Tornado, Hampton (C)
- When
- September 4, 4:00 PM EST to 4:15 PM EST
- Where
- Hampton (C) County, Hampton
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 2 mi
- Path width
- 30 yd
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Coordinates
- 37.020, -76.350
Tornado in Virginia, September 4, 1996
Weather personnel at the Langley Air Force Base observed a small tornado about 1/2 mile north-northwest of their building. There was only minor damage to a few vehicles and tops of trees.
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
- $1,000
- 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.
Weather personnel at the Langley Air Force Base observed a small tornado about 1/2 mile north-northwest of their building. There was only minor damage to a few vehicles and tops of trees.
The radar
The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 59 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:57 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, September 4 to 6, 1996
- Flash Flood in North Carolina, September 4, 1996
- Flash Flood in North Carolina, September 4, 1996
- Hail in North Dakota, September 4, 1996
- Flash Flood in North Carolina, September 4, 1996
- Flooding in Virginia, September 4 to 11, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Texas, September 4, 1996
- Hail in North Dakota, September 4, 1996
- Flash Flood in California, September 4, 1996
- Hail in North Dakota, September 4, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Texas, September 4, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Texas, September 4, 1996
More
Every storm in Virginia in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Virginia, 1996Warnings in Virginia, September 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: 5583629.