Severe Thunderstorms and Heavy Rainfall in the Southern Plains; Heat Continues in the West

Strong to severe thunderstorms may bring areas of excessive rainfall and flooding over parts of the southern Plains today through Friday. Hot to dangerously hot temperatures are forecast across portions of the Pacific Northwest and southern Great Basin today. Gusty winds, dry, and hot conditions will bring critical fire weather to parts of central Washington state today. Read More >

April 10, 2009
Counties: Lincoln (from Pulaski)
EF-scale: EF1
Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Path width: 100 yards
Path length: 6.5 miles
Time: 3:17pm EDT - 3:27pm EDT
Notes: Once the tornado crossed into Lincoln County, it first destroyed a metal shed and blew it 700 feet away. Half of the roof of a mobile home was also taken off. The tornado then crossed US 27, destroying several barns, uprooting and snapping trees, and damaging several homes. Three miles east of Waynesburg a mobile home was completely destroyed and a house was pushed 30 feet off of its foundation. The tornado was at its strongest right before it dissipated. The tornado went over a hill and down into a holler where multiple vortices were witnessed. A mobile home was destroyed and a conventional home was shoved 10 feet off of its foundation. The tornado dissipated about a minute later.

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Severe Thunderstorms and Heavy Rainfall in the Southern Plains; Heat Continues in the West

Tornadoes of April 10, 2009