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Tornado (EF3)Essex, Virginia

February 24, 2016 · NOAA Storm Events record

Direct deaths
0
Direct injuries
25
Property damage
$4.5M
Tornado scale
EF3
Area
Essex

Event narrative (NOAA)

Tornado tracked from King and Queen county into Essex county as an intensifying, high end EF1 severely damaging several homes along Dunbrook Road. The tornado continued to intensify crossing Perkins Road as an EF2 before hitting Kino Road as an EF3 tornado. Along Kino Road, all the homes in the path including three modular homes, two double wide mobile homes and one single wide mobile home were completely destroyed with most of the debris carried away. Tree damage was severe and winds were estimated at 140 to 150 mph based on damage. Everyone impacted by the tornado along Kino Road suffered injuries, some life threatening. After leaving the Kino Road area, the tornado crossed Scotts Mill Road just west of Tappahannock as a high end EF2 tornado causing severe tree damage, severely damaging

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Source: NOAA/NCEI Storm Events Database. Deaths and injuries are those NOAA classifies as direct. Damage is the reporting office's estimate at the time and is not inflation-adjusted. This is a catalogue record, not a forecast.

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