Tornado record · Original Fujita scale
F1 tornado, Norfolk city, Virginia, April 30, 1968
RatingF1
Deaths0
Injuries0
Length22.5 mi
Width200 yd
Path
Drawn as a straight line from the recorded start point (36.93, -76.30) to the end point (36.70, -76.02), which is all NOAA's record holds. The real track may have curved.
The record
- Date
- April 30, 1968, 4:15 PM (as recorded, Central Standard Time)
- Rating
- F1
- States
- Virginia
- Counties
- Norfolk city, Virginia Beach city
- Near the path
- Virginia Beach, Norfolk (approximate: towns the straight recorded line passes through)
- Path
- 22.5 miles long, up to 200 yards wide
- Casualties
- 0 deaths, 0 injuries
Tornado history nearby
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, 1950 to 2025.