Thunderstorm Wind, Nottoway
- When
- June 21, 9:30 AM CST
- Where
- Nottoway County
- Measured
- 71 kt (82 mph)
- Coordinates
- 37.080, -77.900
Tornadoes and Hail in Virginia, June 21, 1970
9 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $275,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 12
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
Event by event
9 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Petersburg (C)
- When
- June 21, 10:30 AM CST
- Where
- Petersburg (C) County
- Rating
- F2
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 37.200, -77.370
Thunderstorm Wind, Prince George
- When
- June 21, 10:30 AM CST
- Where
- Prince George County
- Coordinates
- 37.280, -77.280
Thunderstorm Wind, King and Queen
- When
- June 21, 10:38 AM CST
- Where
- King and Queen County
- Coordinates
- 37.500, -76.780
Thunderstorm Wind, Henrico
- When
- June 21, 10:50 AM CST
- Where
- Henrico County
- Coordinates
- 37.500, -77.180
Thunderstorm Wind,
- When
- June 21, 11:05 AM CST
- Where
- County
- Coordinates
- 37.780, -76.280
Thunderstorm Wind,
- When
- June 21, 11:13 AM CST
- Where
- County
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 37.080, -76.280
Thunderstorm Wind, Norfolk (C)
- When
- June 21, 11:30 AM CST
- Where
- Norfolk (C) County
- Coordinates
- 36.880, -76.280
Tornado, Chesterfield
- When
- June 21, 12:00 PM CST
- Where
- Chesterfield County
- Rating
- F2
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 37.350, -77.720
Thunderstorm Wind,
- When
- June 21, 12:00 PM CST
- Where
- County
- Coordinates
- 37.880, -75.680
Hail, Halifax
- When
- June 21, 6:30 PM CST
- Where
- Halifax County
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.000, -78.900
Thunderstorm Wind, Nottoway
- When
- June 21, 6:52 PM CST
- Where
- Nottoway County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 37.080, -77.900
What these are
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
- Tornado
- A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornado in Alabama, June 21, 1970
- Tornadoes in Texas, June 21, 1970
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, June 21, 1970
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, June 21, 1970
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Carolina, June 21, 1970
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Idaho, June 21, 1970
- Damaging Winds in Ohio, June 21, 1970
- Damaging Wind in Maryland, June 21, 1970
- Hail in Tennessee, June 21, 1970
- Hail in Nevada, June 21, 1970
- Hail in Oregon, June 21, 1970
- Hail in Georgia, June 21, 1970
More
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Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 10153166, 10153167, 10153168, 10153169, 10153170, 10153171, 10153172, 10153173, 10153174, 10153175, 10153176, 10153177.