BAYWOOD, Virginia. – Storms in recent afternoons have brought heavy rains, frequent lightning and damaging winds to parts of the region.
A storm in Grayson County spawned a brief tornado Tuesday afternoon.
The Blacksburg National Weather Service confirmed Thursday that the twister was rated EF-1 with maximum winds of 95 mph.
This is the fifth tornado to hit the area this year. Most notable is the one that occurred in late May in the Goode/Forest area.
For Grayson County, this is the fourth tornado since 1950.
You can see a brief video of the tornado, submitted by Kendra Frazier, below.
@NWSBlacksburg is currently “coordinating with Grayson County Emergency Management regarding storm damage to this area. It is unclear if this feature ever made contact with the ground.”
Thanks to Ginger from Baywood for sending me this video of yesterday’s storm. #swvawx #vawx pic.twitter.com/gdauQ4KVHL
— Chris Michaels (@WSLS_Michaels) July 6, 2022
A funnel cloud was spotted in Pulaski on Wednesday afternoon, but it never touched down.
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