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Event Details
| Event | Tornado |
| -- Scale | EF0 |
| -- Length | 0.73 |
| -- Width | 60 |
| State | VIRGINIA |
| County/Area | FLOYD |
| WFO | RNK |
| Begin Date | 05/03/2009 18:02:00 EST-5 |
| Begin Range | 3 |
| Begin Azimuth | SSW |
| Begin Location | INDIAN VLY |
| Begin Lat/Lon | 36.88/-80.58 |
| End Date | 05/03/2009 18:03:00 EST-5 |
| End Range | 3 |
| End Azimuth | SSW |
| End Location | INDIAN VLY |
| End Lat/Lon | 36.88/-80.57 |
| Deaths Direct/Indirect | 0/0 (fatality details below, when available...) |
| Injuries Direct/Indirect | 0/0 |
| Property Damage | 10.00K |
| Crop Damage | 0.00K |
| Episode Narrative | A warm front meandered along the North Carolina and Virginia border during the evening of May 3rd. An upper level disturbance also pushed across the region. This created a high shear environment, with enough instability to produce a few thunderstorms. One of these thunderstorms dropped an EF-0 tornado 3 miles south southwest of Indian Valley, Virginia. |
| Event Narrative | An EF-0 tornado touched down six-tenths of a mile west-northwest of the|intersection of Indian Valley Post Office road and Vaughns Mill road, or|three miles southwest of Indian Valley. The tornado lifted about a|mile northeast near Shady Grove road. Numerous trees were snapped or uprooted and a few small structures|were damaged...including a shed that was flattened. Monetary damages to the structures and shed are estimated. |
All events for this episode:
| Location | County/Zone | St. | Date | Time | T.Z. | Type | Mag | Dth | Inj | PrD | CrD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals: | 0 | 0 | 10.00K | 0.00K | |||||||
| INDIAN VLY | FLOYD CO. | VA | 05/03/2009 | 18:02 | EST-5 | Tornado | EF0 | 0 | 0 | 10.00K | 0.00K |
| Totals: | 0 | 0 | 10.00K | 0.00K |


