Weak tornadoes across southwest Virginia
June 16, 2009
On June 16, 2009, a line of severe thunderstorms moved across southwest Virginia and produced some brief, weak tornadoes. A storm survey determined that three EF0 tornadoes touched down in Lee, Russell, and Washington counties of southwest Virginia.
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
1115 PM EDT WED JUN 17 2009
...THREE SEPARATE AREAS OF BRIEF EF0 TORNADO DAMAGE CONFIRMED IN
LEE...RUSSELL AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN HAS COMPLETED AN ASSESSMENT
OF THE DAMAGE THAT OCCURRED IN PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA ON
TUESDAY EVENING. IN LEE COUNTY VIRGINIA...IT HAS BEEN DETERMINED
THAT AN EF0 TORNADO WITH MAXIMUM WIND SPEEDS OF 65 MILES AN HOUR...
BRIEFLY TOUCHED DOWN IN JONESVILLE VIRGINIA. THE TORNADO HAD A PATH
LENGTH OF A TENTH OF A MILE AND PATH WIDTH OF 20 YARDS.
A SECOND EF0 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN BRIEFLY NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF
HIGHWAYS 71 AND 58 IN RUSSELL COUNTY VIRGINIA. THIS TORNADO PRODUCED
SOME TREE DAMAGE JUST SOUTH OF THE CASTLEWOOD VIRGINIA AREA. THE
MAXIMUM WIND SPEED OF THIS TORNADO WAS 70 MILES AN HOUR...WITH A
PATH WIDTH ALSO AT 20 YARDS AND A PATH LENGTH OF TWO TENTHS OF A
MILE.
THE THIRD EFO TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN BRIEFLY ABOUT THREE MILES
SOUTHEAST OF ABINGDON VIRGINIA...HAD A 20 YARD PATH WIDTH...PATH
LENGTH OF A TENTH OF A MILE...AND PRODUCED MAXIMUM WIND SPEEDS AT
70 MILES AN HOUR. A FEW TREES WERE DOWNED DUE TO THE TORNADO.
STORM SURVEY COMPLETED BY: TIM TROUTMAN...WARNING COORDINATION
METEOROLOGIST
KMRX radar image at 6:44 PM EDT of the tornadic storm as it moved across Lee county on June 16, 2009.
KMRX radar image at 7:52 PM EDT of the tornadic storm as it moved across Russell county on June 16, 2009.
KMRX radar image at 8:00 PM EDT of the tornadic storm as it moved across Washington county VA on June 16, 2009.
Tree damage from a brief EF0 tornado on June 16, 2009.
Additional tree damage from a brief EF0 tornado on June 16, 2009.
Funnel cloud observed across southwest Virginia on June 16, 2009.
Wider view of funnel cloud observed across southwest Virginia on June 16, 2009.
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