October 13, 2011 Severe Weather

Fire Weather Concerns for a Large Part of the Central U.S.; Severe Weather in the Central Plains

Dry and windy conditions will bring widespread fire weather concerns to the northern/central Plains and portions of the Southwest into the southern Plains. Severe thunderstorms with large hail and damaging wind gusts are possible over the central Plains today into this weekend. Rain and high elevation snow is expected over parts of the Cascades and Northern Intermountain Region through Saturday. Read More >

...EF-0 TORNADO CONFIRMED NEAR AQUIA HARBOUR VA... LOCATION...AQUIA HARBOUR IN STAFFORD COUNTY VIRGINIA DATE...OCTOBER 13 2011 ESTIMATED TIME...5:22 PM TO 5:29 PM EDT MAXIMUM EF-SCALE RATING...EF-0 MAXIMUM WIND SPEED...80 MPH MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH...75 YARDS LENGTH...2.7 MILES BEGINNING LAT/LON...38.492N / 77.381W ENDING LAT/LON...38.529N / 77.364W * FATALITIES...NONE * INJURIES...NONE * 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... A GROUND SURVEY CONDUCTED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE...TOGETHER WITH RADAR DATA AND VIDEO REPORTS DETERMINED THAT AN EF-0 TORNADO TRACKED FROM NORTHERN AQUIA HARBOUR...NORTH OVER THE BORDER INTO PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY. ALONG THE WAY IT SPORADICALLY UPROOTED AND SNAPPED ABOUT A DOZEN TREES. HOMES IN THE COMMUNITY OFF MERRYVIEW DRIVE HAD MINOR ROOFING AND SIDING DAMAGE AS WELL AS A CHAIN LINK FENCE THAT WAS DOWNED. A BILLBOARD AND ITS POST WERE PUSHED NEARLY OVER. STAFFORD COUNTY FIRE ASSISTED WITH THE SURVEY.