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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
337 PM EDT WED JUL 6 2022
..UPDATED SURVEY FOR 07/05/22 LANCASTER TORNADO EVENT
.THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION WAS PROVIDED BY LANCASTER COUNTY EMERGENCY
SERVICES IN ADDITION TO IMAGES PROVIDED VIA EMAIL.
RATING: EF-0
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 70 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 11.5 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 50 TO 75 YARDS
FATALITIES: NONE
INJURIES: NONE
START DATE: JULY 05 2022
START TIME: 355 PM EDT
START LOCATION: JUST EAST OF WATER VIEW, VA
START LAT/LON: 37.7310 / -76.6000
END DATE: JULY 05 2022
END TIME: 413 PM EDT
END LOCATION: SOUTHEAST OF WEEMS OR JUST SOUTHWEST OF WHITE STONE
END LAT/LON: 37.6390 / -76.4250
A WEAK TORNADO FIEST DEVELOPED OVER THE RAPPAHANNOCK RIVER NEAR WATER VIEW
AND THEN TRACKED SOUTHEAST BETWEEN OTTOMAN AND SENORA IN LANCASTER COUNTY
CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE TO MAINLY TREES AND A FEW STRUCTURES AS IT CROSSED RIVER
RD. THE TORNADO CONTINUED SOUTHEAST CROSSING THE CORROTOMAN RIVER BEFORE
CROSSING THE SOUTH END OF WEEMS. MORE MINOR DAMAGE OCCURRED IN SOUTH WEEMS.
THE TORNADO THEN MOVED INTO THE RAPPAHANNOCK RIVER WHERE IT LATER DISSIPATED.
EF SCALE: THE ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE CLASSIFIES TORNADOES INTO THE
FOLLOWING CATEGORIES:
EF0...WEAK......65 TO 85 MPH
EF1...WEAK......86 TO 110 MPH
EF2...STRONG....111 TO 135 MPH
EF3...STRONG....136 TO 165 MPH
EF4...VIOLENT...166 TO 200 MPH
EF5...VIOLENT...>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.
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