76.39W
04/28/2008 F0 MATHEWS VA NWS STORM SURVEY
EF-0 DAMAGE ALONG RTE 657...PRIOR TO RTE 14. DAMAGE PATH
ROUGHLY 1/4 MILE LONG AND 40 YARDS WIDE. NUMEROUS TREES
DOWN. TORNADO DEVELOPED FROM THE SAME STORM THAT PRODUCED
EF-0 DAMAGE IN GLOUCESTER COUNTY.
&&
A SMALL BUT INTENSE CLUSTER OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPED IN A
WARM, MOIST AIR MASS AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT ON MONDAY
APRIL 28, 2008. THE STRONGEST STORMS OCCURRED OVER SOUTH CENTRAL
AND SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA AND PRODUCED SIX TORNADOES.
THE STRONGEST TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN NEAR SUFFOLK, VA AT APPROXIMATELY
405 PM MONDAY AFTERNOON. THE TORNADO HAD A PATH LENGTH OF ABOUT
10 MILES LONG AND A QUARTER MILE WIDE. THE PRELIMINARY RATING OF
THIS TORNADO IS AN EF-3, PENDING FURTHER ASSESSMENT. THE TORNADO
WAS ON THE GROUND FOR ABOUT 15 MINUTES AND CAUSED WIDESPREAD
DAMAGE TO HOMES AND A FEW BUSINESSES THROUGHOUT SUFFOLK, VA.
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEATHER FORECAST OFFICE IN WAKEFIELD
VIRGINIA IDENTIFIED AND OUTLOOKED THE THREAT FOR SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS AS EARLY AS SATURDAY, APRIL 26. THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD ISSUED A WARNING FOR THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WHICH PRODUCED THE SUFFOLK, VA TORNADO AT 303 PM, WHILE THE STORM
WAS STILL IN NORTHEASTERN NORTH CAROLINA. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
CONTINUED TO INTENSIFY AND THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING AT 311 PM FOR PORTIONS OF SUFFOLK VA, ALMOST AN
HOUR PRIOR TO THE STORM AFFECTING DOWNTOWN SUFFOLK. THE TORNADO
WARNING WAS REISSUED AT 350 PM, AND STATED THAT THE TORNADO WOULD
BE NEAR DOWNTOWN SUFFOLK BY 405 PM. AT 404 PM, THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE ISSUED A SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT, STATING THAT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO NEAR
DOWNTOWN SUFFOLK. THE PRELIMINARY LEAD TIME FOR THE TORNADO WAS 15
MINUTES.
$$
BHURLEY
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