Damaging Wind in District of Columbia, May 12, 1993

Name: Damaging Wind in District of Columbia, May 12, 1993
Start: 1993-05-12T17:35
End: 1993-05-12T17:35
Location: District of Columbia

May 12, 1993 · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.

The toll

Deaths: 1
Injuries: 11
Property damage: $50,000
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 1

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

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, District of Columbia

When: May 12, 5:35 PM EST
Where: District of Columbia County, District
Deaths: 1 direct, 0 indirect
Injuries: 11 direct, 0 indirect
Property damage: $50,000

A strong cold front approaching the mid-Atlantic region including the District of Columbia, produced violent thunderstorm winds and damaging lightning. The north part of the district was hardest hit. One woman was killed and another woman and a man were injured when the car they were in was smashed by a tree uprooted by powerful thunderstorm winds near Piney Branch Park in the north part of the District. Four people were injured on Massachusetts Avenue in the northwest part of the District when a tree was blown over onto their car. Five people were injured in the southeast part of the District when a tree fell on their car near Suitland Parkway. Power was cut to about 12,000 customers due to fallen trees, tree limbs and lightning strikes. (F32V)

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
Thunderstorm Wind, District of Columbia	1993-05-12				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.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in District of Columbia in 1993 Every state in 1993 This day in weather history Warnings in District of Columbia, May 1993

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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 10318021.