Matt Elliott, a NWS meteorologist, tells WTOP that the “high-end EF0″ tornado touched down at 1:29 p.m. and lifted at 1:48 p.m.
“Anything more than 10 minutes, especially for around here, is a fairly long time for a tornado to last,” Elliott said.
In those nearly 20 minutes, the tornado traveled 12.75 miles, traveling across the western and central portions of the county.
“Most of our tornadoes here are quick spinups, so it is rare for it to have a somewhat long track in terms of 10 miles or so,” Elliott said. “It’s not something that happens very often.”
The tornado had winds of up to 80 mph with a path width of 500 yards.
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But Dan on WBOC said we were only going to get high winds and heavy rain.
ReplyDeleteI'm amazed that a tornado could touch down in a with so few trailer parks, and then miss them entirely!
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