OVWA Region 5 - Information from the National Weather Service: ...NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 07/27/14 TORNADO EVENT - UPDATE # 1... .ROCK SPRINGS TORNADO... RATING: EF-3 ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 110 MPH PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 0.5 MILES PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 50 YARDS FATALITIES: 0 INJURIES: 0 START DATE: 07-27-2014 START TIME: 545 PM EDT START LOCATION: 3.7 WSW OF COLONIAL HEIGHTS START LAT/LON: 34.4620 / -82.5600 END DATE: 07-27-2014 END TIME: 546 PM EDT END LOCATION: 3.6 SW OF COLONIAL HEIGHTS END_LAT/LON: 36.4565 /-82.5555 SURVEY SUMMARY: ONE HOUSE HEAVILY DAMAGED, AND A FEW OTHER HOUSES AND BARNS WITH DAMAGE. NUMEROUS TREES UPROOTED OR SNAPPED OFF. 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. $$ Stay tuned for updates from the Ohio Valley Weather Authority.
Posted on: Mon, 28 Jul 2014 23:39:13 +0000
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