Thunderstorm Wind, Rockbridge
- When
- October 18, 9:00 AM CST
- Where
- Rockbridge County
- Coordinates
- 37.830, -79.470
Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Virginia, October 18, 1990
11 thunderstorm wind, 5 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
- 1
- Injuries
- 3
- Property damage
- $5.5 million
- 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
11 thunderstorm wind, 5 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Orange
- When
- October 18, 11:15 AM EST
- Where
- Orange County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 3.5 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 38.300, -77.970
Tornado, Fauquier
- When
- October 18, 11:33 AM EST
- Where
- Fauquier County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.4 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 38.530, -77.800
Tornado, Fairfax
- When
- October 18, 2:11 PM EST
- Where
- Fairfax County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 3 yd
- Coordinates
- 38.970, -77.380
Thunderstorm Wind, Fairfax
- When
- October 18, 1:30 PM CST
- Where
- Fairfax County
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Coordinates
- 38.830, -77.270
Thunderstorm Wind, Loudoun
- When
- October 18, 2:00 PM CST
- Where
- Loudoun County
- Coordinates
- 39.100, -77.650
Tornado, Halifax
- When
- October 18, 3:10 PM EST
- Where
- Halifax County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.2 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 36.620, -78.920
Thunderstorm Wind, Arlington
- When
- October 18, 2:30 PM CST
- Where
- Arlington County
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 38.900, -77.100
Tornado, King William
- When
- October 18, 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- King William County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 5 mi
- Path width
- 430 yd
- Deaths
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 37.620, -77.100
Thunderstorm Wind, Sussex
- When
- October 18, 5:20 PM CST
- Where
- Sussex County
- Coordinates
- 36.920, -77.280
Thunderstorm Wind, York
- When
- October 18, 5:45 PM CST
- Where
- York County
- Coordinates
- 37.230, -76.530
Thunderstorm Wind, York
- When
- October 18, 6:05 PM CST
- Where
- York County
- Coordinates
- 37.230, -76.520
Thunderstorm Wind, York
- When
- October 18, 6:05 PM CST
- Where
- York County
- Coordinates
- 37.320, -76.680
Thunderstorm Wind, Hampton (C)
- When
- October 18, 6:15 PM CST
- Where
- Hampton (C) County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 37.020, -76.350
Thunderstorm Wind, Chesapeake (C)
- When
- October 18, 6:55 PM CST
- Where
- Chesapeake (C) County
- Coordinates
- 36.820, -76.270
Thunderstorm Wind, Virginia Beach (C)
- When
- October 18, 6:58 PM CST
- Where
- Virginia Beach (C) County
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph)
- Coordinates
- 36.850, -75.980
The people who died
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado, King William | 1990-10-18 | Direct |
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
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- Tornado and Damaging Winds in New York, October 18, 1990
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Rhode Island, October 18, 1990
- Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, October 18, 1990
- Damaging Wind in District of Columbia, October 18, 1990
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- Damaging Winds in Maine, October 18, 1990
- Damaging Winds in Massachusetts, October 18, 1990
- Damaging Winds in New Hampshire, October 18, 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: 10149463, 10149464, 10149465, 10149468, 10149466, 10149467, 10149471, 10149469, 10149470, 10149472, 10149473, 10149474, 10149475, 10149476, 10149477, 10149478.