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Virginia storm reports for May 16, 2023

NOAA recorded 4 hail reports, 53 wind reports and 3 tornado reports in Virginia on May 16, 2023.

in Virginia
60
Storm reports
About 33 miles from Winston-Salem, NC
1.25 in
Largest hail
About 32 miles from Kingsport, TN
90 mph
Highest gust
Highest rating EF1, about 34 miles from Kingsport, TN
3
Tornado reports
Sources: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center reports; radar hail estimates from NOAA MRMS; gust estimates from NOAA URMA; damage surveys from the NWS Damage Assessment Toolkit

Hail, inches

  • 0.75
  • 1
  • 1.5
  • 2
  • 2.5
  • 3+

Dots: reports. Shading: radar estimate.

  • Wind report
  • Estimated gusts, 50 to 90 mph
  • 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 16, 2023 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. Gust lines are estimates: the highest gust of the day in NOAA's hourly 2.5 km wind analysis (URMA), which fills in between weather stations. They aren't measurements at any building.

Reports by hour

Hail4, most at 2 PM

Wind53, most at 4 PM

Tornado3, most at 4 PM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

TimeRatingWherePath
4:17 PMEF1About 34 miles from Kingsport, TN0.15 mi long, 50 yd wide
4:27 PMEF1About 26 miles from Kingsport, TN0.55 mi long, 30 yd wide
4:33 PMEF1About 19 miles from Kingsport, TN0.56 mi long, 30 yd wide

Cities with reports nearby

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

CityLargest hailHighest gustTornado reports
Richmond, VA1.0 in58 mph0

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