Tuesday, April 29, 2008

More confirmed tornadoes from Monday.

The number is up! According to the National Weather Service there have been six confirmed tornadoes in Virginia from yesterday's event. Below is an image from the NWS showing the life span of the six tornadoes.

Here is a recap of the event, issued in a public information statement by the National Weather Service in Wakefield, Va.

"A SMALL BUT INTENSE CLUSTER OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPED IN A WARM...MOIST AIR MASS AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT ON MONDAYAPRIL 28...2008.

THE STRONGEST STORMS OCCURRED OVER SOUTHEASTVIRGINIA AND PRODUCED SIX TORNADOES. THE STRONGEST TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN NEAR SUFFOLK, VA AT APPROXIMATELY 405 PM. MONDAY AFTERNOON.

THE TORNADO HAD A PATH LENGTH OF ABOUT 10 MILES LONG AND A QUARTER MILE WIDE. THE PRELIMINARY RATING OF THIS TORNADO IS AN EF-3...PENDING FURTHER ASSESSMENT. THE TORNADO WAS ON THE GROUND FOR ABOUT 15 MINUTES AND CAUSED WIDESPREAD DAMAGE TO HOMES AND A FEW BUSINESSES THROUGHOUT SUFFOLK, VA."

So far, no tornadoes or waterspouts have been reported from the Doppler indicated rotation over Delmarva.

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