Hail, Shenandoah
- When
- May 16, 1:00 PM CST
- Where
- Shenandoah County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.870, -78.620
Hail and Damaging Winds in Virginia, May 16, 1988
6 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
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- 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
- 9
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
6 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Rappahannock
- When
- May 16, 1:36 PM CST
- Where
- Rappahannock County
- Coordinates
- 38.700, -78.200
Thunderstorm Wind, Culpeper
- When
- May 16, 1:43 PM CST
- Where
- Culpeper County
- Coordinates
- 38.450, -77.970
Thunderstorm Wind, Orange
- When
- May 16, 2:00 PM CST
- Where
- Orange County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 38.180, -78.100
Hail, Henry
- When
- May 16, 3:05 PM CST
- Where
- Henry County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.580, -79.870
Hail, Patrick
- When
- May 16, 3:05 PM CST
- Where
- Patrick County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.720, -80.330
Hail, Franklin
- When
- May 16, 3:05 PM CST
- Where
- Franklin County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.980, -79.630
Hail, Stafford
- When
- May 16, 3:15 PM CST
- Where
- Stafford County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.420, -77.430
Hail, Fairfax
- When
- May 16, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Fairfax County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.830, -77.270
What these are
- 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
- Tornado and Hail in Alabama, May 16, 1988
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Carolina, May 16, 1988
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, May 16, 1988
- Hail and Damaging Winds in New York, May 16, 1988
- Hail in Georgia, May 16, 1988
- Hail in Maryland, May 16, 1988
- Hail in Texas, May 16, 1988
- Hail in Tennessee, May 16, 1988
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, May 16, 1988
- Hail in West Virginia, May 16, 1988
- Damaging Winds in Colorado, May 16, 1988
- Tornado in Florida, May 16, 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: 10152264, 10152265, 10152266, 10152267, 10152268, 10152269, 10152270, 10152271, 10152272.