Richmond, Va. – The National Weather Service in Wakefield has confirmed that three EF-0 tornadoes touched down Thursday night in the Northern Neck.
Two of the tornadoes occurred in Richmond County and the third was in Lancaster County. No fatalities or injuries occurred in any of the storms. However, many areas did see damage and uprooted trees.
Further south, in Accomack County, straight line winds also caused damage to a local marina and uprooted several trees.
Here’s the official report from the National Weather Service:
A SURVEY OF THE DAMAGE IN RICHMOND AND LANCASTER COUNTIES REVEALED
THAT 3 EF-0 TORNADOES OCCURRED WITH THE STORM THAT MOVED SOUTHEAST
ACROSS THE AREA THURSDAY NIGHT…JUNE 18TH. THE STORM TRACKED ON THE
NORTH SIDE OF THE RAPPAHANNOCK RIVER REMAINING OVER RICHMOND AND
LANCASTER COUNTIES. THE FOLLOWING IS A SUMMARY OF THE EVENT.
EVENT- EF-0 TORNADOES
LOCATION…THE STORM FIRST DEVELOPED WEST OF NEWLAND AND QUICKLY
INTENSIFIED MOVING SOUTHEAST. TORNADOES WERE DETERMINED TO HAVE
TOUCHED DOWN IN 3 SEPARATE LOCATIONS ALONG THE PATH OF THE STORM.
THE FIRST TORNADO BEGAN 2 MILES WEST OF GERMAN’S CORNER IN RICHMOND
COUNTY TRACKING SOUTHEAST FOR 6 MILES PASSING NEAR NAYLORS BEACH AND
CROSSING HIGHWAY 360. PEAK WINDS WERE BETWEEN 70 TO 80 MPH.
THE SECOND TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN JUST NORTH AND NORTHEAST OF SHARPS
NEAR IVONDALE IN RICHMOND COUNTY. THE TORNADO TRACKED ALONG FARNHAM
CREEK ROAD CROSSING HALES POINT ROAD AND SIMONSON ROAD. THIS TORNADO
TRACKED AROUND 2.5 TO 3 MILES UPROOTING AND SNAPPING TREES WITH
AROUND 70 MPH WINDS.
THE THIRD AND LAST TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN IN LANCASTER COUNTY NEAR
MOLLUSK TRACKING SOUTHEAST TO OTTOMAN. THIS WAS THE WEAKEST OF THE
THREE TORNADOES REMAINING MOSTLY IN THE TREES TOPS AND BOUNCING AS IT
TRACKED SOUTHEAST FOR ABOUT 4 MILES.
THE TORNADO PARALLELED RIVER ROAD EVENTUALLY CROSSING RIVER ROAD
NEAR OTTOMAN. WINDS WERE AROUND 65 TO 70 MPH.
TORNADO ONE
ESTIMATED TIME…8:53 PM TO 9:08 PM EDT
MAXIMUM EF-SCALE RATING…EF-0
ESTIMATED MAXIMUM WIND SPEED…70 TO 80 MPH
MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH…100 YARDS
PATH LENGTH…6 MILES
BEGINNING LAT/LON…38.00N / 76.88W
ENDING LAT/LON…37.95N / 76.80W
* FATALITIES…0
* INJURIES…0
* DAMAGE DETAILS…HARDWOOD TREES UPROOTED AND SNAPPED.
TORNADO TWO
ESTIMATED TIME…9:28 PM TO 9:38 PM EDT
MAXIMUM EF-SCALE RATING…EF-0
ESTIMATED MAXIMUM WIND SPEED…60 TO 70 MPH
MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH…50 YARDS
PATH LENGTH…3 MILES
BEGINNING LAT/LON…37.85N / 76.67W
ENDING LAT/LON…37.83N / 76.62W
* FATALITIES…0
* INJURIES…0
* DAMAGE DETAILS…HARDWOOD TREES UPROOTED AND SNAPPED.
TORNADO THREE
ESTIMATED TIME…9:51 PM TO 10:06 PM EDT
MAXIMUM EF-SCALE RATING…EF-0
ESTIMATED MAXIMUM WIND SPEED…60 TO 70 MPH
MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH…50 YARDS
PATH LENGTH…4 MILES
BEGINNING LAT/LON…37.74N / 76.55W
ENDING LAT/LON…37.69N / 76.52W
* FATALITIES…0
* INJURIES…0
* DAMAGE DETAILS…HARDWOOD TREES UPROOTED AND SNAPPED.
THERE WAS ADDITIONAL STRAIGHT LINE WIND DAMAGE NEAR NEWLAND…IN
WARSAW…MERRY POINT AND NORTH OF WEEMS.
NOTE…THE INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS PRELIMINARY AND SUBJECT
TO CHANGE PENDING FINAL REVIEW OF THE EVENT(S) AND PUBLICATION IN
NWS STORM DATA.
