Thunderstorm Wind, Fairfax
- When
- July 15, 4:20 PM CST
- Where
- Fairfax County
- Coordinates
- 38.720, -77.470
Tornado and Damaging Winds in Virginia, July 15, 1976
7 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
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 8
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
7 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Middlesex
- When
- July 15, 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Middlesex County
- Rating
- F1
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 37.670, -76.580
Thunderstorm Wind, Spotsylvania
- When
- July 15, 5:25 PM CST
- Where
- Spotsylvania County
- Coordinates
- 38.200, -77.580
Thunderstorm Wind, Goochland
- When
- July 15, 6:50 PM CST
- Where
- Goochland County
- Coordinates
- 37.680, -77.880
Thunderstorm Wind, Henrico
- When
- July 15, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Henrico County
- Coordinates
- 37.550, -77.450
Thunderstorm Wind, Surry
- When
- July 15, 7:25 PM CST
- Where
- Surry County
- Coordinates
- 37.050, -76.950
Thunderstorm Wind, James City
- When
- July 15, 7:30 PM CST
- Where
- James City County
- Coordinates
- 37.380, -76.820
Thunderstorm Wind, York
- When
- July 15, 7:30 PM CST
- Where
- York County
- Coordinates
- 37.230, -76.520
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
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, July 15, 1976
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, July 15, 1976
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Indiana, July 15, 1976
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, July 15, 1976
- Tornadoes in Texas, July 15, 1976
- Damaging Winds in Illinois, July 15, 1976
- Damaging Winds in West Virginia, July 15, 1976
- Damaging Wind in District of Columbia, July 15, 1976
- Damaging Wind in Georgia, July 15, 1976
- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, July 15, 1976
- Damaging Wind in Mississippi, July 15, 1976
- Damaging Wind in Minnesota, July 15, 1976
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: 10151259, 10151260, 10151261, 10151262, 10151263, 10151264, 10151265, 10151266.