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Heavy Rainfall for Portions of the West and Southern Plains; Dangerous Heat for the Northwest

Monsoonal flow coinciding with a frontal boundary will focus more showers and thunderstorms across the central Great Basin, central Rockies, Southwest into the Southern Plains. Heavy rainfall may bring about instances of flash flooding. Meanwhile, record setting heat continues for the Pacific Northwest through Monday. Heat combining with dry conditions could allow for any fires to quickly spread. Read More >

Reston EF-0

...EF-1 TORNADO CONFIRMED NEAR STAUNTON VIRGINIA...

LOCATION...CHURCHVILLE IN AUGUSTA COUNTY VA
DATE...APRIL 28 2011 
ESTIMATED TIME...2:17 AM TO 2:23 AM EDT 
MAXIMUM EF-SCALE RATING...EF-1 
MAXIMUM WIND SPEED...100 MPH 
MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH...150 YARDS
LENGTH...4.0 MILES 
BEGINNING LAT/LON...38.179N / 79.215W 
ENDING LAT/LON...38.225N / 79.170W
* 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 AUGUSTA COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE...TOGETHER WITH RADAR AND EYEWITNESS 
REPORTS DETERMINED THAT AN EF-1 TORNADO TRACKED FROM CHRISTIAN TO 
CHURCHVILLE VIRGINIA...5 MILES NORTHWEST OF STAUNTON. THE TORNADO 
SNAPPED AND UPROOTED NUMEROUS LARGE TREES...DAMAGED SEVERAL HOMES... 
REMOVED ROOFING ON MULTIPLE RESIDENCES AND DESTROYED SEVERAL 
OUTBUILDINGS.