Tornado record · Original Fujita scale

F4 tornado, Dinwiddie County, Virginia, August 6, 1993

RatingF4

Deaths4

Injuries246

Length1 mi

Width250 yd

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Path

The path

Drawn as a straight line from the recorded start point (37.20, -77.43) to the end point (37.32, -77.27), which is all NOAA's record holds. The real track may have curved.

The record

Date: August 6, 1993, 10:30 AM (as recorded, Central Standard Time)
Rating: F4
States: Virginia
Counties: Dinwiddie County, Petersburg city, Chesterfield County, Prince George County
Near the path: Petersburg, Hopewell, Colonial Heights (approximate: towns the straight recorded line passes through)
Path: 1 miles long, up to 250 yards wide
Casualties: 4 deaths, 246 injuries

Same day

Other tornadoes on August 6, 1993

Tornadoes, newest first
Date	Rating	State	Path length	Width	Injuries
Aug 6, 1993	F3	Virginia	2.9 mi	100 yd	0
Aug 6, 1993	F2	Virginia	38 mi	173 yd	0
Aug 6, 1993	F2	Virginia	2.5 mi	200 yd	0
Aug 6, 1993	F1	North Carolina	1 mi	30 yd	0
Aug 6, 1993	F1	Virginia	14 mi	200 yd	0
Aug 6, 1993	F1	Virginia	6.5 mi	50 yd	0
Aug 6, 1993	F1	Virginia	4.8 mi	150 yd	0
Aug 6, 1993	F1	Virginia	1 mi	73 yd	0
Aug 6, 1993	F1	Virginia	14 mi	100 yd	0
Aug 6, 1993	F1	Virginia	2.5 mi	150 yd	0
Aug 6, 1993	F1	Virginia	5 mi	100 yd	0
Aug 6, 1993	F1	Virginia	8 mi	150 yd	0
Aug 6, 1993	F1	North Carolina	0.5 mi	20 yd	0
Aug 6, 1993	F1	North Carolina	0.7 mi	30 yd	0
Aug 6, 1993	F1	Virginia	12 mi	200 yd	10
Aug 6, 1993	F1	Virginia	2 mi	250 yd	0
Aug 6, 1993	F1	Virginia	0.5 mi	150 yd	0
Aug 6, 1993	F1	North Carolina	0.5 mi	10 yd	0
Aug 6, 1993	F1	Virginia	1.5 mi	50 yd	0
Aug 6, 1993	F0	Virginia	0.3 mi	50 yd	0
Aug 6, 1993	F0	Virginia	1 mi	100 yd	0
Aug 6, 1993	F0	North Carolina	0.2 mi	20 yd	0

Nearby

Tornado history nearby

Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, 1950 to 2025.