October 13, 2011 Severe Weather

Edouard Continues to Impact Texas; Severe Storms and Heavy Rain from the Lower Great Lakes to Mid-Atlantic

Edouard will continue to bring gusty winds, heavy rainfall, and a flash flood threat over parts of eastern Texas. Severe thunderstorms and heavy rain are possible across portions of the eastern Great Lakes to the Mid-Atlantic overnight. Severe storms are also expected across parts of Montana. Dangerous heat persists over the central and eastern states through Friday night. Read More >

...EF-0 TORNADO CONFIRMED NEAR TRIANGLE VA... LOCATION...TRIANGLE IN PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY VIRGINIA DATE...OCTOBER 13 2011 ESTIMATED TIME...5:29 PM TO 5:32 PM EDT MAXIMUM EF-SCALE RATING...EF-0 MAXIMUM WIND SPEED...65 MPH MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH...75 YARDS LENGTH...1.5 MILES BEGINNING LAT/LON...38.532N / 77.357W ENDING LAT/LON...38.553N / 77.346W * 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 NORTH FROM THE STAFFORD AND PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY BORDER TO TRIANGLE. ALONG THE WAY IT SPORADICALLY UPROOTED AND SNAPPED SEVERAL TREES...INCLUDING SOME ON FOREST GREENS GOLF COURSE. SEVERAL VIDEOS WERE TAKEN AS THE TORNADO PASSED OVER TRAFFIC ON INTERSTATE 95 AT RUSH HOUR...THOUGH ONLY LEAF DAMAGE WAS NOTED AT THAT TIME.