Thunderstorm Wind, Prince William
- When
- May 10, 1:00 PM CST
- Where
- Prince William County
- Coordinates
- 38.700, -77.500
Tornado and Hail in Virginia, May 10, 1990
6 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 hail, 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
- $2.5 million
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 8
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, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Lancaster
- When
- May 10, 4:18 PM EDT
- Where
- Lancaster County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 4.1 mi
- Path width
- 200 yd
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 37.650, -76.450
Thunderstorm Wind, Chesterfield
- When
- May 10, 3:09 PM CST
- Where
- Chesterfield County
- Coordinates
- 37.350, -77.450
Hail, York
- When
- May 10, 4:35 PM CST
- Where
- York County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.230, -76.520
Thunderstorm Wind, Gloucester
- When
- May 10, 4:50 PM CST
- Where
- Gloucester County
- Coordinates
- 37.420, -76.630
Thunderstorm Wind, Virginia Beach (C)
- When
- May 10, 5:20 PM CST
- Where
- Virginia Beach (C) County
- Coordinates
- 36.870, -76.250
Thunderstorm Wind, Chesapeake (C)
- When
- May 10, 5:35 PM CST
- Where
- Chesapeake (C) County
- Coordinates
- 36.820, -76.270
Thunderstorm Wind, Virginia Beach (C)
- When
- May 10, 5:45 PM CST
- Where
- Virginia Beach (C) County
- Coordinates
- 36.850, -75.980
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.
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in New Jersey, May 10, 1990
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- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Florida, May 10, 1990
- Damaging Winds in North Carolina, May 10, 1990
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, May 10, 1990
- Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, May 10, 1990
- Damaging Wind in West Virginia, May 10, 1990
- Damaging Wind in Delaware, May 10, 1990
- Damaging Wind in New York, May 10, 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: 10146365, 10146367, 10146366, 10146368, 10146369, 10146370, 10146371, 10146372.