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The June 2012 Mid-Atlantic and Midwest derecho was one of the deadliest and most destructive fast-moving severe thunderstorm complexes in North American history. The progressive derecho tracked across a large section of the Midwestern United States and across the central Appalachians into the mid-Atlantic states on the afternoon and evening of June 29, 2012, and into the early morning of June ...
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The National Weather Service (NWS) office in Wakefield, Virginia, said on Monday that a storm survey crew confirmed EF3 tornado damage in the Great Neck portion of Virginia Beach. The NWS said the ...
"It has been nearly a month since much of Virginia had severe storms," Douty said, "April 15 was the last day with widespread wind and hail in the state and the mid-Atlantic region in general."
From April 14–16, 2011, a tornado outbreak, among the largest recorded tornado outbreaks in U.S. history, produced 178 confirmed tornadoes across 16 states, resulting in severe destruction on all three days of the outbreak. A total of 38 people were killed from tornadoes and an additional five people were killed as a result of straight-line ...
As the storm continues to track northward, drenching rain will occur first in many areas, then severe storms may ignite along the coast into parts of southeastern Virginia through Sunday night.
The risk level for parts Virginia and far southern Maryland has increased to a Level 3 of 5 early Monday afternoon, due to the increased likelihood of storms with frequent damaging wind gusts.
That afternoon, clusters of severe storms affected South Carolina, eastern North Carolina and the Hampton Roads area of Virginia. One embedded supercell made its way into north Virginia Beach, Virginia and produced an intense EF3 tornado that touched down in the city's residential areas, snapping (or uprooting) trees, overturning vehicles, and ...