Tornado, Rockingham
- When
- June 24, 6:03 PM EST to 6:05 PM EST
- Where
- Rockingham County, Broadway
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Property damage
- $40,000
- Coordinates
- 38.620, -78.800
Tornado in Virginia, June 24, 1996
A brief tornado, with estimated winds in excess of 72 mph, caused a variety of damage in a small area near Broadway. Several chimneys were blown off homes, and wrought-iron furniture was tossed into a swimming pool.
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
- $40,000
- 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 LWX wrote it up.
A brief tornado, with estimated winds in excess of 72 mph, caused a variety of damage in a small area near Broadway. Several chimneys were blown off homes, and wrought-iron furniture was tossed into a swimming pool. Two homes and two poultry houses lost their roofs. Downed trees and wires were also noted around Broadway and just south of New Market.
The radar
The Sterling radar (KLWX), 120 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:01 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
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- Lightning Strike in Virginia, June 24, 1996
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- Flash Flood in Ohio, June 24, 1996
- Lightning Strike in South Carolina, June 24, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Ohio, June 24, 1996
- Tornado in Maryland, June 24, 1996
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: 5578436.