Virginia storm reports for September 17, 2018

Name: NOAA storm reports, Virginia, September 17, 2018
Creator: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center

NOAA recorded 5 wind reports and 11 tornado reports in Virginia on September 17, 2018.

in Virginia; 16
Storm reports: About 42 miles from Richmond, VA; 58 mph
Highest gust: Highest rating EF2, about 11 miles from Richmond, VA; 11
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 September 17, 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

Wind5, most at 3 PM

Tornado11, most at 3 PM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

Time	Rating	Where	Path
9:35 AM	EF0	About 55 miles from Durham, NC	9.15 mi long, 100 yd wide
12:33 PM	EF1	About 17 miles from Richmond, VA	0.69 mi long, 100 yd wide
1:46 PM	EF1	About 22 miles from Richmond, VA	8.79 mi long, 150 yd wide
2:32 PM	EF1	About 6 miles from Richmond, VA	4 mi long, 100 yd wide
2:38 PM	EF2	About 11 miles from Richmond, VA	7.5 mi long, 350 yd wide
2:55 PM	EF0	About 21 miles from Richmond, VA	0.69 mi long, 75 yd wide
3:05 PM	EF0	In Richmond, VA	0.25 mi long, 75 yd wide
3:14 PM	EF0	About 3 miles from Richmond, VA	1.3 mi long, 75 yd wide
3:23 PM	EF0	In Richmond, VA	1.38 mi long, 75 yd wide
3:26 PM	EF0	About 10 miles from Richmond, VA	0.5 mi long, 50 yd wide
3:57 PM	EF0	About 4 miles from Richmond, VA	1.05 mi long, 75 yd wide

Time	Gust	Where
10:30 AM	58 mph	About 42 miles from Richmond, VA
12:30 PM	58 mph	About 53 miles from Richmond, VA
3:13 PM	58 mph	About 4 miles from Richmond, VA
3:35 PM	58 mph	About 11 miles from Richmond, VA
4:05 PM	58 mph	About 6 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
Richmond, VA	None	58 mph	7

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