PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT..CORRECTED FOR EF SCALE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
228 PM EDT TUE SEP 6 2011

...TORNADO CONFIRMED NEAR CANA IN CARROLL COUNTY VIRGINIA...

LOCATION...CANA IN CARROLL COUNTY VIRGINIA
DATE...SEPTEMBER 5, 2011
ESTIMATED TIME...10:03 PM EDT
MAXIMUM EF-SCALE RATING...EF0 (CORRECTED)
ESTIMATED MAXIMUM WIND SPEED...80 MPH
MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH...90 YDS
PATH LENGTH...20 YDS
BEGINNING LAT/LON...36.584N / 80.661W
ENDING LAT/LON...36.584N / 80.661W
* FATALITIES...0
* INJURIES...2

* 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 CANA IN CARROLL COUNTY VIRGINIA ON SEPTEMBER 5, 2011.

THE TORNADO...RATED AS AN EF0 WITH MAXIMUMA WINDS OF 80 MPH... 
TOUCHED DOWN VERY BRIEFLY AT A GAS STATION ON U.S. 52...ALSO KNOWN 
AS FANCY GAP HIGHWAY...AND BLEW THE ROOF OFF AND INTO THE AWNING 
COVERING THE GAS PUMPS. WHILE THERE WAS NO OTHER DAMAGE TO TREES OR 
STRUCTURES ON EITHER SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY...A PIECE OF WOOD FROM THE 
ROOF WAS FOUND A FEW HUNDRED YARDS UP THE ROAD TOWARD THE NORTHWEST. 
THE STORM WAS TRAVELING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHEAST. TWO PEOPLE 
INSIDE THE GAS STATION SUFFERED MINOR INJURIES. THERE WAS ALSO MINOR 
STRAIGHT LINE WIND DAMAGE NEARBY TO LARGE LIMBS AND SMALL TREES.

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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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
532 PM EDT TUE SEP 6 2011

...THE NWS HAS COMPLETED A PRELIMINARY SURVEY OF STORM DAMAGE NEAR
ABSHERS IN WILKES COUNTY NORTH CAROLINA...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN BLACKSBURG VA HAS SURVEYED
STORM DAMAGE NEAR ABSHERS IN WILKES COUNTY NORTH CAROLINA WHICH
OCCURRED ON SEPTEMBER 5, 2011. HERE ARE SOME INITIAL CONCLUSIONS
ABOUT THIS DAMAGE.

IT WAS DETERMINED THE DAMAGE WAS CAUSED BY AN EF1 TORNADO...WITH
MAXIMUM WIND SPEEDS OF 100-105 MPH. THE TORNADO FIRST TOUCHED DOWN
AT AROUND 5:30 PM EDT ON GREEN STREET MOUNTAIN ROAD...JUST SOUTH
OF LONG BOTTOM ROAD BETWEEN ABSHERS AND JOYNES. IT TRACKED
NORTHWARD TOWARD STONE MOUNTAIN STATE PARK...DESTROYING 14
OUTBUILDINGS AND DOING AT LEAST MINOR DAMAGE TO THREE HOMES. A
LARGE OAK TREE WAS UPROOTED NEAR THE INITIAL TOUCHDOWN POINT.
THERE WAS INTERMITTENT TREE DAMAGE IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF STONE
MOUNTAIN STATE PARK AS WELL.

A FINAL ASSESSMENT INCLUDING SPECIFIC DETAILS ABOUT PATH LENGTH
AND WIDTH...AS WELL AS LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE COORDINATES...ARE EXPECTED TO
BE COMPLETED AND TRANSMITTED VIA ANOTHER PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
BEFORE 10PM EDT.