Tornado, Brunswick
- When
- October 14, 4:50 AM EST
- Where
- Brunswick County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 12 mi
- Path width
- 800 yd
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 36.780, -77.770
Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Virginia, October 14, 1986
5 tornado, 5 thunderstorm wind, 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
- 2
- Property damage
- $3.5 million
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 10
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 tornado, 5 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Prince George
- When
- October 14, 6:24 AM EST
- Where
- Prince George County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 13.9 mi
- Path width
- 450 yd
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 37.020, -77.370
Thunderstorm Wind, York
- When
- October 14, 5:50 AM CST
- Where
- York County
- Coordinates
- 37.230, -76.530
Thunderstorm Wind, Surry
- When
- October 14, 5:50 AM CST
- Where
- Surry County
- Coordinates
- 37.230, -76.950
Thunderstorm Wind, Middlesex
- When
- October 14, 5:50 AM CST
- Where
- Middlesex County
- Coordinates
- 37.520, -76.470
Tornado, Charlotte
- When
- October 14, 6:05 AM CST
- Where
- Charlotte County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 5 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 37.300, -76.950
Thunderstorm Wind, James City
- When
- October 14, 6:10 AM CST
- Where
- James City County
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Coordinates
- 37.400, -76.720
Thunderstorm Wind, Gloucester
- When
- October 14, 6:15 AM CST
- Where
- Gloucester County
- Coordinates
- 37.420, -76.570
Tornado, Sussex
- When
- October 14, 6:20 AM CST
- Where
- Sussex County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 2.1 mi
- Path width
- 450 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 36.970, -77.370
Tornado, Prince George
- When
- October 14, 6:20 AM CST
- Where
- Prince George County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 2 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 37.270, -77.300
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 1986Every state in 1986This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Virginia, 1986Warnings in Virginia, October 1986
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: 10153405, 10153414, 10153406, 10153407, 10153408, 10153409, 10153410, 10153411, 10153412, 10153413.