Delaware, 1993

Tornadoes and Hail in Delaware, April 1, 1993

April 1, 1993 · 9 events in 3 counties and zones

4 hail, 3 tornado, 2 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 6 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. 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

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
$90,000
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
9

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

4 hail, 3 tornado, 2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Sussex

When
April 1, 1:30 PM EST
Where
Sussex County
Property damage
$5,000
Coordinates
38.683, -75.339 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Sussex

When
April 1, 1:40 PM EST
Where
Sussex County
Property damage
$5,000
Coordinates
38.683, -75.339 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Kent

When
April 1, 6:30 PM EST
Where
Kent County, Dover
Measured
1.75 in hail
Property damage
$5,000
Coordinates
39.096, -75.505 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Sussex

When
April 1, 6:35 PM EST
Where
Sussex County, Seaford
Measured
1.75 in hail
Property damage
$5,000
Coordinates
38.683, -75.339 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Sussex

When
April 1, 7:00 PM EST
Where
Sussex County
Measured
1.75 in hail
Property damage
$5,000
Coordinates
38.683, -75.339 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Tornado, Sussex

When
April 1, 7:15 PM EST to 7:23 PM EST
Where
Sussex County, To 1 S Bridgville
Rating
F0
Path length
4.5 mi
Path width
10 yd
Property damage
$5,000
Coordinates
38.730, -75.600

Tornado, Kent

When
April 1, 7:20 PM EST to 7:37 PM EST
Where
Kent County, Harrington to to Frederica
Rating
F0
Path length
10 mi
Path width
10 yd
Property damage
$5,000
Coordinates
38.920, -75.720

Tornado, Kent

When
April 1, 7:47 PM EST
Where
Kent County, Bowers Beach
Rating
F1
Path length
0.2 mi
Path width
10 yd
Property damage
$50,000
Coordinates
39.050, -75.420

Hail, New Castle

When
April 1, 9:15 PM EST
Where
New Castle County, Smyrna
Measured
1.75 in hail
Property damage
$5,000
Coordinates
39.578, -75.639 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

A complex low pressure system pushed a warm front through the Mid Atlantic region followed by a weak cold front. This lead to widespread severe weather. Thunderstorms produced large hail, damaging wind and three tornadoes. Thunderstorm winds knocked down trees and tore up a shed in the northern part of Sussex County near Milford.A thunderstorm produced a tornado which did spotty damage, primarily trees knocked down, from 6 miles southwest of Harrington near the state line to near the Killen Pond State Park. A tornado touched down briefly 1 mile southwest of Bowers Beach destroying a shed, pool and fence. Another tornado cut a 4.5-mile-long damage path near Bridgville. It knocked down trees and blew a McDonalds sign out into a field about 1 mile south of Bridgville.

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.
Hail
Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
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.

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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: 10317938, 10317939, 10317873, 10317940, 10317941, 10317942, 10317874, 10317875, 10317914.