Tornado, Northumberland
- When
- July 12, 11:45 PM EST to July 13, 12:15 AM EST
- Where
- Northumberland County, Edwardsville
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 4.5 mi
- Path width
- 40 yd
- Injuries
- 9 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 37.900, -76.370
Tornado in Virginia, July 12 to 13, 1996
Tornado damage occurred from Burgess to Oyster Cove. The most significant damage was found in the Edwardsville area, where nearly 20 mobile homes were severely damaged or destroyed.
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
- 9
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
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.
What happened
The episode as NWS AKQ wrote it up.
Tornado damage occurred from Burgess to Oyster Cove. The most significant damage was found in the Edwardsville area, where nearly 20 mobile homes were severely damaged or destroyed. Numerous trees were downed or suffered damage. Nine, mostly minor, injuries were reported.
The radar
The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 116 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 04:43 UTC.
Event by event
1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Hurricane in North Carolina, July 12 to 13, 1996
- Flash Flood in Colorado, July 12, 1996
- High Wind in North Carolina, July 12, 1996
- Hurricane in North Carolina, July 12, 1996
- Hurricane in North Carolina, July 12, 1996
- Hurricane in North Carolina, July 12, 1996
- Hurricane in South Carolina, July 12, 1996
- High Wind in North Carolina, July 12, 1996
- Hail in Colorado, July 12, 1996
- Hurricane in South Carolina, July 12, 1996
- Hurricane in North Carolina, July 12 to 13, 1996
- Tornado in Virginia, July 12, 1996
More
Every storm in Virginia in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Virginia, 1996Warnings in Virginia, July 1996
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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5583522.