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Middletown EF-0

 

...EF-0 TORNADO CONFIRMED NEAR MIDDLETOWN VIRGINIA...

LOCATION...JUST NORTHEAST OF STRASBURG VA IN SHENANDOAH COUNTY TO
JUST NORTH OF MIDDLETOWN VA IN FREDERICK COUNTY
DATE...APRIL 28 2011
ESTIMATED TIME...3:45 AM TO 3:49 AM EDT 
MAXIMUM EF-SCALE RATING...EF-0 
MAXIMUM WIND SPEED...70 MPH 
MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH...175 YARDS 
LENGTH...4.3 MILES 
BEGINNING LAT/LON...39.001N / 78.336W 
ENDING LAT/LON...39.046N / 78.281W
* 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 AND EYEWITNESS REPORTS DETERMINED THAT AN EF-0 TORNADO 
TRACKED FROM NORTHEAST OF STRASBURG TO THE WEST SIDE OF MIDDLETOWN. 
THE TORNADO UPROOTED AND SNAPPED SEVERAL TREES..UNROOFED A POLE 
BARN...AND REMOVED SEVERAL SHINGLES FROM A HOUSE. THE TORNADO 
CROSSED INTERSTATE 81 AND ROUTE 11.