Tornado (EF3) — Virginia Beach (C), Virginia
April 30, 2023 · NOAA Storm Events record
Event narrative (NOAA)
A tornado formed over the eastern branch of Lynnhaven River in the City of Virginia Beach. The tornado progressed up River Road as an EF1, passing by the Great Neck Recreation Center. It increased to an EF2 intensity, as it moved into the Chelsea |neighborhood. The tornado continued onto Haversham Close with EF3 intensity. In this area, several homes were shifted off their foundations and roofs and upper walls were completely removed. The tornado then crossed Broad Bay and the eastern portion of Bay Island, clipping Windward Shore Drive as an EF1. It then moved over First Landing State Park and into Fort Story as an EF1, snapping trees, damaging barracks, and damaging several other buildings before moving offshore. Approximately 115 homes were damaged with 11 homes destroyed according to t
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Source: NOAA/NCEI Storm Events Database. Deaths and injuries are those NOAA classifies as direct. Damage is the reporting office's estimate at the time and is not inflation-adjusted. This is a catalogue record, not a forecast.