Tornado Reports
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| 13:51Z | EF2 | KMLB | FL | Okeechobee | Ft Drum | A NWS damage survey found that tornado damage began in Fort Drum, just west of US-441 and NW 358th Boulevard. The tornado continued eastward for 4.1 miles, crossing Highway 441 and the Florida Turnpike before dissipating. While much of the path occurred through an unpopulated area, several streets and mobile homes were impacted. Three mobile homes were destroyed, 1 sustained major damage, 13 had minor damage and an additional two were affected. Many trees were snapped, twisted above the base or uprooted. The tornado reached peak intensity just east of Highway 441, where mobile home and tree damage suggested winds reached near 115 mph (EF-2). There were no casualties as most of the residents in the affected area were not at home during the tornado. DI3, DOD8, EXP-LB; DI27, DOD4, EXP-UB. |
| 14:18Z | EF0 | KTBW | FL | Lee | Saint James City | Emergency management reported and broadcast media received video of a tornado that crossed the southern point of Pine Island. The tornado then became a waterspout as it moved east and into Fort Myers. On Pine Island, the tornado damaged a carport. |
| 14:30Z | EF0 | KTBW | FL | Lee | Punta Rassa | Emergency management reported and broadcast media received video of a tornado that crossed the southern point of Pine Island. The tornado then became a waterspout as it moved east and into Fort Myers towards Lakes Regional Park. In Fort Myers, the tornado destroyed one mobile home, damaged trees, fences, and car ports, and lifted a metal dock out of the water at Lakes Regional Park. One person sustained minor injuries. |
| 16:09Z | EF1 | KAKQ | VA | Lancaster | Irvington | The tornado touched down near the boundary of Lancaster County and the Rappahannock River. The tornado then proceeded across West Irvington and Irvington where it reached its maximum intensity of up to 90 mph. Damage included loss of roofing material, gutters and/or awnings, and siding material, as well as uprooted and snapped hardwood trees. The tornado continued to the northeast with the last damage observed in a wooded area on the east side of the Hills Quarter Subdivision near King Carter Golf course. |
| 16:29Z | EF0 | KLWX | VA | Orange | Unionville | The National Weather Service in Baltimore MD/Washington DC has |confirmed a tornado near Unionville in Orange County Virginia |on April 6, 2017.||The tornado caused extensive convergent tree damage intermittently |along its path, along with some minor structural damage. The first |instances of uprooted and snapped trees occurred near the |intersection of Everona Road and Deertrail Lane. The tornado |continued north-northeast, causing additional tree damage on |Signal Hill Lane. ||The most extensive impacts occurred along US Route 522 near Ida Mae |Lane, where many of the trees in the concentrated path of the |tornado were either snapped or uprooted in differing directions. At |least two trees fell on structures. Metal roofing and siding were |removed from a business on the sides of the building opposing storm |motion. Some of this material was lofted and landed in a yard 0.4|miles away. The wall of an outbuilding was displaced several |inches off its foundation. Several homes received minor damage to |shingles, gutters, and siding. Two residents in this area witnessed |the tornado and observed debris being lofted and swirling in the |air. The survey concluded that this concentrated tornadic damage was |embedded within a larger area of very strong straight-line winds, as |numerous trees were downed in unidirectional fashion along a 0.7 mile |stretch of US 522.||The next observable damage occurred on Pine Stake Road near Clover |Hill Farm Lane. Trees were downed in a convergent pattern along a |narrow path, and a wooden fence sustained damage. The tornado lifted |after this point, as no further damage was observed to the north-|northeast.||The National Weather Service would like to thank the Orange County |Emergency Management Agency and the residents interviewed for their |assistance in this survey. |
| 16:58Z | EF0 | KLWX | VA | Fauquier | Turnbull | The National Weather Service in Baltimore MD/Washington DC has |confirmed a tornado southwest of Warrenton in Fauquier County |Virginia on April 6, 2017.||An extensive area of tree damage was noted along a several mile long |path in west-central Fauquier County. Embedded within this straight-|line wind damage was a small concentrated area of convergent tree |damage consistent with an EF-0 tornado.||A row of trees just north of Harts Mill Road was blown down towards |the west-northwest, while several other trees just south of the road |were snapped and fell towards the northeast. A similar pattern of tree |damage was found at a residence on Woodbourne Lane a quarter mile to |the northeast, where several dozen hardwood trees were uprooted, mainly |falling towards the east but a couple fell towards the west.||Further southwest and to the northeast of the tornadic damage, |hardwood and softwood trees were snapped and uprooted but all falling |to the northeast over a nearly mile-wide swath, indicating straight-line |wind damage. It is notable that the straight-line wind damage was more |severe than that caused by the brief tornado.||The National Weather Service would like to thank the Fauquier County |Emergency Management Agency and the residents interviewed for their |assistance in this survey. |
| 17:08Z | EF0 | KLWX | VA | Fauquier | Bethel | The National Weather Service in Baltimore MD/Washington DC has |confirmed a tornado near Airlie in Fauquier County Virginia on April |6, 2017.||The tornado caused a nearly continuous path of convergent tree damage. |Large to mid sized trees were snapped and uprooted. The most intense |of which was the result of estimated wind speeds of 85 mph that |snapped several large trees on Airlie Road between Artillery Road |and The Rainforest Trust. The first trees downed were noted just |west of US 17. After crossing Airlie Road, the tornado snapped and |uprooted trees all along Blantyre Road. Continuous damage stopped |just prior to Interstate 66.||The National Weather Service would like to thank the Fauquier County |Emergency Management Agency and the residents interviewed for their |assistance in this survey. |
