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Apr. 2—Shortly after 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, a tornado watch — meaning tornadoes are possible but not necessarily imminent — was issued for an area including Pulaski County. Almost immediately ...
Since its initial usage in May 1999, the National Weather Service (NWS) in the United States has used the tornado emergency bulletin — a high-end classification of tornado warning — sent through either the issuance of a warning or via a "severe weather statement" that provides updated information on an ongoing warning—that is issued when a violent tornado (confirmed by radar or ground ...
The National Weather Service has issued a tornado watch for central and eastern Virginia until 11 p.m. Monday. The watch area includes 71 counties and cities in Virginia, as well as parts of ...
Pulaski was incorporated as a town in 1886. [6] The town was named for Count Casimir Pulaski, a Revolutionary War hero from Poland. [7] On April 8, 2011, two tornadoes hit Pulaski, which destroyed 31 buildings and damaged 77 others. [8] The tornadoes caused an estimated $1.68 million in damage. [9]
The strongest tornado of the outbreak was an EF4 tornado that touched down west of Pocahontas, Iowa on April 9, a short-lived satellite to a long-track EF3 tornado. Between 0256 and 0258 UTC (9:56 and 9:58 p.m. CDT) that day, five tornadoes were on the ground simultaneously in Pocahontas County, Iowa , all of which were from one supercell ...
A tornado warning was first issued for the area at 5:47 p.m. EDT Sunday as severe weather moved into the area. The tornado struck Virginia Beach at 5:50 p.m., according to NBC 12. The NWS ...
While initial severe weather was limited, a lone supercell broke out ahead of a mesoscale convective system in Pulaski County, Virginia on the eastern end of the warm front that evening. Two tornadoes were confirmed, one of which was an EF2 that caused severe damage in Pulaski, Virginia. Numerous houses were damaged and eight people were ...
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