PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 638 PM EDT MON JUL 28 2014 ...TORNADO CONFIRMED NEAR 1 MILE SOUTH OF MAXWELL WV IN PLEASANTS AND RITCHIE COUNTIES COUNTY WEST VIRGINIA... LOCATION...1 MILE SOUTH OF MAXWELL WV IN PLEASANTS AND RITCHIE COUNTIES COUNTY WEST VIRGINIA DATE...7/27/2014 ESTIMATED TIME...715 EDT PM - 730 EDT PM MAXIMUM EF-SCALE RATING...EF1 ESTIMATED MAXIMUM WIND SPEED...100 MPH MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH...200 YARDS PATH LENGTH...4 MILES BEGINNING LAT/LON...39.655820N/-81.14119277W ENDING LAT/LON...39.31981284N/-81.11625234W * FATALITIES...0 * INJURIES...0 * 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 CHARLESTON WV HAS CONFIRMED A TORNADO NEAR 1 MILE SOUTH OF MAXWELL WV IN PLEASANTS AND RITCHIE COUNTIES COUNTY WEST VIRGINIA ON 7/27/2014. THE TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN AT APPROXIMATELY 715 PM...ONE THIRD OF A MILE WEST OF POYNETTE ON COUNTY ROUTE 20. THE STORMS MOVED FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST PARALLELING COUNTY ROUTE 20...ALSO CALLED LEFT FORK ROAD. THE STORM SURVEY TEAM THEN FOUND THE END OF THE PATH IN RITCHIE COUNTY ON OLD STREET. THIS AREA IS ALONG THE PLEASANTS AND RITCHIE COUNTY LINE. THE TORNADO LIFTED AROUND 730 PM. THE TOTAL PATH LENGTH OF THE TORNADO WAS DETERMINED TO BE ABOUT 4 MILES. THE TORNADO WAS RATED AN EF1 WITH MAXIMUM WINDS OF 100 MPH BASED ON THE HEALTHY HARDWOOD TREES THAT WERE SNAPPED AND UPROOTED. TORNADO WATCH #447 WAS ISSUED AT 145 PM FOR PLEASANTS AND RITCHIE COUNTIES. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING WAS ISSUED AT 623PM...VALID UNTIL 730 PM. THIS INFORMATION CAN ALSO BE FOUND ON OUR WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV/RLX. 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. EF2...WIND SPEEDS 111 TO 135 MPH. EF3...WIND SPEEDS 136 TO 165 MPH. EF4...WIND SPEEDS 166 TO 200 MPH. EF5...WIND SPEEDS GREATER THAN 200 MPH.
Posted on: Mon, 28 Jul 2014 22:50:35 +0000
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