Tornado in Virginia, September 4, 1999

Name: Tornado in Virginia, September 4, 1999
Start: 1999-09-04T12:21
End: 1999-09-04T12:21
Location: Virginia

September 4, 1999 · NWS AKQ · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 6
Property damage: $7.7 million
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.

The radar

The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 59 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 17:21 UTC.

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Event by event

1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.

Tornado, Hampton (C)

When: September 4, 12:21 PM EST
Where: Hampton (C) County, Hampton
Rating: F2
Path length: 1 mi
Path width: 300 yd
Injuries: 6 direct, 0 indirect
Property damage: $7.7 million
Reported by: NWS STORM SURVEY
Coordinates: 37.020, -76.350

Tornado touchdown in the city of Hampton. Extensive structural damage in a 3 block area. Numerous minor injuries, with 6 people transported to the hospital. Three apartment complexes and an assisted living facility condemned. Two additional apartment complexes partially condemned. There were 300 persons from apartment complexes forced to evacuate while 160 persons from the assisted living facility were forced to evacuate. Many roofs were lifted off buildings and as much as 800 vehicles were reported damaged. One 18 wheel tractor trailer was overturned. There was not a continuous damage swath, but areas where the tornado did not completely touch the ground. In some areas the tops of trees were sheared off. This tornado formed in the area ahead of the landfalling tropical storm/hurricane Dennis. There were 6600 persons without power.

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.

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The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Virginia in 1999 Every state in 1999 This day in weather history The tornado archive for Virginia, 1999 Warnings in Virginia, September 1999

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: 5721942.