Tornado by the numbers

Published 11:36 pm Friday, April 27, 2018

4:05 p.m. — The time of the first touchdown in Suffolk

22 — Miles tracked by the Suffolk tornado

¼ — Miles wide at its widest point

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11 — Tornadoes that touched down Virginia that day; Suffolk’s was the strongest

EF3 — The Suffolk tornado’s rating on the Enhanced Fujita Scale

160 — Approximate miles per hour of the Suffolk tornado

170 — People injured in Suffolk

0 — People killed in the tornado

3,200 — Dominion Virginia Power customers in Suffolk who lost power during the storm

456 — Suffolk properties damaged or destroyed

28.6 — Estimated damage in millions of dollars