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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
215 PM EDT TUE APR 29 2008

...STORM DAMAGE IN HALIFAX COUNTY VIRGINIA CAUSED BY EF1 TORNADO...

A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STORM SURVEY FOUND THAT STORM DAMAGE
THAT OCCURRED IN HALIFAX COUNTY VIRGINIA IN THE TOWN OF VIRGILINA
MONDAY AFTERNOON WAS CAUSED BY AN EF1 TORNADO.

WINDS IN THE STORM WERE ESTIMATED TO BE BETWEEN 86 AND 109 MPH.
THE STORM WAS ON THE GROUND FROM APPROXIMATELY 110 TO 115 PM. THE
INITIAL DAMAGE STARTED JUST SOUTH AND WEST OF THE INTERSECTIONS OF
HIGHWAYS 96 AND 49. THIS ON THE WESTERN EDGE OF THE TOWN OF
VIRGILINA. THE TORNADO WAS ON THE GROUND FOR APPROXIMATELY ONE MILE
TRAVELING TO THE NORTHEAST. SPORADIC DAMAGE OCCURRED FURTHER
NORTHEAST ON GILLS MOUNTAIN ROAD FROM STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. AT THE
WIDEST POINT...THE TORNADO WAS 240 YARDS WIDE.

6 HOMES WERE DAMAGED...AND NUMEROUS LARGE TREES WERE DOWNED AND
SNAPPED.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER WANTS TO EXTEND IT THANKS TO THE VIRGINIA
DIVISION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT...AND HALIFAX COUNTY EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT FOR THEIR ASSISTANCE IN THE STORM SURVEY.

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