Thunderstorm Wind, Bedford
- When
- August 4, 12:30 PM CST
- Where
- Bedford County
- Coordinates
- 37.080, -79.520
Tornado and Damaging Winds in Virginia, August 4, 1991
6 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 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
- $25,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 7
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
6 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Brunswick
- When
- August 4, 3:40 PM EST
- Where
- Brunswick County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 73 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 36.730, -77.830
Thunderstorm Wind, Brunswick
- When
- August 4, 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- Brunswick County
- Measured
- 70 kt (81 mph)
- Coordinates
- 36.900, -77.950
Thunderstorm Wind, Brunswick
- When
- August 4, 3:40 PM CST
- Where
- Brunswick County
- Measured
- 70 kt (81 mph)
- Coordinates
- 36.730, -77.830
Thunderstorm Wind, Goochland
- When
- August 4, 4:55 PM CST
- Where
- Goochland County
- Coordinates
- 37.720, -77.930
Thunderstorm Wind, Southampton
- When
- August 4, 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Southampton County
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 36.770, -77.200
Thunderstorm Wind, Suffolk (C)
- When
- August 4, 5:22 PM CST
- Where
- Suffolk (C) County
- Coordinates
- 36.730, -76.580
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
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- Tornado and Hail in Idaho, August 4, 1991
- Damaging Winds in Massachusetts, August 4, 1991
- Damaging Winds in New Hampshire, August 4, 1991
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, August 4, 1991
- Tornado in Nevada, August 4, 1991
- Damaging Wind in Georgia, August 4, 1991
- Damaging Wind in Texas, August 4, 1991
- Damaging Wind in Kansas, August 4, 1991
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: 10146176, 10146178, 10146177, 10146179, 10146180, 10146181, 10146182.