A dynamic pattern across the country with accumulating heavy wet snow expected across the northern Rockies late this weekend. Meanwhile, deep tropical moisture is expected to move ashore across the Gulf Coast States with the threat of heavy rainfall. This threat extends into the upper Midwest where flash flooding will be possible. In addition, a heat wave is building from the Plains into Northeast Read More >
2 Confirmed Tornadoes Jun 2, 2012
Hampton & Petersburg.....Surveys continue......
...TORNADO CONFIRMED NEAR HAMPTON VIRGINIA... LOCATION...HAMPTON VIRGINIA DATE...JUN 1 2012 ESTIMATED TIME...8:13 PM MAXIMUM EF-SCALE RATING...1 ESTIMATED MAXIMUM WIND SPEED...98 MPH MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH...0.3 MILES PATH LENGTH...3.5 MILES BEGINNING LAT/LON...37.0034 ENDING LAT/LON...-76.3553 * FATALITIES...0 * INJURIES...MINOR * 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 WAKEFIELD VA HAS CONFIRMED A TORNADO NEAR HAMPTON IN HAMPTON COUNTY VIRGINIA ON JUN 2 2012 . THE TORNADO BEGAN AS A WATERSPOUT TOUCHDOWN WITH POWER FLASHES ON THE MONITOR MERRIMAC BRIDGE. ITS TRACK WENT OVER CHESAPEAKE AVENUE... THROUGH DOWNTOWN HAMPTON...TO THE HAMPTON YACHT CLUB BEFORE MOVING INTO THE CHESAPEAKE BAY. TENTS AT THE BLACKBEARD FESTIVAL WERE BLOWN OVER. HUNDREDS OF HOMES WERE DAMAGED AT BOTH THE MERRIMAC SHORES AND WITHE NEIGHBORHOODS. AT THE HAMPTON YACHT CLUB...WINDOWS WERE BLOWN OUT AND THE ROOF WAS PARTIALLY DAMAGED. THE HAMPTON ROADS SEA FOOD BUILDING ON SUNSET ROAD ALSO EXPERIENCED ROOF DAMAGE. THIS INFORMATION CAN ALSO BE FOUND ON OUR WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV/AKQ. 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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...TORNADO CONFIRMED NEAR PETERSBURG IN VIRGINIA...
LOCATION...PETERSBURG VIRGINIA DATE...JUN 1 2012 ESTIMATED TIME...7:02 PM TO 7:09 PM MAXIMUM EF-SCALE RATING...EF0 ESTIMATED MAXIMUM WIND SPEED...80 - 85 MPH MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH...150-200 YARDS PATH LENGTH...3.0 MILES BEGINNING LAT/LON...37.1791 / -77.3817 ENDING LAT/LON...37.2201 / -77.3638 * FATALITIES...0 * INJURIES...5 MINOR (CUTS AND BRUISES)
* 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 WAKEFIELD VA HAS CONFIRMED A TORNADO NEAR PETERSBURG VIRGINIA ON JUN 1 2012.
THE TORNADO TRACKED APPROXIMATELY 3 MILES BEGINNING ON THE WESTERN EDGE OF FT. HAYES COMMON...WHERE A COUPLE OF TREES WERE DAMAGED. IT THEN CONTINUED NORTHEAST THROUGH PORTIONS OF THE BATTLEFIELD PARK, OAKHURST AND EAST WALNUT HILL SECTIONS OF PETERSBURG. THE TORNADO THEN CROSSED INTERSTATE 95, CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE, MAINLY WINDOWS BLOWN OUT AND SIGNS DAMAGED, JUST EAST OF THE INTERSECTION OF RT. 460 AND HICKORY HILL ROAD. THE LAST DAMAGE/DEBRIS WAS OBSERVED ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE PETERSBURG NATIONAL BATTLEFIELD. THE TORNADO DAMAGE WAS CHARACTERIZED BY TREES, LARGE LIMBS AND POWER LINES DOWN. A NUMBER OF TREES FELL ON HOMES. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE OCCURRED IN THE EAST WALNUT HILL NEIGHBORHOOD...AND THE NORTHEAST SECTIONS OF THE OAKHURST NEIGHBORHOOD.
THIS INFORMATION CAN ALSO BE FOUND ON OUR WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV/AKQ.
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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