F2 Tornado — Chesapeake, Virginia
1993-08-06 · near Se Chesapeake, Chesapeake, Virginia
$5.0M
Property damage
2.5 mi
Path length
200 yds
Path width
Event narrative
At approximately 1600 EDT, a tornado moved through the Great Bridge area of Cheasapeake. It first struck along Hanbury Road near Great Bridge High School just west of Route 168 and moved east through Etheridge Manor and Etheridge Woods subdivisions. At least 35 homes were damaged. A brick two-car garage was flattened, several roofs were at least partially gone and numerous houses had the attic portion of the walls blown out. Numerous trees were blown down falling onto houses.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 10356865. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.