Tornado, Suffolk (C)
- When
- March 29, 3:15 PM EST
- Where
- Suffolk (C) County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 3 mi
- Path width
- 10 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 36.730, -76.580
Tornado and Damaging Winds in Virginia, March 29, 1991
2 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
- 3
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
2 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Virginia Beach (C)
- When
- March 29, 4:05 PM CST
- Where
- Virginia Beach (C) County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 36.850, -75.980
Thunderstorm Wind, Virginia Beach (C)
- When
- March 29, 4:20 PM CST
- Where
- Virginia Beach (C) County
- Coordinates
- 36.850, -75.980
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
- Tornadoes and Hail in Alabama, March 29, 1991
- Tornadoes and Hail in Georgia, March 29, 1991
- Tornadoes and Hail in North Carolina, March 29, 1991
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in South Carolina, March 29, 1991
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, March 29, 1991
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, March 29, 1991
More
Every storm in Virginia in 1991Every state in 1991This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Virginia, 1991Warnings in Virginia, March 1991
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: 10149480, 10149481, 10149482.