Tornado record · Original Fujita scale
F1 tornado, Newport News city, Virginia, June 27, 1951
RatingF1
Deaths0
Injuries0
Length0.1 mi
Width10 yd
Path
Drawn as a straight line from the recorded start point (37.12, -76.53) to the end point (37.12, -76.53), which is all NOAA's record holds. The real track may have curved.
The record
- Date
- June 27, 1951, 3:00 PM (as recorded, Central Standard Time)
- Rating
- F1
- States
- Virginia
- Counties
- Newport News city
- Path
- 0.1 miles long, up to 10 yards wide
- Casualties
- 0 deaths, 0 injuries
Other tornadoes on June 27, 1951
| Date | Rating | State | Path length | Width | Deaths | Injuries |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 27, 1951 | F4 | Kansas | 0.8 mi | 300 yd | 5 | 100 |
| Jun 27, 1951 | F3 | Illinois | 9.6 mi | 300 yd | 0 | 35 |
| Jun 27, 1951 | F3 | Illinois | 18.2 mi | 200 yd | 1 | 15 |
| Jun 27, 1951 | F2 | Pennsylvania | 19.7 mi | 10 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Jun 27, 1951 | F1 | Kansas | 0.1 mi | 10 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Jun 27, 1951 | F1 | Ohio | 4.7 mi | 10 yd | 0 | 0 |
Tornado history nearby
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, 1950 to 2025.