Thunderstorm Wind, Lee
- When
- June 16, 10:00 AM CST
- Where
- Lee County
- Coordinates
- 36.680, -83.100
Tornado and Damaging Winds in Virginia, June 16, 1989
16 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
- 3
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 17
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
16 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Washington
- When
- June 16, 10:38 AM CST
- Where
- Washington County
- Coordinates
- 39.220, -81.970
Thunderstorm Wind, Caroline
- When
- June 16, 1:20 PM CST
- Where
- Caroline County
- Coordinates
- 37.830, -77.370
Thunderstorm Wind, Goochland
- When
- June 16, 2:00 PM CST
- Where
- Goochland County
- Coordinates
- 37.720, -77.930
Thunderstorm Wind, Powhatan
- When
- June 16, 2:00 PM CST
- Where
- Powhatan County
- Coordinates
- 37.550, -76.930
Thunderstorm Wind, Chesterfield
- When
- June 16, 2:15 PM CST
- Where
- Chesterfield County
- Injuries
- 2 direct, 0 indirect
- Coordinates
- 37.500, -77.650
Tornado, Henrico
- When
- June 16, 2:30 PM CST
- Where
- Henrico County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 3 mi
- Path width
- 150 yd
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 37.570, -77.570
Thunderstorm Wind, Henrico
- When
- June 16, 2:40 PM CST
- Where
- Henrico County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 37.370, -77.450
Thunderstorm Wind, Brunswick
- When
- June 16, 3:05 PM CST
- Where
- Brunswick County
- Coordinates
- 36.750, -77.830
Thunderstorm Wind, Prince George
- When
- June 16, 3:06 PM CST
- Where
- Prince George County
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Coordinates
- 37.180, -77.220
Thunderstorm Wind, King William
- When
- June 16, 3:25 PM CST
- Where
- King William County
- Coordinates
- 37.700, -77.100
Thunderstorm Wind, Southampton
- When
- June 16, 3:30 PM CST
- Where
- Southampton County
- Coordinates
- 36.770, -77.200
Thunderstorm Wind, Hanover
- When
- June 16, 3:50 PM CST
- Where
- Hanover County
- Coordinates
- 37.750, -77.480
Thunderstorm Wind, New Kent
- When
- June 16, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- New Kent County
- Coordinates
- 37.480, -76.950
Thunderstorm Wind, Prince Edward
- When
- June 16, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Prince Edward County
- Coordinates
- 37.300, -78.570
Thunderstorm Wind, Pittsylvania
- When
- June 16, 5:49 PM CST
- Where
- Pittsylvania County
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 36.830, -79.400
Thunderstorm Wind, Halifax
- When
- June 16, 6:10 PM CST
- Where
- Halifax County
- Coordinates
- 36.800, -78.920
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 Hail in South Carolina, June 16, 1989
- Tornadoes and Hail in North Carolina, June 16, 1989
- Tornado and Hail in South Dakota, June 16, 1989
- Tornadoes and Hail in Florida, June 16, 1989
- Tornado in Tennessee, June 16, 1989
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Wyoming, June 16, 1989
- Damaging Winds in Georgia, June 16, 1989
- Damaging Winds in New Jersey, June 16, 1989
- Damaging Winds in Maryland, June 16, 1989
- Hail in Montana, June 16, 1989
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, June 16, 1989
- Damaging Wind in Nebraska, June 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: 10147449, 10147450, 10147451, 10147452, 10147453, 10147454, 10147455, 10148306, 10148307, 10148308, 10148309, 10148310, 10148311, 10148312, 10148313, 10148314, 10148315.