Virginia storm reports for October 23, 2017

Name: NOAA storm reports, Virginia, October 23, 2017
Creator: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center

NOAA recorded 17 wind reports and 4 tornado reports in Virginia on October 23, 2017.

in Virginia; 21
Storm reports: About 35 miles from Roanoke, VA; 69 mph
Highest gust: Highest rating EF1, about 59 miles from Winston-Salem, NC; 4
Tornado reports

Hail, inches

0.75
1
1.5
2
2.5
3+

Dots: reports.

Wind report
Tornado and its path
Surveyed tornado path

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 October 23, 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

Wind17, most at 6 PM

Tornado4, most at 5 PM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

Time	Rating	Where	Path
4:53 PM	EF1	About 59 miles from Winston-Salem, NC	0.57 mi long, 150 yd wide
5:33 PM	EF1	About 37 miles from Roanoke, VA	1.34 mi long, 300 yd wide
5:35 PM	EF1	About 36 miles from Roanoke, VA	1.74 mi long, 300 yd wide
2:00 AM	EF0	About 30 miles from Richmond, VA	0.38 mi long, 75 yd wide

Time	Gust	Where
4:45 PM	58 mph	About 53 miles from Winston-Salem, NC
4:58 PM	63 mph	About 56 miles from Winston-Salem, NC
4:59 PM	58 mph	About 53 miles from Winston-Salem, NC
5:00 PM	58 mph	About 39 miles from Winston-Salem, NC
5:32 PM	69 mph	About 35 miles from Roanoke, VA
5:38 PM	58 mph	About 37 miles from Roanoke, VA
6:00 PM	69 mph	About 36 miles from Greensboro, NC
6:04 PM	69 mph	About 32 miles from Roanoke, VA
6:06 PM	69 mph	About 25 miles from Roanoke, VA
6:31 PM	58 mph	About 40 miles from Greensboro, NC
6:40 PM	58 mph	About 40 miles from Roanoke, VA
6:51 PM	58 mph	About 30 miles from Roanoke, VA

Show all 17 wind reports

Time	Gust	Where
6:55 PM	58 mph	In Lynchburg, VA
6:57 PM	58 mph	About 34 miles from Roanoke, VA
7:30 PM	58 mph	About 11 miles from Lynchburg, VA
11:35 PM	58 mph	About 54 miles from Richmond, VA
1:45 AM	58 mph	About 25 miles from Richmond, VA

Cities with reports nearby

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

City	Largest hail	Highest gust	Tornado reports
Lynchburg, VA	None	58 mph	0

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