Tornado record · Original Fujita scale
F1 tornado, Portsmouth city, Virginia, November 3, 1971
RatingF1
Deaths0
Injuries4
Length11.5 mi
Width100 yd
Path
Drawn as a straight line from the recorded start point (36.82, -76.35) to the end point (36.93, -76.20), which is all NOAA's record holds. The real track may have curved.
The record
- Date
- November 3, 1971, 9:30 AM (as recorded, Central Standard Time)
- Rating
- F1
- States
- Virginia
- Counties
- Portsmouth city, Norfolk city
- Near the path
- Chesapeake, Norfolk, Portsmouth (approximate: towns the straight recorded line passes through)
- Path
- 11.5 miles long, up to 100 yards wide
- Casualties
- 0 deaths, 4 injuries
Tornado history nearby
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, 1950 to 2025.