Tornado, Caroline
- When
- June 26, 1:00 PM EDT
- Where
- Caroline County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.8 mi
- Path width
- 20 yd
- Coordinates
- 38.170, -77.200
Tornado and Hail in Virginia, June 26, 1988
11 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 13
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
Event by event
11 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Westmoreland
- When
- June 26, 1:00 PM CST
- Where
- Westmoreland County
- Measured
- 2 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.150, -76.750
Thunderstorm Wind, Richmond
- When
- June 26, 1:40 PM CST
- Where
- Richmond County
- Coordinates
- 37.950, -76.700
Thunderstorm Wind, Essex
- When
- June 26, 1:50 PM CST
- Where
- Essex County
- Coordinates
- 37.900, -76.930
Thunderstorm Wind, Northumberland
- When
- June 26, 2:00 PM CST
- Where
- Northumberland County
- Measured
- 70 kt (81 mph)
- Coordinates
- 37.880, -76.420
Thunderstorm Wind, Accomack
- When
- June 26, 3:30 PM CST
- Where
- Accomack County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 37.830, -75.430
Thunderstorm Wind, Accomack
- When
- June 26, 3:30 PM CST
- Where
- Accomack County
- Measured
- 100 kt (115 mph)
- Coordinates
- 37.820, -75.880
Thunderstorm Wind, Northampton
- When
- June 26, 3:45 PM CST
- Where
- Northampton County
- Measured
- 59 kt (68 mph)
- Coordinates
- 37.270, -76.020
Thunderstorm Wind, Pittsylvania
- When
- June 26, 3:51 PM CST
- Where
- Pittsylvania County
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph)
- Coordinates
- 36.580, -79.330
Thunderstorm Wind, Virginia Beach (C)
- When
- June 26, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Virginia Beach (C) County
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 36.920, -76.000
Thunderstorm Wind, Chesapeake (C)
- When
- June 26, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Chesapeake (C) County
- Coordinates
- 36.830, -76.250
Thunderstorm Wind, Southampton
- When
- June 26, 5:10 PM CST
- Where
- Southampton County
- Coordinates
- 36.720, -77.070
Thunderstorm Wind, Greensville
- When
- June 26, 5:10 PM CST
- Where
- Greensville County
- Coordinates
- 36.620, -77.550
What these are
- Tornado
- A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, June 26, 1988
- Tornado and Hail in Oklahoma, June 26, 1988
- Damaging Winds in Maryland, June 26, 1988
- Tornado in Colorado, June 26, 1988
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, June 26, 1988
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Carolina, June 26, 1988
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Alabama, June 26, 1988
- Damaging Winds in Tennessee, June 26, 1988
- Tornadoes and Hail in Kansas, June 26, 1988
- Damaging Winds in Oregon, June 26, 1988
- Hail in Connecticut, June 26, 1988
- Damaging Wind in Mississippi, June 26, 1988
More
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Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 10152294, 10152295, 10152296, 10152297, 10152298, 10152299, 10154198, 10154199, 10154200, 10154201, 10154202, 10154203, 10154204.