Lightning in Portsmouth (c) County, Virginia

Lightning March 5, 2025 · Portsmouth (c) County, Virginia

$5K

Damage as recorded

Where the report was made, with tornadoes recorded within 15 miles over the years.

What the National Weather Service wrote

An Emergency Manager reported a fire response for a house due to a lightning strike. However, no major damage was reported.

The wider storm

A deep trough over the Midwest and surface low near the Great Lakes brought a robust cold front into the Mid Atlantic region. A strongly-forced area of linear convection moved from west to east across portions of central into eastern Virginia. These storms mostly produced strong to severe straight line wind gusts but one waterspout moved ashore from the York River into Gloucester county, causing EF0 damage.

Began near Portsmouth (36.8400, -76.3800).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

1 more tornado the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.

EF0 Gloucester County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1243222. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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