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Virginia storm reports for April 15, 2018

NOAA recorded 5 hail reports, 41 wind reports and 5 tornado reports in Virginia on April 15, 2018.

in Virginia
51
Storm reports
About 47 miles from Winston-Salem, NC
2.5 in
Largest hail
About 30 miles from Lynchburg, VA
90 mph
Highest gust
Highest rating EF3, about 6 miles from Lynchburg, VA
5
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 April 15, 2018 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

Hail5, most at 3 PM

Wind41, most at 5 PM

Tornado5, most at 5 PM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

TimeRatingWherePath
4:03 PMEF1About 18 miles from Roanoke, VA0.5 mi long, 150 yd wide
5:10 PMEF1About 17 miles from Roanoke, VA0.7 mi long, 100 yd wide
5:56 PMEF1About 15 miles from Lynchburg, VA1.7 mi long, 400 yd wide
6:00 PMEF3About 6 miles from Lynchburg, VA20.4 mi long, 600 yd wide
6:38 PMEF0About 23 miles from Lynchburg, VA1.5 mi long, 75 yd wide

Cities with reports nearby

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

CityLargest hailHighest gustTornado reports
Lynchburg, VANoneNone2
Roanoke, VANone58 mph0
Virginia Beach, VANone66 mph0

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