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Virginia storm reports for April 6, 2017

NOAA recorded 59 wind reports and 8 tornado reports in Virginia on April 6, 2017.

in Virginia
67
Storm reports
About 7 miles from Virginia Beach, VA
81 mph
Highest gust
Highest rating EF1, about 58 miles from Richmond, VA
8
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
  • Surveyed wind damage

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center, final severe weather database (from NOAA's Storm Data). Report day: 12:00 UTC on April 6, 2017 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

Wind59, most at 11 AM

Tornado8, most at 12 PM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

TimeRatingWherePath
11:09 AMEF1About 58 miles from Richmond, VA3.71 mi long, 200 yd wide
11:29 AMEF0About 58 miles from Richmond, VA2.63 mi long, 175 yd wide
11:58 AMEF0About 48 miles from Washington, DC0.86 mi long, 50 yd wide
12:08 PMEF0About 39 miles from Washington, DC0.86 mi long, 75 yd wide
12:08 PMEF0About 45 miles from Washington, DC0.86 mi long, 75 yd wide
12:09 PMEF0About 15 miles from Virginia Beach, VA4.4 mi long, 100 yd wide
12:34 PMEF0About 22 miles from Washington, DC3.2 mi long, 25 yd wide
12:39 PMEF0About 5 miles from Washington, DC4.91 mi long, 50 yd wide

Cities with reports nearby

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

CityLargest hailHighest gustTornado reports
Richmond, VANone58 mph0
Virginia Beach, VANone81 mph0

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