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Virginia storm reports for May 4, 2017

NOAA recorded 29 wind reports and 6 tornado reports in Virginia on May 4, 2017.

in Virginia
35
Storm reports
About 24 miles from Roanoke, VA
63 mph
Highest gust
Highest rating EF1, about 49 miles from Durham, NC
6
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 May 4, 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

Wind29, most at 4 AM

Tornado6, most at 5 AM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

TimeRatingWherePath
3:04 AMEF0About 22 miles from Roanoke, VA0.3 mi long, 100 yd wide
4:40 AMEF1About 49 miles from Durham, NC14.79 mi long, 75 yd wide
5:13 AMEF0Near 36.84, -78.17, VA1.01 mi long, 75 yd wide
5:40 AMEF0About 18 miles from Richmond, VA0.38 mi long, 75 yd wide
5:50 AMEF1About 42 miles from Richmond, VA2.42 mi long, 300 yd wide
6:09 AMEF1About 25 miles from Richmond, VA2.31 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, 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.