Last night (Monday April 28th) there was a nice Supercell that preceded an MCS that passed through Suffolk and Norfolk, VA. Looking at the damage, this was probably an EF-3 (but we will have to wait for the official NWS report to know if the winds were in the 136-165 mph range.) Here is a link to a NYTimes article that talks about it and below is a radar image that I annotated to explain what a radar meteorologist might see when storms like this occur. Looking at the pics of the cars being thrown around in the NYTimes article suggests EF-3 winds (EF-2 tornadoes can't do that).
Tuesday, April 29, 2008
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