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Virginia storm reports for February 24, 2016

NOAA recorded 19 hail reports, 66 wind reports and 9 tornado reports in Virginia on February 24, 2016.

in Virginia
94
Storm reports
About 55 miles from Durham, NC
3.0 in
Largest hail
About 55 miles from Richmond, VA
69 mph
Highest gust
Highest rating EF3, about 22 miles from Lynchburg, VA
9
Tornado reports
Sources: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center reports; damage surveys from the NWS Damage Assessment Toolkit

Hail, inches

  • 0.75
  • 1
  • 1.5
  • 2
  • 2.5
  • 3+

Dots: reports.

  • Wind report
  • Tornado and its path
  • Surveyed tornado path

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center, final severe weather database (from NOAA's Storm Data). Report day: 12:00 UTC on February 24, 2016 to 12:00 UTC the next day. Times are Central.

Select a dot or a path for the report. NWS survey teams walked the shaded paths after the storm; each is drawn at the widest width they found, so it can look wider than the damage at any one spot.

Reports by hour

Hail19, most at 4 PM

Wind66, most at 4 PM

Tornado9, most at 2 PM

Reports per hour, Central time. Each row has its own scale.

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

TimeRatingWherePath
11:45 AMEF1About 37 miles from Winston-Salem, NC1.4 mi long, 800 yd wide
1:31 PMEF1About 42 miles from Richmond, VA8.86 mi long, 300 yd wide
2:27 PMEF0About 22 miles from Lynchburg, VA0.43 mi long, 125 yd wide
2:28 PMEF3About 22 miles from Lynchburg, VA16.89 mi long, 400 yd wide
3:10 PMEF0About 47 miles from Richmond, VA4.42 mi long, 350 yd wide
3:48 PMEF1About 57 miles from Durham, NC5 mi long, 150 yd wide
5:34 PMEF3About 32 miles from Richmond, VA30.34 mi long, 500 yd wide
7:25 PMEF1About 46 miles from Richmond, VA6.06 mi long, 150 yd wide
7:35 PMEF1About 46 miles from Richmond, VA4.01 mi long, 150 yd wide

Cities with reports nearby

Reports within 15 miles of the center of each city we track.

CityLargest hailHighest gustTornado reports
Richmond, VA1.0 in58 mph0
Roanoke, VANone58 mph0

Reports are what observers recorded near a location, not a complete record of every storm. They don’t describe conditions at any building.