( CNN ) -- The voices in the video tell the story . `` Something crazy is going on outside , '' a woman shouts . `` I 'm scared . '' Moments later , the same voice yells that a tree has fallen and another says , `` It 's on that guy 's camper . '' Overturned campers , downed trees . The footage posted on the website of CNN affiliate WAVY came from the Cherrystone Family Camping Resort on the Chesapeake Bay in Virginia , where a tornado on Thursday toppled campers and sent trees crashing onto vehicles . State Police spokeswoman Corinne Geller said a New Jersey couple died when a tree fell on their tent and 36 people were hospitalized -- including the couple 's 13-year-old son . He was in critical condition . She identified the fatalities as Lord Balatbat and Lolabeth Ortega , both 38 , of Jersey City . According to Geller , more than 1,300 people were staying at the campground and police have accounted for all of them , plus 40 Cherrystone staff members . Photos from the scene in Northampton County showed overturned campers , with a downed tree crushing one vehicle . The area was under a tornado warning , and Danielle Rivera -- who shot the video footage -- told WAVY of giant hail and crushing winds that tore off the awning of her family 's camper . `` I was terrified '' `` I was terrified , '' the 17-year-old Rivera said . `` I was so scared . '' She and her mother decided to stay in the camper until the hail and wind relented enough for them to make a dash to their car . `` I thought a tree was going to fall on us , '' she said . Survivors were bused to a local high school set up as a temporary shelter , and workers made sure the devastated campground was safe before allowing anyone to return , Geller said . The injured were taken to four different medical centers , with most going to Riverside Shore Memorial Hospital , she said . Tornado warning . According to the National Weather Service , a cluster of `` supercells '' ahead of a cold front formed a storm over Chesapeake Bay just after 8 a.m . ET . The storm intensified as it moved on ashore about 30 minutes later . The area was under a tornado warning issued at 8:20 a.m. , and Geller said the weather service confirmed that an EF-1 tornado hit the campground . An EF-1 tornado has wind speeds of 73-112 mph . Cherrystone opened in 1964 occupies 300 acres with 725 sites including cabins , cottages , and deluxe campers , its website says . Geller told reporters that the tornado appeared to come off the water and hit the campground . It also knocked over a tractor-trailer on a nearby road , injuring the driver , she said . All the other damage and injuries occurred at the campground , Geller said , adding that most of those sent to hospitals had been treated and released . Rivera told WAVYthat she and her family had been going there for 10 years , but `` never have I ever witnessed anything this bad . ''
NEW : The National Weather Service confirms an F1 tornado in Virginia . NEW : Police say a Jersey City , New Jersey couple died when a tree fell on their tent . NEW : 36 people were hospitalized , including the son of the slain couple . Photos show overturned campers and a downed tree on one vehicle .