

Tornado photo courtesy Jeff Seymour
RELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
326 PM EDT THU JUL 10 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0718 PM TORNADO W PETERSBURG 37.20N 77.39W
07/09/2008 EF1 CITY OF PETERSBURG VA NWS STORM SURVEY
ROOF BLOWN OFF WAREHOUSE AT THE INTERSECTION OF FARMER
STREET AND FAIRGROUNDS RD...IN THE WEST SECTION OF
PETERSBURG. EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO WAREHOUSE. UTILITY POLES
AND POWER LINES DOWN IN THE VICINITY. A STORM SURVEY HAS
BEEN CONDUCTED AT THE SITE...AND THE DAMAGE HAS BEEN
ASSESSED AS AN EF1 TORNADO. THE TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN
BRIEFLY WITH A WIDTH OF 30 YARDS...AND A PATH LENGTH OF
APPROXIMATELY 60 YARDS. NO FATALITIES OR INJURIES REPORTED. |