- Rating: F-0
- Location: 2 miles east of Petersburg
- County: Grant
- Start Time: 2:15 p.m. (39.00, -79.08)
- End Time: 2:15 p.m. (39.00, -79.08)
- Estimated Peak Wind: N/A
- Path Length: 0.3 miles
- Path Width Maximum: 20 yards
- Fatalities: 0
- Injuries: 0
- Damages: $15,000 (All crop damage)
Details from NWS storm survey: A severe thunderstorm developed in eastern Grant Co during the mid-afternoon of the 18th, moved into Hardy Co, and would eventually produce widespread minor to moderate damage in northern Virginia.
The storm dropped a brief tornado in a wooded area east of Petersburg. Numerous small to medium trees and limbs were snapped off along a broken 500 yard long path. A resident near where the twister touched down noted a sharp pressure drop on his barometer as the storm passed by. Farther east, in Wardensville, two healthy trees were knocked down and a 2500 lb. hay wagon was moved by thunderstorm winds. Minor damage was caused when the wagon struck a parked pickup truck.
