Tornado touched down in Tysons Corner on Thursday, NWS says
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It’s official: Virginia’s Tysons Corner experienced a brief tornado during Thursday night’s severe weather.
The National Weather Service’s Sterling office confirmed that a twister touched down along Chain Bridge Road, just northwest of Tysons Corner Mall, for about a minute on Thursday evening — enough to damage a pair of gas stations and send loose items airborne.
A damage assessment team estimated its peak winds at 85 mph, rating it an EF-0 — the lowest of six tiers on the Enhanced Fujita scale, which measures tornadic intensity.
Their analysis found the tornado traveled for about 150 yards, or 450 feet, before the storm’s rotation weakened.
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