Tornado record · Original Fujita scale
F2 tornado, Suffolk city, Virginia, October 9, 1959
RatingF2
Deaths0
Injuries0
Length1 mi
Width300 yd
Path
Drawn as a straight line from the recorded start point (36.75, -75.98) to the end point (36.75, -75.98), which is all NOAA's record holds. The real track may have curved.
The record
- Date
- October 9, 1959, 3:00 PM (as recorded, Central Standard Time)
- Rating
- F2
- States
- Virginia
- Counties
- Suffolk city
- Near the path
- Virginia Beach (approximate: towns the straight recorded line passes through)
- Path
- 1 miles long, up to 300 yards wide
- Casualties
- 0 deaths, 0 injuries
Tornado history nearby
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, 1950 to 2025.