October 13, 2011 Severe Weather

Areas of Excessive Rainfall and Severe Thunderstorms for Friday

Heavy to excessive rainfall may produce areas of flooding Friday and Friday night from central Texas into the lower Mississippi Valley. Scattered strong to severe thunderstorms are expected from central Texas to middle Tennessee and central Kentucky Friday afternoon into early Friday night. Large hail and damaging winds are the main threats. 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.