Tornado record · Original Fujita scale
F0 tornado, Emporia city, Virginia, March 15, 1996
RatingF0
Deaths0
Injuries0
Length5 mi
Width800 yd
Path
Drawn as a straight line from the recorded start point (36.67, -77.55) to the end point (36.70, -77.52), which is all NOAA's record holds. The real track may have curved.
The record
- Date
- March 15, 1996, 12:25 PM (as recorded, Central Standard Time)
- Rating
- F0
- States
- Virginia
- Counties
- Emporia city
- Near the path
- Emporia (approximate: towns the straight recorded line passes through)
- Path
- 5 miles long, up to 800 yards wide
- Casualties
- 0 deaths, 0 injuries
Tornado history nearby
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, 1950 to 2025.