Thunderstorm Wind, Fauquier
- When
- May 5, 1:25 PM EST
- Where
- Fauquier County
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Coordinates
- 38.739, -77.809 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail and Damaging Winds in Virginia, May 5, 1993
4 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 7 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
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $11,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 7
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.
The radar
The Sterling radar (KLWX), 38 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:22 UTC.
Event by event
4 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Fauquier
- When
- May 5, 3:55 PM EST
- Where
- Fauquier County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.739, -77.809 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail, Rappahannock
- When
- May 5, 4:00 PM EST
- Where
- Rappahannock County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.685, -78.159 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Thunderstorm Wind, Fairfax
- When
- May 5, 4:00 PM EST
- Where
- Fairfax County
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Coordinates
- 38.835, -77.276 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail, Fairfax
- When
- May 5, 4:34 PM EST
- Where
- Fairfax County, City of Alexandria
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.835, -77.276 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Thunderstorm Wind, Stafford
- When
- May 5, 4:55 PM EST
- Where
- Stafford County
- Property damage
- $500
- Coordinates
- 38.421, -77.457 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail, Prince William
- When
- May 5, 5:25 PM EST
- Where
- Prince William County
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.702, -77.478 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Hail in Kansas, May 5, 1993
- Tornadoes and Hail in Nebraska, May 5, 1993
- Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, May 5, 1993
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, May 5, 1993
- Damaging Winds in New York, May 5, 1993
- Damaging Winds in Wyoming, May 5, 1993
- Tornadoes and Hail in South Dakota, May 5, 1993
- Hail in Missouri, May 5, 1993
- Hail in North Carolina, May 5, 1993
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Maryland, May 5, 1993
- Damaging Wind in Colorado, May 5, 1993
- Hail in Pennsylvania, May 5, 1993
More
Every storm in Virginia in 1993Every state in 1993This day in weather historyWarnings in Virginia, 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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 10356840, 10356841, 10356398, 10356751, 10356752, 10356364, 10356345.