Weather service confirms EF2 tornado hit Carroll County

Published: Mar. 24, 2022 at 12:46 AM EDT|Updated: Mar. 24, 2022 at 4:15 PM EDT
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CARROLL COUNTY, Va. (WDBJ) - The National Weather Service confirms the storm that hit Carroll County Wednesday night was an EF-2 tornado, with winds estimated up to 122 miles per hour.

It hit at 9:45 p.m. The length of the path was 1.92 miles, with a width of 125 yards.

No injuries were reported, but there are damaged homes in the Laurel Fork community.

Reports came in Wednesday night of damaged homes, as well as power, phone and internet outages, and trees down in the Gladesboro Road area.

Tornado warnings and watches were issued for the area Wednesday night.

Click here for the Appalachian Power outage map.

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