Tornado, Campbell
- When
- March 21, 12:00 AM CST
- Where
- Campbell County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 200 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 37.200, -79.300
Tornado and Damaging Winds in Virginia, March 21, 1984
5 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
- 1
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 6
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
5 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Alleghany
- When
- March 21, 12:00 AM CST
- Where
- Alleghany County
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Coordinates
- 37.750, -80.250
Thunderstorm Wind, Mecklenburg
- When
- March 21, 12:30 AM CST
- Where
- Mecklenburg County
- Coordinates
- 36.680, -78.370
Thunderstorm Wind, Mecklenburg
- When
- March 21, 12:45 AM CST
- Where
- Mecklenburg County
- Coordinates
- 36.730, -78.130
Thunderstorm Wind, Lunenburg
- When
- March 21, 1:00 AM CST
- Where
- Lunenburg County
- Coordinates
- 36.950, -78.230
Thunderstorm Wind, Prince Edward
- When
- March 21, 1:30 AM CST
- Where
- Prince Edward County
- Coordinates
- 37.300, -78.480
What these are
- 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.
- 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
More
Every storm in Virginia in 1984Every state in 1984This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Virginia, 1984
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: 10154281, 10154282, 10154283, 10149798, 10149799, 10149800.