PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
424 PM EDT THU OCT 28 2010

...TORNADO CONFIRMED NEAR 3 NW VIRGILINA IN HALIFAX COUNTY
VIRGINIA...

LOCATION...3 NW VIRGILINA IN HALIFAX COUNTY VIRGINIA
DATE...OCTOBER 27 2010
ESTIMATED TIME...252 AM EDT
MAXIMUM EF-SCALE RATING...EF2
ESTIMATED MAXIMUM WIND SPEED...120 MPH
MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH...100 TO 200 YARDS
PATH LENGTH...4 MILES
BEGINNING LAT/LON...36.5725
ENDING LAT/LON...-78.8833
* 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 3 NW VIRGILINA IN HALIFAX COUNTY VIRGINIA ON OCTOBER
27 2010.

TORNADO INITIALLY TOUCHED DOWN NEAR HIGHWAY 96 IN THE MAYO
COMMUNITY AND CONTINUED INTERMITTENTLY ON THE GROUND MOVING
NORTHEAST FOR APPROXIMATELY A MILE...DESTROYING ONE BARN...BLOWING
SEVERAL ROOFS OFF SHEDS...MOVING ONE HOUSE OFF ITS FOUNDATION...
AND DOWNING HUNDREDS OF TREES. THERE WAS SPORADIC EF0 TO EF1
DAMAGE IN THIS MILE OF THE TRACK. THE TORNADO STRENGTHENED...WITH
EF2 DAMAGE...ALONG A CONTINUOUS PATH OF 2 MILES FROM WATTS TRAIL
THROUGH NORTH FORK CHURCH ROAD...TO SHORTLY BEFORE LOWERY ROAD.
APPROXIMATELY FIFTEEN TELEPHONE POLE WERE SNAPPED OFF. THOUSANDS
OF TREES WERE DOWNED. THREE HOMES WERE DAMAGED...WITH WINDOWS
BLOWN OUT...ROOFS DAMAGED...OR TREES FALLING ON THEM. NUMEROUS
BARNS AND OUTBUILDING WERE DESTROYED. THE TORNADO THEN CONTINUED
NORTHEAST WEAKENING TO SPORADIC EF0 OR EF1 DAMAGE TO LOWERY
ROAD...BEFORE LIFTING AT LOWERY ROAD. NEAR LOWERY ROAD...ONE
RESIDENCE WAS DAMAGED...WITH WINDOWS BLOWN OUT...ROOF DAMAGE...2
BARNS AND 3 OUTBUILDINGS DESTROYED...AND SEVERAL LARGE TREES
DOWNED.

THE NWS WOULD LIKE TO THANK HALIFAX COUNTY EMERGENCY SERVICES FOR
THEIR HELP IN THE STORM SURVEY.

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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JACKSON