District of Columbia, 1993

Hail in District of Columbia, May 5, 1993

May 5, 1993 · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.

The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
$500
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 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, District of Columbia

When
May 5, 4:45 PM EST
Where
District of Columbia County, District of Columbia to District
Measured
1 in hail
Property damage
$500

Severe thunderstorms moved through northern Virginia and Central Maryland as well as the District of Columbia. The thunderstorms dropped one inch sized hail near Bolling Air Force Base.

What these are

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

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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 10318020.