Tornado, Emporia
- When
- March 15, 1:25 PM EST to 1:35 PM EST
- Where
- Emporia County, Emporia to 1 mi NW of Emporia Arpt
- Measured
- 125
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 5 mi
- Path width
- 800 yd
- Coordinates
- 36.670, -77.550
Tornado in Virginia, March 15, 1996
TORNADIC-LIKE DAMAGE NOTED 1 MILE SOUTHWEST OF EMPORIA OFF ROUTE 611. TIN ROOF PEELED OFF OF SMALL HOUSE AND FRONT PORCH RIPPED AWAY AND CARRIED 150 FEET.
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
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- 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.
TORNADIC-LIKE DAMAGE NOTED 1 MILE SOUTHWEST OF EMPORIA OFF ROUTE 611. TIN ROOF PEELED OFF OF SMALL HOUSE AND FRONT PORCH RIPPED AWAY AND CARRIED 150 FEET. TRAMPOLINE IN YARD CARRIED 500 FEET AND LODGED IN TREE 15 FEET ABOVE GROUND. STORM CR
The radar
The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 60 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:27 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
- Damaging Wind in South Carolina, March 15, 1996
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- Damaging Wind in South Carolina, March 15, 1996
- Damaging Wind in South Carolina, March 15, 1996
- Hail in Alabama, March 15, 1996
- Damaging Wind in South Carolina, March 15, 1996
- Damaging Wind in South Carolina, March 15, 1996
- Damaging Wind in South Carolina, March 15, 1996
- Damaging Wind in South Carolina, March 15, 1996
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, March 15, 1996
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Alabama, March 15, 1996
- Hail in Alabama, March 15, 1996
More
Every storm in Virginia in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Virginia, 1996Warnings in Virginia, March 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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5582510.