NWS: 'No Evidence of a Tornado at This Time'
Weather service conducted three 'storm surveys' Saturday night in Fairfax County. Windows of 29 vehicles in Lorton blown out at VRE station.
After conducting three "storm surveys" Saturday night in Fairfax County, the National Weather Service reports that there was no tornado during Saturday's storm that hit and knocked out power to more than 100,000 homes in Northern Virginia.
See photos of the damage here.
"We had a member of our office survey the area and there was no evidence of a tornado, as of right now, based on what we saw last evening," Brandon Peloquin, a meterologist with the National Weather Service in Sterling, said Sunday morning.
"It's a preliminary finding that is not finalized," he noted.
The weather service conducted two surveys in Reston and one survey in Lorton.
The National Weather Service reports that the windows of 29 vehicles were blown out at the Virginia Railway Express (VRE) station parking lot Saturday at about 3:49 p.m. as the storm blew through, on the northeast side of the lot. Several trees near the parking lot, 8 to 12 inches in diameter, were also blown down.
In Arlington the National Weather Service reported a tree 3 feet in diameter was down near Reagan National Airport.
In Loudoun County, a NWS employee reported a tree 1 foot in diameter was reported down at Hatcher Avenue.
Sherri Isbister
1:08 pm on Sunday, September 9, 2012
I am from Missouri and was watching this storm. I don't think it was a full fledged tornado but those clouds were trying really hard to be one. Glad the electricity came back on and not too many were hurt.
Susan Larson
5:34 pm on Sunday, September 9, 2012
@Shawn Wyatt: Great photo! In my humble opinion from my mid-west upbringing, that sure looks like a funnel cloud to me!
Shawn Wyatt
8:45 am on Monday, September 10, 2012
I am from the Mid-west also and know what a tornado and a funnel cloud looks like.
Patricia Huffman
9:44 pm on Sunday, September 9, 2012
I seen the aftermath first hand of this storm... I took some pictures....from VRE Lorton Station. I catch the bus dailey at this stop. Plus a couple of sites walking home. Amazing...praise the Lord.
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