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Virginia storm reports for August 3, 2020

NOAA recorded 16 wind reports and 7 tornado reports in Virginia on August 3, 2020.

in Virginia
23
Storm reports
About 39 miles from Greensboro, NC
58 mph
Highest gust
Highest rating EF2, about 54 miles from Virginia Beach, VA
7
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 August 3, 2020 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

Wind16, most at 2 PM

Tornado7, most at 1 AM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

TimeRatingWherePath
1:49 AMEF2About 54 miles from Virginia Beach, VA15.9 mi long, 200 yd wide
1:54 AMEF1About 30 miles from Virginia Beach, VA21 mi long, 150 yd wide
2:08 AMEF0About 31 miles from Virginia Beach, VA11.7 mi long, 100 yd wide
3:13 AMEF1About 39 miles from Richmond, VA0.8 mi long, 200 yd wide
3:53 AMEF1About 49 miles from Virginia Beach, VA4.7 mi long, 250 yd wide
4:40 AMEF2Near 37.63, -76.34, VA15.61 mi long, 500 yd wide
5:06 AMEF1Near 37.81, -76.28, VA2.2 mi long, 100 yd wide

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