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NORTHERN BALTIMORE-HARFORD-MONTGOMERY-HOWARD-SOUTHERN BALTIMORE-
PRINCE GEORGES-ANNE ARUNDEL-CHARLES-ST. MARYS-CALVERT-
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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
958 PM EDT SAT APR 20 2013

...TORNADO CONFIRMED IN THE CITY OF FREDERICKSBURG VIRGINIA...

LOCATION...CITY OF FREDERICKSBURG VIRGINIA 
DATE...APRIL 19 2013 
ESTIMATED TIME...6:36 PM TO 6:37 PM EDT 
MAXIMUM EF-SCALE RATING...EF-1 
ESTIMATED MAXIMUM WIND SPEED...90 MPH 
MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH...150 YARD
PATH LENGTH...0.75 MILES
BEGINNING LAT/LON...38.30N / 77.49W 
ENDING LAT/LON...38.31N / 77.49W
* 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 BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC HAS CONFIRMED
A TORNADO STRUCK THE CITY OF FREDERICKSBURG VIRGINIA ON APRIL 19
2013 WITH MAXIMUM WINDS OF 90 MPH.

THE TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN AT 6:36 PM EDT ON THE WESTWOOD SHOPPING
PLAZA...RIPPING OFF ROOFING MATERIALS AND VENTILATION UNITS. IT
TRAVELED NORTHEAST THROUGH A RESIDENTIAL AREA UPROOTING AND
TOPPING TREES AND CAUSING ROOFING DAMAGE. THE TORNADO PASSED JUST
WEST OF THE MERCER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND ADJACENT POLICE
BARRACKS...RIPPING THE ROOF OFF OF AN APARTMENT BUILDING ALONG
COWAN BLVD AND THROWING IT ACROSS THE STREET. A LAW ENFORCEMENT
OFFICER SAW THE TORNADO CROSS COWAN BLVD AND THEN DISSIPATE BEFORE
IT REACHED MARY WASHINGTON HOSPITAL AT 6:37 PM. THE TOTAL PATH
LENGTH WAS THREE QUARTERS OF A MILE.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EXTENDS ITS GRATITUDE TO CITY
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT FROM THE CITY OF FREDERICKSBURG FOR THEIR
ASSISTANCE.

&&

...INTENSE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS CONFIRMED IN SPOSTYLVANIA COUNTY VIRGINIA...

* 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 BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC HAS
CONFIRMED THAT INTENSE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS STRUCK SPOTSYLVANIA
COUNTY VIRGINIA FRIDAY NIGHT BETWEEN 6:05 PM AND 6:40 PM...TRAVELING
SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST THROUGH THE COUNTY DURING THAT TIME.
MAXIMUM WIND SPEEDS ARE ESTIMATED TO HAVE BEEN 80 MPH IN PLACES.
WHILE THERE WERE POCKETS OF WIND DAMAGE COUNTYWIDE...THERE WERE A
FEW AREAS WHERE THE DAMAGE WAS MORE CONSOLIDATED AND EXCEPTIONAL.

IN THE WESTERN TIP OF THE COUNTY...IN THE BELMONT AREA NEAR LAKE
ANNA...THERE WAS SIGNIFICANT TREE DAMAGE AND ROOFING DAMAGE TO
SEVERAL HOMES. THERE WAS ONE HOME THAT HAD ITS SIDE PUSHED IN BY
THE WIND. NUMEROUS TREES WERE UPROOTED. BLUE RIDGE ROAD...DAIRY
DRIVE...KELLYS LANDING...JONES POWELL ROAD...LAWYERS ROAD...AND
POST OAK ROAD WERE JUST SOME OF THE ROADS AND AREAS AFFECTED BY TREE
DAMAGE AND TREES INTO HOMES.

A SERVICE STATION HAD MUCH OF ITS FLAT ROOF BLOWN OFF ALONG POST
OAK ROAD NEAR MARGO.

A MOTEL 6 NEAR THE I-95 AND US-17 INTERSECTION JUST SOUTH OF
FREDERICKSBURG HAD PART OF ITS ROOF BLOWN OFF BY THE STRONG
STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EXTENDS ITS GRATITUDE TO SPOTSYLVANIA
COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT FOR THEIR ASSISTANCE.

$$

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