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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
336 PM EDT FRI MAY 9 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
AMELIA COUNTY IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA
DINWIDDIE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA

* UNTIL 415 PM EDT

* AT 336 PM EDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT WAS TRACKING A TORNADO 3 MILES
NORTHWEST OF WINTERHAM IN AMELIA COUNTY...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 45
MPH.

* THE STORM PRODUCING THE TORNADO WILL REACH...
SCOTTS FORK AND WINTERHAM AROUND 340 PM
MANNBORO AND EARLS AROUND 350 PM
AMMON AND HEBRON AROUND 355 PM
FORD AROUND 400 PM
CENTER STAR AND CHURCH ROAD AROUND 405 PM
DINWIDDIE AND BUTTERWORTH AROUND 410 PM

A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND IN THE ABOVE MENTIONED AREA. IF YOU ARE IN
OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO...TAKE COVER NOW!

Checking the radar it appears that that tornado is still active IMO and is on the S side of Richmond now. Possible hook echo in the storm behind it too!!! http://weather.noaa.gov/radar/loop/DS.p ... kakq.shtml That storm has one wicked signature and worse yet the ones behing it are training rignt in!! Looks like it could set up a flash flooding problem real quickly!! BE SAFE MAMADUDE!!

Not very common heading in a SE direction. Anything's possible this month!

isobar wrote:Not very common heading in a SE direction. Anything's possible this month!

Some of the stronger tornadoes, and severe thunderstorms in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern Part of the Country typically are at their strongest from the NW to SE or W to E.

Same thing definitely applies to this area ...

[quote="Stormsfury]Some of the stronger tornadoes, and severe thunderstorms in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern Part of the Country typically are at their strongest from the NW to SE or W to E.

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The tornado that went through your area was NW to SE, wasn't it?

isobar wrote:[quote="Stormsfury]Some of the stronger tornadoes, and severe thunderstorms in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern Part of the Country typically are at their strongest from the NW to SE or W to E.

The tornado that went through your area was NW to SE, wasn't it?[/quote]

Yep. The supercell was moving east at 60 mph when just before it merged with the MCC made a right turn (banked towards the SE) and the entire MCC moved from NW to SE ...

Severe wx in the West can also do the same, can it not?