Thunderstorm Wind, Kent
- When
- November 16, 8:00 AM CST
- Where
- Kent County
- Coordinates
- 39.300, -75.600
Tornado and Damaging Winds in Delaware, November 16, 1989
6 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 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
- 2
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 7
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 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Sussex
- When
- November 16, 8:00 AM CST
- Where
- Sussex County
- Coordinates
- 38.870, -75.480
Thunderstorm Wind, Sussex
- When
- November 16, 8:00 AM CST
- Where
- Sussex County
- Coordinates
- 38.680, -75.380
Tornado, New Castle
- When
- November 16, 9:30 AM EST
- Where
- New Castle County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 17 yd
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 39.750, -75.530
Thunderstorm Wind, New Castle
- When
- November 16, 9:15 AM CST
- Where
- New Castle County
- Coordinates
- 39.780, -75.680
Thunderstorm Wind, New Castle
- When
- November 16, 9:35 AM CST
- Where
- New Castle County
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Coordinates
- 39.550, -75.650
Thunderstorm Wind, New Castle
- When
- November 16, 9:40 AM CST
- Where
- New Castle County
- Measured
- 78 kt (90 mph)
- Coordinates
- 39.750, -75.530
What these are
- 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.
- 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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in New York, November 16, 1989
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in New Jersey, November 16, 1989
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, November 16, 1989
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Virginia, November 16, 1989
- Tornado in West Virginia, November 16, 1989
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Maryland, November 16, 1989
- Damaging Winds in Georgia, November 16, 1989
- Damaging Winds in Vermont, November 16, 1989
- Damaging Wind in District of Columbia, November 16, 1989
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: 9986000, 9986001, 9986002, 9986004, 9986003, 9986005, 9986006.