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Related: About this forumTornado warning.
includes DC.
National Weather Service in Sterling Virginia has issued a ... At 12:23 pm EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado was near Huntington, and was moving north at 35 mph ...
http://forecast.weather.gov/wwamap/wwatxtget.php?cwa=lwx&wwa=all
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Tornado warning. (Original Post)
elleng
Oct 2014
OP
There was one that started south of Alexandria and went north into the city.
mahatmakanejeeves
Oct 2014
#2
FSogol
(45,485 posts)1. The watch was lifted at 1 pm. Don't think any formed. n/t
mahatmakanejeeves
(57,446 posts)2. There was one that started south of Alexandria and went north into the city.
It started near the Belle Haven shopping center and headed NNE into the southern part of the city of Alexandria.
NWSChat
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
522 PM EDT MON OCT 20 2014
...TORNADO CONFIRMED NEAR ALEXANDRIA IN EASTERN FAIRFAX COUNTY COUNTY VIRGINIA...
LOCATION...EASTERN FAIRFAX COUNTY AND THE CITY OF ALEXANDRIA VIRGINIA
DATE...OCTOBER 15 2014
ESTIMATED TIME...12:23 PM TO 12:26 PM EDT
MAXIMUM EF-SCALE RATING...EF-0
ESTIMATED MAXIMUM WIND SPEED...55-65 MPH
MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH...75 YARDS
PATH LENGTH...1.5 MILES
BEGINNING LAT/LON...38.780N/77.060W
ENDING LAT/LON...38.801N/78.049W <--- No. The ending coordinates were 38.801N/77.049W
* FATALITIES...NONE
* INJURIES...NONE
* THE INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS PRELIMINARY AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE PENDING FINAL REVIEW OF THE EVENT(S) AND PUBLICATION IN NWS STORM DATA.
...SUMMARY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC HAS CONFIRMED A TORNADO IN EASTERN FAIRFAX COUNTY AND THE CITY OF ALEXANDRIA VIRGINIA ON OCTOBER 15 2014.
AFTER A REVIEW OF RADAR OBSERVATIONS...PUBLIC...AND BROADCAST MEDIA REPORTS...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC HAS CONFIRMED THAT ON WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON OCTOBER 15 2014...AN EF-0 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN NEAR BELLE HAVEN IN EASTERN FAIRFAX COUNTY VIRGINIA AND CONTINUED NORTH ON AN APPROXIMATE 1.5 MILE INTERMITTENT DAMAGE PATH TO THE CITY OF ALEXANDRIA BEFORE DISSIPATING.
THIS REVIEW IS BASED ON CORROBORATING EVIDENCE OF OBSERVED DAMAGE LOCATIONS AND ROTATIONAL VELOCITY COUPLETS FROM THE FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATIONS TERMINAL DOPPLER WEATHER RADARS AT WASHINGTON REAGAN NATIONAL AIRPORT AND JOINT BASE ANDREWS...ALONG WITH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KLWX WSR-88D RADAR IN STERLING VA. THE TORNADO IS ESTIMATED TO HAVE TOUCHED DOWN AT 12:23 PM...WHERE THERE WAS A TREE DOWN NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF HUNT ROAD AND BELLE HAVEN ROAD. THE TORNADO CONTINUED NORTH ACROSS THE BELLE HAVEN COUNTRY CLUB WHERE MORE LARGE TREE LIMBS WERE SNAPPED. THE TORNADO LIKELY LIFTED ACROSS INTERSTATE 495 WHERE IT CROSSES OVER THE GEORGE WASHINGTON PARKWAY...WHERE LARGE TREE BRANCHES WERE DOWNED. SEVERAL MORE LARGE TREE BRANCHES WERE SNAPPED IN THE ADJACENT NEIGHBORHOOD TO THE NORTH BEFORE THE RADAR COUPLET SIGNATURE WEAKENED AFTER 12:26 PM