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Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Blacksburg VA
542 PM EDT Sat Apr 13 2024

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0927 PM     Tornado          2 NNW Swansonville      36.76N 79.59W
04/11/2024                   Pittsylvania       VA   NWS Storm Survey

            NWS survey confirms EF-1 touched down 2
            miles north-northwest of Swansonville at
            9:27 PM and trcked northeast to 3 miles
            north of Swansonville. The tornado path
            length was just over a mile and the damage
            width was 250 yards. Numerous large softwood
            and hardwood trees were snapped or uprooted,
            with large branches broken. Damaged trees
            were noted on both sides of Strawberry Creek
            Lane, and several trees had fallen across
            the road. Many trees had also been snapped
            and uprooted in a densely wooded area
            adjacent to Strawberry Creek Lane.


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