| 17:08Z | EF0 | KLWX | VA | Fauquier | New Baltimore | The National Weather Service in Baltimore MD/Washington DC has |confirmed a tornado near New Baltimore in Fauquier County |Virginia on April 6, 2017.||The tornado caused a continuous path of extensive tree damage, |along with some minor structural damage. The first instances |of uprooted and snapped trees occurred just northwest of the |intersection of Lee Highway and Electric Avenue. The tornado |continued north-northeast, generally along Beverlys Mill Road,|causing additional damage to just north of Fairview Lane.||Extensive tree damage was found along the tornados path, |where many hardwood and softwood trees were either snapped, |topped or uprooted in a convergent pattern. Several trees |fell on vehicles. Wooded fences were blown down in several |locations along its path. A roof was partially removed from |a barn. Other metal roofing was removed from smaller outbuildings. |Several sheds were either destroyed or severely damaged. Most homes |in the path had minor damage to shingles, gutters and siding.||Two residents in the area witnessed the tornado with debris |being lofted.||The National Weather Service would like to thank Fauquier |County Emergency Management Agency and the residents interviewed |for their assistance in this survey. |
| 17:09Z | EF0 | KAKQ | VA | Chesapeake (c) | Hickory | The tornado touched down near Delia Drive where it destroyed an RV and stripped siding off a house. The tornado moved north northeast and severely damaged a concession stand, a small barn and an outbuilding at Hickory Ridge Farm on Battlefield Boulevard. The tornado proceeded to cross Battlefield Boulevard then crossed Head of the River Road where it reached its strongest point with an estimated wind speed of up to 80 mph. Numerous pine trees were snapped, blocking the road and taking down power lines. Shingle loss less than 20 percent was also evident in the area. The tornado then crossed Beaverdam Road maintaining intensity near 75 mph. The tornado weakened as it crossed Land of Promise Road, but was still strong enough to down a pine tree into a house. The tornado dissipated shortly thereafter. |
| 17:34Z | EF0 | KLWX | VA | Fairfax | Herndon Hgts | A path of sporadic damage, mainly to trees, began just east |of Rock Hill Road in between the Dulles Greene and Capstone |apartment complexes in Herndon. About a half dozen trees here |were either snapped or uprooted in a convergent pattern. One of |the trees was thrown into the window of a nearby apartment |building.||The National Weather Service would like to thank Fairfax and Loudoun |County Emergency Management Agency and the residents interviewed |for their assistance in this survey.||The tornado continued north-northeast, where additional tree |damage was noted near the intersections of Summerfield Drive |and Autumn Breeze Court, and Sterling Road (VA-606) and |Herndon Parkway. Several trees were downed from east to west, |and fencing was blown down north to south.||It appears the tornado lifted briefly as it continued |north-northeast, before touching down again near the intersection |of Crestview Drive and Builders Road. Here, nearly a dozen trees |were snapped or uprooted, mainly to the north, with fencing |blown down towards the trees (to the west). |
| 17:37Z | EF0 | KLWX | VA | Loudoun | Sterling | Additional minor and sporadic tree damage was noted in a |north-northeastward path, with several trees snapped and |uprooted and an instance of siding damage noted by a trained |spotter just east of South Lincoln Avenue. The tornado likely |lifted for a final time just northeast of the intersection of |East Frederick Drive and Sugarland Road in Sterling Park.||The National Weather Service would like to thank Fairfax and Loudoun |County Emergency Management Agency and the residents interviewed |for their assistance in this survey. |
| 17:39Z | EF0 | KLWX | VA | Arlington | South Washington | Trees were snapped along Interstate 395 adjacent to Army-Navy |Country Club at approximately 1:39 PM EDT. Video of a portion of |the Pentagon Parking Lot showed a vortex cross between two light |poles, ripping off one lamp from the top of the poles. Additional |video from the Pentagon showed two rope-like funnel clouds form at|the same time, although it could not be determined from the video|whether these funnels touched the ground or were attached to the |cloud base. Video from the National Park Service National Mall and|Memorial Parks showed a waterspout over the Potomac River west of |the Tidal Basin; however, it is not clear the vertical extent of |this waterspout and whether it was sourced from the cloud base, or|an independent vortex associated with the gust front. |
| 17:41Z | EF0 | KLWX | DC | District Of Columbia | Bolling Afb | The National Weather Service in Baltimore MD/Washington DC has |confirmed an EF-0 tornado initiating in Joint Base Anacostia Bolling |and continuing into Anacostia DC on April 6, 2017. On the two mile |path, the weak tornado caused several small and midsized trees to be |snapped and uprooted on base in a convergent manner. Flags were |stripped off their posts in the central roundabout. A large soccer |net was thrown from the athletic field. Shingle damage was noted to |one of the buildings. As the tornado crossed over Interstate 295 it |likely lifted off the ground. Trees were snapped higher up on the |trunks on the hill just east of the interstate. An apartment complex |was unroofed on Stanton Rd SE. Media reported one person was injured |by flying drywall. |
| 17:42Z | EF0 | KLWX | DC | District Of Columbia | Bolling Afb | The waterspout then moved onshore near the George Mason Memorial |at the Tidal Basin at approximately 1:41 PM EDT. Here, multiple |large softwood and hardwood trees, including several ornamental |cherry trees, had large branches downed and/or were uprooted |around the Tidal Basin. While some minor tree damage was evidenced|near the George Mason Memorial on the southwest side of the Tidal|Basin, the most concentrated damage was in the grove of trees |directly adjacent to the parking lot of the Tidal Basin Marina.||The last damage reported to the NWS was to the roof of the St. |Aloysius Church at the intersection of North Capitol and I |Streets NW at 145 PM EDT. |
Storm reports are derived from "The Storm Events Database" (National Centers for Environmental Information) and/or "Past Storm Reports" (Storm Prediction Center).