Hail, Isle of Wight
- When
- May 1, 5:55 PM CST
- Where
- Isle of Wight County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.930, -76.780
Hail and Damaging Winds in Virginia, May 1, 1991
7 hail, 5 thunderstorm wind, 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
- 12
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
7 hail, 5 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Sussex
- When
- May 1, 6:05 PM CST
- Where
- Sussex County
- Measured
- 2 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.980, -77.000
Thunderstorm Wind, James City
- When
- May 1, 6:20 PM CST
- Where
- James City County
- Coordinates
- 37.380, -76.830
Thunderstorm Wind, Chesapeake (C)
- When
- May 1, 6:20 PM CST
- Where
- Chesapeake (C) County
- Coordinates
- 36.820, -76.270
Thunderstorm Wind, York
- When
- May 1, 6:25 PM CST
- Where
- York County
- Coordinates
- 37.230, -76.520
Thunderstorm Wind, Isle of Wight
- When
- May 1, 6:27 PM CST
- Where
- Isle of Wight County
- Coordinates
- 36.920, -76.650
Hail, Chesapeake (C)
- When
- May 1, 6:40 PM CST
- Where
- Chesapeake (C) County
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.870, -76.400
Thunderstorm Wind, Virginia Beach (C)
- When
- May 1, 6:40 PM CST
- Where
- Virginia Beach (C) County
- Coordinates
- 36.850, -75.980
Hail, Suffolk (C)
- When
- May 1, 6:45 PM CST
- Where
- Suffolk (C) County
- Measured
- 2 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.820, -76.500
Hail, Chesapeake (C)
- When
- May 1, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Chesapeake (C) County
- Measured
- 1.25 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.820, -76.270
Hail, Virginia Beach (C)
- When
- May 1, 7:20 PM CST
- Where
- Virginia Beach (C) County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.830, -76.100
Hail, Virginia Beach (C)
- When
- May 1, 7:35 PM CST
- Where
- Virginia Beach (C) County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.850, -75.980
What these are
- 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
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in New York, May 1, 1991
- Tornado in Florida, May 1, 1991
- Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, May 1, 1991
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, May 1, 1991
- Damaging Winds in Georgia, May 1, 1991
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Alabama, May 1, 1991
- Hail and Damaging Wind in North Carolina, May 1, 1991
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, May 1, 1991
- Damaging Wind in West Virginia, May 1, 1991
- Hail in Louisiana, May 1, 1991
- Damaging Wind in Vermont, May 1, 1991
- Tornado in Oregon, May 1, 1991
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: 10149487, 10149488, 10149489, 10149490, 10149491, 10149492, 10149493, 10149494, 10149495, 10145906, 10145907, 10145908.