Avdave Posted April 10, 2011 Share Posted April 10, 2011 BP gas stations right off I 81 in Draper, VA Draper, VA tornado Draper Tornado--I have my doubts on this photo though it was an EF 2 Damaged home in Pulaski, VA Damaged home in Pulaski, VA Tree damage in Pulaski, VA Storm clouds over Pulaski Pulaski Home damaged Home flattened in Draper, VA tornado Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Midlo Snow Maker Posted April 10, 2011 Share Posted April 10, 2011 impressive pics looks like a 2x4 went throught the house, bottom right of pic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitemountainhiker Posted April 10, 2011 Share Posted April 10, 2011 Wow, amazing tornado pics. That is E F2 damage? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avdave Posted April 11, 2011 Author Share Posted April 11, 2011 Wow, amazing tornado pics. That is E F2 damage? PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 201 PM EDT SAT APR 9 2011 ...MULTIPLE TORNADOES CONFIRMED ON APRIL 8 2011... ...TORNADO CONFIRMED NEAR PULASKI IN PULASKI COUNTY VIRGINIA... LOCATION...PULASKI IN PULASKI COUNTY VIRGINIA DATE...APRIL 8 2011 ESTIMATED TIME...733 PM EDT MAXIMUM EF-SCALE RATING...EF2 ESTIMATED MAXIMUM WIND SPEED...125 MPH MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH...440 YARDS PATH LENGTH...1.95 MILES BEGINNING LAT/LON...37.049N / 80.803W ENDING LAT/LON...37.033N / 80.775W * FATALITIES...0 * INJURIES...8 ...SUMMARY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG VA HAS CONFIRMED A TORNADO NEAR PULASKI IN PULASKI COUNTY VIRGINIA ON APRIL 8 2011. INITIAL TOUCHDOWN OCCURRED ALONG THE MOUNT OLIVET ROAD. TORNADO TRAVELED SOUTHEAST WITH THE MOST SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE ALONG PULASKI STREET...VALLEY ROAD...AND MAPLE STREET. SEVERAL ROOFS WERE TORN OFF OF HOMES...A VEHICLE FLIPPED OVER AND NUMEROUS LARGE TREES SNAPPED OFF. STORM LIFTED UP NEAR THE INTERCHANGE OF HIGHWAY 11 AND HERMOSA DRIVE. && ...TORNADO CONFIRMED NEAR DRAPER IN PULASKI COUNTY VIRGINIA LOCATION...NEAR DRAPER IN PULASKI COUNTY VIRGINIA DATE...APRIL 8 2011 ESTIMATED TIME...737 PM EDT MAXIMUM EF-SCALE RATING...EF1 ESTIMATED MAXIMUM WIND SPEED...105-110 MPH MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH...480 YARDS PATH LENGTH...2.6 MILES BEGINNING LAT/LON...37.028N / 80.774W ENDING LAT/LON...36.997N / 80.743W * FATALITIES...0 * INJURIES...0 ...SUMMARY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG VA HAS CONFIRMED A TORNADO NEAR DRAPER IN PULASKI COUNTY VIRGINIA ON APRIL 8 2011. INITIAL TOUCHDOWN ON HIGHWAY 11 NEAR THE NATIONAL GUARD ARMORY. STORM TRACKED SOUTHEAST CROSSING INTERSTATE 81 AT DRAPER NEAR EXIT 92. THERE WAS SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE IN THE AREA TO A GAS STATION AND MANY HOMES. ONE MOBILE HOME WAS COMPLETELY DESTROYED. NUMEROUS TREES WERE ALSO SNAPPED OFF. THE STORM EVENTUALLY LIFTED UP EAST OF OLD BALTIMORE ROAD. THIS INFORMATION CAN ALSO BE FOUND ON OUR WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV/RNK. FOR REFERENCE...THE ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE CLASSIFIES TORNADOES INTO THE FOLLOWING CATEGORIES: EF0...WIND SPEEDS 65 TO 85 MPH. EF1...WIND SPEEDS 86 TO 110 MPH. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted April 11, 2011 Share Posted April 11, 2011 the "tornado pic" doesnt even look like a storm.. looks like high clouds going behind a hill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avdave Posted April 11, 2011 Author Share Posted April 11, 2011 the "tornado pic" doesnt even look like a storm.. looks like high clouds going behind a hill. Yeah I was skeptical when I saw that one, Im sure some slipped it in as a joke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disc Posted April 11, 2011 Share Posted April 11, 2011 More. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huffwx Posted April 16, 2011 Share Posted April 16, 2011 50-60 homes condemned from this-- I'd been to Pulaski 4-5 times in the past 3 months. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIC Airport Posted April 18, 2011 Share Posted April 18, 2011 This strikes me as pretty unusual given the terrain in that part of the state. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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