EF-1 Tornado Impacts Halifax County, VA Sept 4th, 2025

EF-1 Tornado Impacts Halifax County, VA near Cluster Springs, Sept 4th 2025

Public Information Statement
National Weather Service Blacksburg VA
625 PM EDT Fri Sep 5 2025

...EF-1 TORNADO OCCURRING ON SEPT 4TH NEAR CLUSTER SPRINGS
IN HALIFAX COUNTY CONFIRMED...

...NWS Damage Survey for 09/04/2025 Tornado Event Updated... 

.Overview...
An intense thunderstorm moved across southern Halifax
County, Virginia during the afternoon of September 4th. A tornado
formed within an area of straight-line damaging winds, touching
down just west of Cherry Hill Church Road, then traveling east of
and lifting before reaching Arthur Ware Trail. The tornado snapped
and uprooted 50-100 trees. The tornadic winds damaged the outer
wall of a modular home just below the roof line. The tornado
touched down at 451 PM, traveled just over a quarter of mile
and lifted at 452 PM.


.Halifax County Tornado...

Rating:                 EF-1
Estimated Peak Wind:    105 mph
Path Length /statute/:  0.3 miles
Path Width /maximum/:   225 yards
Fatalities:             0
Injuries:               0

Start Date:             09/04/2025
Start Time:             4:51 PM EDT
Start Location:         1.6 miles northeast of Cluster Springs, VA
Start Lat/Lon:          36.637/-78.887

End Date:               09/04/2025
End Time:               4:52 PM EDT
End Location:           1.8 miles northeast of Cluster Springs, VA
End Lat/Lon:            36.637/-78.882


National Weather Service is extremely grateful to Halifax County 
Department of Emergency Services and to the local residents 
impacted by this event, who assisted in this survey.


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EF Scale: The Enhanced Fujita Scale classifies tornadoes into the
following categories:

EF0.....65 to 85 mph
EF1.....86 to 110 mph
EF2.....111 to 135 mph
EF3.....136 to 165 mph
EF4.....166 to 200 mph
EF5.....>200 mph

NOTE:
The information in this statement is preliminary and subject to
change pending final review of the event and publication in NWS
Storm Data.