Police have identified a couple who were killed in their tent as a tornado ripped through a packed campground on the eastern shore of Virginia early today, injuring two dozen people.

Ferocious winds twisted trailers and mangled trees as golf ball-sized hail rained on more than 1,300 panicked vacationers huddling for safety at the Cherrystone Family Camping Ground and RV Resort in Northampton, Virginia.

L. Todd Spencer, The Virginian-Pilot/AP Photo

During a news conference today, Virginia State Police said a tree had fallen, killing a husband and wife, Lord Balatbat and Lolabeth Ortega, both 38, of Jersey City, New Jersey, in one tent and critically injuring their 13-year-old son in a nearby tent.

"We're in a 37-foot motorhome and it started rolling back and forth and we're hearing stuff slamming," said Jerry Kennett.

Northampton County had been under a tornado warning until 9 a.m.

Winds up to 100 mph. snapped trees and flipped a tractor-trailer. After surveying the damage, the National Weather Service confirmed it was an EF-1 tornado.

"All the sudden, the wind started picking up, hail [the] size of golf balls … and you could see the wind spinning and it would change direction," said Peyton Asal. "I mean, we were in the eye of this tornado. … It was scary."

A total of 38 people were taken to hospitals with broken bones, lacerations and cuts.