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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
325 PM EDT MON APR 22 2013

...DOWNBURST/STRAIGHT LINE WIND DAMAGE CONFIRMED IN SOUTHWEST
MECKLENBURG COUNTY...

LOCATION...MERRIFIELD ACRES...3 MILES SE OF CLARKSVILLE VA
DATE...04/19/2013
ESTIMATED TIME...452 PM
ESTIMATED WIND SPEED...60 TO 70 MPH
INJURIES...NONE
DEATHS...NONE

...SUMMARY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD CONDUCTED A STORM SURVEY
OF THE DAMAGE IN SOUTHWEST MECKLENBURG COUNTY SOUTHEAST OF THE TOWN
OF CLARKSVILLE. INITIAL DAMAGE REPORTS AND RADAR SIGNATURES
SUGGESTED A POSSIBLE TORNADO. HOWEVER...THE SURVEY REVEALED ALL THE
DAMAGE WAS ASSOCIATED WITH STRAIGHT LINES WINDS/DOWNBURST. NUMEROUS
TREES WERE DOWNED...A FEW OF THE TREES FALLING ON HOMES. TREES FELL
IN A GENERAL WEST TO EAST DIRECTION...INDICATING THE WINDS WERE PART
OF THE DOWNDRAFT ASSOCIATED WITH THE PARENT THUNDERSTORM.

IN ADDITION TO THE WIND DAMAGE...A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF HAIL UP TO
PING PONG BALL SIZE OCCURRED. THE LARGE AMOUNT OF HAIL CAUSED
CONSIDERABLE FOLIAGE DAMAGE TO TREES...AS WELL AS TO THE SIDES AND
ROOFS OF SOME HOMES.

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