EF-0 Tornado Hits near the Community of Alton, VA
...TORNADO CONFIRMED NEAR ALTON IN HALIFAX COUNTY VIRGINIA...
LOCATION...ALTON IN HALIFAX COUNTY VIRGINIA
DATE...03/28/10
ESTIMATED TIME...10:02 PM EDT
MAXIMUM EF-SCALE RATING...EF0
ESTIMATED MAXIMUM WIND SPEED...75 MPH
MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH...100 YARDS
PATH LENGTH...0.25 MILES
BEGINNING LAT/LON...36.578N / 79.003W
ENDING LAT/LON...36.579N / 78.999W
* FATALITIES...0
* INJURIES...0
* 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...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG VA HAS CONFIRMED A
TORNADO NEAR ALTON IN HALIFAX COUNTY VIRGINIA ON 03/28/10.
BASED ON A SURVEY BY THE EMERGENCY MANAGER OF HALIFAX
COUNTY...WHICH INCLUDED A DETAILED MAP AND MANY PHOTOS SENT TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG...WE HAVE DETERMINED THAT
MINOR DAMAGE JUST OFF OF BLANE ROAD BETWEEN ALTON AND
TURBEVILLE...WAS CAUSED BY A BRIEF AND WEAK TORNADO DURING THE
LATE EVENING OF MARCH 28.
ONE MOBILE HOME USED FOR STORAGE WAS DESTROYED. SEVERAL OLD FARM BUILDINGS
AND OUT BUILDINGS HAD MINOR ROOF AND SIDING DAMAGE...AND AT LEAST ONE LARGE
CEDAR TREE WAS SNAPPED OFF A FEW FEET ABOVE THE GROUND. DAMAGE WAS
SCATTERED IN THIS SHORT ONE QUARTER MILE PATH LENGTH...AND MUCH OF THE DEBRIS
WAS BLOWN IN THE DIRECTION OF THE STORM MOVEMENT...TOWARD THE EAST-NORTHEAST.
HOWEVER...A PIECE OF ROOFING WAS CARRIED FROM THE SOUTH EAST SIDE
OF A BUILDING ACROSS THE PATH AND DROPPED TO THE NORTHWEST SIDE OF
THE BUILDING...SUGGESTING SOME CONVERGENCE FLOW WITHIN THE OVERALL
PATH. THE DAMAGE WAS CONSISTENT WITH A WEAK TORNADO...EF0
INTENSITY...WITH WINDS OF 65 TO 85 MPH.
MUCH APPRECIATION TO KIRBY SAUNDERS OF HALIFAX COUNTY FOR A VERY
THOROUGH SURVEY OF THE PROPERTY IMPACTED...AND FOR THE MANY
PHOTOGRAPHS.
THIS INFORMATION CAN ALSO BE FOUND ON OUR WEBSITE AT
WEATHER.GOV/RNK.
FOR REFERENCE...THE ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE CLASSIFIES TORNADOES INTO
THE FOLLOWING CATEGORIES:
EF0...WIND SPEEDS 65 TO 85 MPH.
EF1...WIND SPEEDS 86 TO 110 MPH.
EF2...WIND SPEEDS 111 TO 135 MPH.
EF3...WIND SPEEDS 136 TO 165 MPH.
EF4...WIND SPEEDS 166 TO 200 MPH.
EF5...WIND SPEEDS GREATER THAN 200 MPH.
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