Storm reports for February 24, 2016

At 2:31 p.m. EST on February 24, 2016, an EF1 tornado with winds of 100 to 110 mph moved through the town of Waverly, Virginia, killing three people and injuring eight.¹ It destroyed two mobile homes and damaged several homes and businesses.¹ At 3:28 p.m., an EF3 tornado tracked 16 miles across Appomattox County, passing just southeast of the town of Appomattox.² It destroyed 30 structures and damaged 160 more, mostly around Evergreen, where one person was killed and seven were injured.² At 6:37 p.m., an EF3 tornado with winds of 140 to 150 mph destroyed every home in its path along one road in Essex County, injured 25 people, and then severely damaged homes just west of downtown Tappahannock.³

Late that afternoon, hail up to 3 inches fell near John Kerr Dam in Mecklenburg County, Virginia, in Vance County, North Carolina, and in Pembroke, North Carolina.^4,5,6 At 4:32 p.m., an EF2 tornado with peak winds of 125 mph crossed from Granville County into Vance County northeast of Oxford, damaging seven homes, one of which was destroyed.⁷

In Florida, an EF1 tornado with winds near 100 mph hit Charlotte Harbor at 1:22 p.m. EST and affected 108 homes, mostly roofs and pool cages, with 11 left uninhabitable.⁸ At 7:38 p.m., an EF2 tornado near White Horse in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, damaged about 50 buildings and blew the roofs off several barns, farm outbuildings and one house, and NOAA's Storm Events Database lists $8 million in property damage.⁹