Tornado, Fauquier
- When
- July 12, 2:58 PM EST
- Where
- Fauquier County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 10 yd
- Coordinates
- 38.920, -77.920
Tornado and Hail in Virginia, July 12, 1990
13 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 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
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 16
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
13 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Fauquier
- When
- July 12, 2:04 PM CST
- Where
- Fauquier County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.920, -77.920
Thunderstorm Wind, Essex
- When
- July 12, 3:20 PM CST
- Where
- Essex County
- Coordinates
- 37.930, -76.870
Thunderstorm Wind, Loudoun
- When
- July 12, 3:37 PM CST
- Where
- Loudoun County
- Measured
- 57 kt (66 mph)
- Coordinates
- 38.970, -77.500
Thunderstorm Wind, Sussex
- When
- July 12, 4:13 PM CST
- Where
- Sussex County
- Coordinates
- 36.880, -77.330
Thunderstorm Wind, Mecklenburg
- When
- July 12, 4:30 PM CST
- Where
- Mecklenburg County
- Coordinates
- 36.670, -78.400
Thunderstorm Wind, Lunenburg
- When
- July 12, 4:30 PM CST
- Where
- Lunenburg County
- Coordinates
- 36.970, -78.150
Thunderstorm Wind, Surry
- When
- July 12, 4:40 PM CST
- Where
- Surry County
- Coordinates
- 37.180, -77.030
Thunderstorm Wind, Virginia Beach (C)
- When
- July 12, 4:47 PM CST
- Where
- Virginia Beach (C) County
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph)
- Coordinates
- 37.050, -75.980
Thunderstorm Wind, Brunswick
- When
- July 12, 4:50 PM CST
- Where
- Brunswick County
- Coordinates
- 36.820, -77.950
Hail, Southampton
- When
- July 12, 4:55 PM CST
- Where
- Southampton County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.720, -77.070
Thunderstorm Wind, Prince George
- When
- July 12, 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Prince George County
- Coordinates
- 37.180, -77.220
Thunderstorm Wind, Isle of Wight
- When
- July 12, 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Isle of Wight County
- Coordinates
- 36.770, -76.830
Thunderstorm Wind, Greensville
- When
- July 12, 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Greensville County
- Coordinates
- 36.720, -77.550
Thunderstorm Wind, Northumberland
- When
- July 12, 5:15 PM CST
- Where
- Northumberland County
- Coordinates
- 37.830, -76.300
Thunderstorm Wind, Virginia Beach (C)
- When
- July 12, 6:40 PM CST
- Where
- Virginia Beach (C) County
- Coordinates
- 36.850, -75.980
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
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- Tornado in New Mexico, July 12, 1990
- Damaging Wind in New Jersey, July 12, 1990
- Damaging Wind in Georgia, July 12, 1990
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- Damaging Wind in District of Columbia, July 12, 1990
- Hail in North Carolina, July 12, 1990
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: 10150179, 10150178, 10150180, 10150181, 10150182, 10150183, 10150184, 10150185, 10150186, 10150187, 10150188, 10150189, 10150190, 10150191, 10150192, 10149215.