Thunderstorm Wind, Virginia Beach (C)
- When
- August 12, 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- Virginia Beach (C) County
- Coordinates
- 36.850, -75.980
Damaging Wind in Virginia, August 12, 1973
1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
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- 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
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
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
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornado and Hail in Illinois, August 12, 1973
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Indiana, August 12, 1973
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Missouri, August 12, 1973
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, August 12, 1973
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Ohio, August 12, 1973
- Damaging Winds in Maryland, August 12, 1973
- Hail in North Dakota, August 12, 1973
- Damaging Winds in North Carolina, August 12, 1973
- Hail in Kansas, August 12, 1973
- Tornado in Texas, August 12, 1973
- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, August 12, 1973
- Damaging Wind in Massachusetts, August 12, 1973
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: 10149880.