On the morning of April 30, 2023, showers and non-severe storms passed through Hampton Roads, but nothing like what Great Neck neighbors would experience later that afternoon.
Soon, conditions changed, creating the recipe for a final, more intense round of storms. One of those storms formed into a rotating supercell over Virginia Beach, producing an EF3 tornado that was on the ground for about five minutes, moving almost 60 mph from the Lynnhaven River through the Great Neck neighborhood before dissipating over Fort Story.
Watch: Drone video shows destruction from EF-3 tornado in Great Neck area
WATCH: New drone video shows destruction from EF-3 tornado in Great Neck area
Carrie Triepel, a Great Neck resident, said, “It was like, you’re in a horror film, right? You hear that [beep noise] and lights went out.”…