Severe storms on Wednesday June 3rd produced what has now been confirmed as a EF1 tornado in Page County.  Below is a copy of the report by the National Weather Service. 

~ Meteorologist Chris Naille

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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
...EF-1 TORNADO CONFIRMED IN STANLEY VIRGINIA...

THE BALTIMORE/WASHINGTON FORECAST OFFICE OF THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF STORM DAMAGE IN THE TOWN OF STANLEY
VIRGINIA IN PAGE COUNTY. THE SURVEY WAS CONDUCTED WITH PAGE COUNTY
EMERGENCY SERVICES...THE STANLEY TOWN MANAGER...AND VIRGINIA
DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. THE FOLLOWING WAS DETERMINED
THROUGH THE DAMAGE SURVEY...RADAR EVIDENCE...AND EYEWITNESS
INTERVIEWS.

BASED ON ALL THE EVIDENCE THIS TORNADO WAS CATEGORIZED AS AN EF-1
ON THE ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE...WITH PEAK WINDS ESTIMATED AT 90 TO
100 MPH. PATH LENGTH WAS ONE AND TWO THIRDS OF A MILE. PATH WIDTH
WAS 600 YARDS.

AT 6:45 PM ON WEDNESDAY JUNE 3RD 2009...A TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN
NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF POND AVENUE AND DOGWOOD LANE...ONE MILE
WEST NORTHWEST OF THE CENTER OF THE TOWN CENTER OF STANLEY
VIRGINIA. A MOBILE HOME WAS BLOWN OFF ITS FOUNDATION AND ROLLED
OVER AT THE INTERSECTION. THREE RESIDENTS WERE IN THE HOME AT THE
TIME...BUT THEY ESCAPED WITHOUT SIGNIFICANT INJURY. SEVERAL LARGE
TREES AND BRANCHES WERE BLOWN DOWN IMMEDIATELY EAST OF THE MOBILE
HOME...ONE ONTO A HOME. A WOODEN PORCH OVERHANG ON ONE HOME WAS
KNOCKED DOWN. A NEIGHBOR TO THE SOUTHWEST OF THE DAMAGE SAW THE
TORNADO AND SWIRLING DEBRIS.

AN EYEWITNESS ON FORREST DRIVE REPORTED SEEING A FUNNEL CLOUD PASS
OVERHEAD. FURTHER DAMAGE OCCURRED TO A FARM ACROSS THE STREET ON
YOUNG DRIVE WHERE A BARN ROOF WAS BLOWN OFF AND A GRAIN STORAGE
DEVICE WAS BLOWN OVER. THERE WAS ALSO SEVERAL TREES DOWN. JUST
DOWN THE STREET NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF FORREST DRIVE AND
PAINTERS WOODS ROAD...A LARGE VDOT SALT STORAGE GARAGE WAS
UNROOFED.

INTERMITTENT DAMAGE CONTINUED TO THE EAST WITH SCATTERED TREE
DAMAGE. A CARPORT WAS ALSO KNOCKED DOWN NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF
AYLOR GRUBBS AVENUE AND BAILEY LANE. IN THE 700 BLOCK OF BRADY
ROAD SEVERAL LARGE TREES WERE KNOCKED DOWN.

AT 6:50 PM THE TORNADO THEN LIFTED...BUT THE PARENT STORM
CONTINUED TO PRODUCE DAMAGE ACROSS THE TOWN OF STANLEY. LEAF
LITTER AND SMALL BRANCHES WERE DOWN ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA
INDICATING WIDESPREAD 30 TO 40 MPH WINDS WITH THE STORM. SOME
METAL ROOFING WAS BLOWN OFF A HOUSE ON HARPER VALLEY ROAD. ALSO A
LARGE POULTRY BUILDING WAS BLOWN OVER OFF THE 400 BLOCK OF KITE
HOLLOW ROAD. AN EYEWITNESS SAW THE ROOF SLIGHTLY LIFTED AS THE
LATERAL WALL PUSHED IN...THEN THE ROOF COLLAPSED ON TOP OF THE
REMAINS. NO SIGNIFICANT TREE DAMAGE WAS NOTED IN THAT AREA AROUND
THE POULTRY BUILDING. LASTLY...A LARGE TREE WAS BLOWN DOWN OVER
ROUTE 211 ON THE WESTERN EDGE OF SHENANDOAH NATIONAL PARK.

VERY EARLY INITIAL DAMAGE ESTIMATES WERE $300,000.

THANKS TO:
GENE STEWART...PAGE COUNTY EMERGENCY SERVICES COORDINATOR
BRUCE STERLING...VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY SERVICES
TERRY PETTIT...STANLEY TOWN MANAGER AND FIRE CHIEF

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CHRIS STRONG
WARNING COORDINATION METEOROLOGIST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
BALTIMORE/WASHINGTON FORECAST OFFICE