Storm reports for March 31, 2017

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On March 31, 2017, 22 hail, 6 damaging-wind and 3 tornado reports were logged across 3 states. The largest hail reported was 1.75″ (golf ball size) in Halifax County, VA.

Storm day runs 7 a.m. to 7 a.m. Eastern (12:00–12:00 UTC), the convention the Storm Prediction Center uses. Radar hail estimates start October 2019.

Storm reports by state

Cities with hail reported within 5 miles

Hail reports (22)

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $8.4 million in property damage and $2,000 in crop damage from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (33 events in 3 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Virginia Beach city, VA (near Woods Corner) · Tornado EF2 · $4 million
  “Tornado tracked from Chesapeake northeast into Virginia Beach. The tornado emerged from Stumpy Lake along Elbow Road as an EF0 causing some significant damage to siding and shingles to homes just north of Elbow Road.”
• Chesapeake city, VA (near Oak Grove) · Tornado EF2 · $3.9 million
  “NWS storm survey determined that an EF0 tornado first touched down on Green Tree Road in Chesapeake causing damage to three warehouses. The tornado then quickly lifted off the ground and continued east.”
• Bertie County, NC (near Cremo) · Tornado EF1 · $250,000
  “NWS storm survey determined that an EF1 tornado caused an intermittent damage path nearly 5 miles long and 50 to 100 yards wide. Initial damage, mainly to trees, was seen along and just west of Sally Freeman Road, about a mile south of Powellsville.”
• Suffolk city, VA (near Skeeter Crossing) · Tornado EF1 · $200,000
  “An EF1 tornado touched down along and just west of White Marsh Road, about 2 miles southeast of downtown Suffolk. A number of trees were downed or snapped off, and one outbuilding was destroyed. The debris from that outbuilding damaged the adjacent house.”
• Chesapeake city, VA (near Yadkin) · Tornado EF1 · $50,000
  “Tornado tracked from the Great Dismal Swamp in Suffolk eastward to the Deep Creek section of Chesapeake. There was minor tornado damage on the east edge of the Dismal Swamp in the Deep Creek section.”
• Bertie County, NC (near Midway) · Thunderstorm wind 58 mph · $3,000
  “Trees were downed on a road and limbs were downed on a house.”

Event narratives from NWS Storm Data, shortened. Up to six per day, chosen by deaths, injuries, damage and size.

Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI), Storm Events Database, as entered by National Weather Service offices; data through July 31, 2026. Damage is in dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation.

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