Thunderstorm Wind, Roanoke
- When
- March 24, 10:50 AM CST
- Where
- Roanoke County
- Coordinates
- 37.300, -80.070
Tornado and Damaging Winds in Virginia, March 24, 1975
13 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 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
- $25,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 14
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
13 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Henry
- When
- March 24, 11:30 AM CST
- Where
- Henry County
- Coordinates
- 36.800, -79.720
Thunderstorm Wind, Campbell
- When
- March 24, 12:30 PM CST
- Where
- Campbell County
- Coordinates
- 37.170, -79.080
Thunderstorm Wind, Charlotte
- When
- March 24, 1:00 PM CST
- Where
- Charlotte County
- Coordinates
- 37.080, -78.750
Thunderstorm Wind, Prince Edward
- When
- March 24, 1:15 PM CST
- Where
- Prince Edward County
- Coordinates
- 37.230, -78.470
Thunderstorm Wind, Hanover
- When
- March 24, 1:25 PM CST
- Where
- Hanover County
- Coordinates
- 37.930, -77.650
Tornado, Caroline
- When
- March 24, 1:30 PM CST
- Where
- Caroline County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 200 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 38.030, -77.430
Thunderstorm Wind, Nottoway
- When
- March 24, 1:30 PM CST
- Where
- Nottoway County
- Coordinates
- 37.170, -78.120
Thunderstorm Wind, Amelia
- When
- March 24, 1:45 PM CST
- Where
- Amelia County
- Coordinates
- 37.420, -78.000
Thunderstorm Wind, Norfolk (C)
- When
- March 24, 3:40 PM CST
- Where
- Norfolk (C) County
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 36.900, -76.200
Thunderstorm Wind, Accomack
- When
- March 24, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Accomack County
- Coordinates
- 37.530, -75.830
Thunderstorm Wind, Northampton
- When
- March 24, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Northampton County
- Coordinates
- 37.270, -76.020
Thunderstorm Wind, Accomack
- When
- March 24, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Accomack County
- Coordinates
- 37.930, -75.530
Thunderstorm Wind, Accomack
- When
- March 24, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Accomack County
- Coordinates
- 37.720, -75.680
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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Georgia, March 24, 1975
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, March 24, 1975
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in South Carolina, March 24, 1975
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, March 24, 1975
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Tennessee, March 24, 1975
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Alabama, March 24, 1975
- Damaging Winds in Kentucky, March 24, 1975
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, March 24, 1975
- Damaging Winds in Michigan, March 24, 1975
- Damaging Winds in Indiana, March 24, 1975
- Damaging Winds in Illinois, March 24, 1975
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: 10151011, 10151012, 10151013, 10151014, 10151015, 10151016, 10151017, 10151018, 10151019, 10151020, 10151021, 10151022, 10151023, 10151024.