Storms in Virginia in 1989
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Virginia in 1989, with each episode’s narrative and every event in it. Before 1996 the record holds tornadoes, hail and thunderstorm wind only, without narratives; floods, heat, winter storms and the other kinds begin in 1996.
Virginia in 1989 on the map
Every episode with a place to put it, colored by kind of event.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The year
- Events
- 218
- Deaths
- 1
- Injuries
- 42
- Damage
- $3.5 million
- Episodes
- 36
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.
By kind of event
| Kind of event | Events | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thunderstorm Wind | 192 | 0 | 16 | |
| Hail | 17 | 0 | 10 | |
| Tornado | 9 | 1 | 16 | $3.5 million |
Every episode, month by month
February 1989
March 1989
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Virginia, March 15, 1989
- Damaging Winds in Virginia, March 18, 1989
- Tornado and Hail in Virginia, March 30, 1989
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Virginia, March 31, 1989
April 1989
May 1989
- Damaging Wind in Virginia, May 1, 1989
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Virginia, May 2, 1989
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Virginia, May 5, 1989
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Virginia, May 6, 1989
- Damaging Wind in Virginia, May 23, 1989
June 1989
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Virginia, June 2, 1989
- Damaging Wind in Virginia, June 4, 1989
- Damaging Winds in Virginia, June 5, 1989
- Damaging Wind in Virginia, June 12, 1989
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Virginia, June 13, 1989
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Virginia, June 14, 1989
- Damaging Winds in Virginia, June 15, 1989
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Virginia, June 16, 1989
- Tornado in Virginia, June 21, 1989
- Damaging Wind in Virginia, June 26, 1989
- Damaging Wind in Virginia, June 28, 1989
July 1989
- Damaging Wind in Virginia, July 8, 1989
- Damaging Wind in Virginia, July 9, 1989
- Damaging Winds in Virginia, July 12, 1989
- Damaging Wind in Virginia, July 23, 1989
- Damaging Winds in Virginia, July 26, 1989
August 1989
- Damaging Wind in Virginia, August 6, 1989
- Damaging Wind in Virginia, August 18, 1989
- Damaging Wind in Virginia, August 22, 1989
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Virginia, August 24, 1989
September 1989
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Virginia, September 16, 1989
- Damaging Winds in Virginia, September 23, 1989
November 1989
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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.