Tornado record · Original Fujita scale

F1 tornado, Newport News city, Virginia, August 6, 1993

RatingF1

Deaths0

Injuries10

Length12 mi

Width200 yd

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Path

The path

Drawn as a straight line from the recorded start point (36.98, -76.42) to the end point (37.02, -76.35), which is all NOAA's record holds. The real track may have curved.

The record

Date: August 6, 1993, 12:10 PM (as recorded, Central Standard Time)
Rating: F1
States: Virginia
Counties: Newport News city
Path: 12 miles long, up to 200 yards wide
Casualties: 0 deaths, 10 injuries

Same day

Other tornadoes on August 6, 1993

Tornadoes, newest first
Date	Rating	State	Path length	Width	Deaths	Injuries
Aug 6, 1993	F4	Virginia	1 mi	250 yd	4	246
Aug 6, 1993	F3	Virginia	2.9 mi	100 yd	0	0
Aug 6, 1993	F2	Virginia	38 mi	173 yd	0	0
Aug 6, 1993	F2	Virginia	2.5 mi	200 yd	0	0
Aug 6, 1993	F1	North Carolina	1 mi	30 yd	0	0
Aug 6, 1993	F1	Virginia	14 mi	200 yd	0	0
Aug 6, 1993	F1	Virginia	6.5 mi	50 yd	0	0
Aug 6, 1993	F1	Virginia	4.8 mi	150 yd	0	0
Aug 6, 1993	F1	Virginia	1 mi	73 yd	0	0
Aug 6, 1993	F1	Virginia	14 mi	100 yd	0	0
Aug 6, 1993	F1	Virginia	2.5 mi	150 yd	0	0
Aug 6, 1993	F1	Virginia	5 mi	100 yd	0	0
Aug 6, 1993	F1	Virginia	8 mi	150 yd	0	0
Aug 6, 1993	F1	North Carolina	0.5 mi	20 yd	0	0
Aug 6, 1993	F1	North Carolina	0.7 mi	30 yd	0	0
Aug 6, 1993	F1	Virginia	2 mi	250 yd	0	0
Aug 6, 1993	F1	Virginia	0.5 mi	150 yd	0	0
Aug 6, 1993	F1	North Carolina	0.5 mi	10 yd	0	0
Aug 6, 1993	F1	Virginia	1.5 mi	50 yd	0	0
Aug 6, 1993	F0	Virginia	0.3 mi	50 yd	0	0
Aug 6, 1993	F0	Virginia	1 mi	100 yd	0	0
Aug 6, 1993	F0	North Carolina	0.2 mi	20 yd	0	0

Nearby

Tornado history nearby

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