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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
802 PM EST FRI MAR 7 2025
...NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 03/05/2025 WATERSPOUT/TORNADO AND SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM EVENT IN THE MIDDLE PENINSULA...
.WATERSPOUT/TORNADO NEAR ALLMONDSVILLE ROAD IN GLOUCESTER COUNTY
RATING: EF-0
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 75-85 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 0.25 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 75 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 03/05/2025
START TIME: 339 PM EST
START LOCATION: 0.5 MILES SE ALLMONDSVILLE
START LAT/LON: 37.387/-76.645
END DATE: 03/05/2025
END TIME: 340 PM EST
END LOCATION: 0.5 MILES SE ALLMONDSVILLE
END LAT/LON: 37.391/-76.664
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD HAS CONCLUDED THAT A
WATERSPOUT MOVED ONSHORE FROM THE YORK RIVER NEAR GLOUCESTER
INSTITUTE IN GLOUCESTER COUNTY. SEVERAL LARGE TREES WERE DOWNED
ON THIS PROPERTY, A LARGE PROPANE TANK WAS DISPLACED SEVERAL
HUNDRED FEET, SHINGLES WERE REMOVED FROM A COTTAGE, AND A SMALL
PILLAR WAS SHIFTED OFF THE AWNING WHICH IT WAS SUPPORTING. THE
TORNADO QUICKLY MOVED NORTH NORTHEAST AND LIFTED SOON AFTER
CROSSING ALLMONDSVILLE ROAD.
IN ADDITION TO THIS, NUMEROUS TREES WERE DOWNED THROUGHOUT
GLOUCESTER COUNTY CONSISTENT WITH THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS
OF 65 TO 75 MPH.
DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS NEAR GINNY POINT MARINA
PEAK WIND: 80 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 0.5 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 75 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 03/05/2025
START TIME: 351 PM EST
START LOCATION: NEAR THE PIANKATANK RIVER
START LAT/LON: 37.521/-76.407
END DATE: 03/05/2025
END TIME: 352 PM EST
END LOCATION: NEAR COBBS CREEK
END LAT/LON: 37.526/-76.403
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD HAS CONFIRMED THAT THE
DAMAGE NEAR GINNY POINT MARINA WERE CONSISTENT WITH WINDS FROM
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM STRAIGHT-LINE WINDS OF 80 MPH. OTHER
LOCATIONS IN THE COUNTY THAT SAW SIGNIFICANT TREE DAMAGE LIKELY
OBSERVED STRAIGHT-LINE WINDS OF 65 TO 75 MPH.
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 EVENTS AND PUBLICATION IN NWS
STORM DATA.
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