National Weather Service upgrades Lynchburg tornado to an EF3

(WWBT) - The National Weather Service on Wednesday upgraded a tornado that traveled through the Lynchburg area from an EF2 to an EF3.

The NWS says the storm packed winds of 150 mph as it roared through an area stretching from Campbell County to the city of Lynchburg and into Amherst County.

"I thought my family was dead," Amherst man says

Earlier this week, the NWS confirmed that EF1 tornadoes struck in Craig County in western Virginia and near Danville in southern Virginia. EF1 tornadoes pack winds of 86 to 110 mph.

No tornadoes were reported in the Richmond area, but parts of the region saw tornado warnings from 9 p.m. until nearly midnight.

The storms knocked several trees onto homes in Chesterfield.

No serious injuries were reported during the storms.

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