Thunderstorm Wind, Loudoun
- When
- September 21, 5:15 PM EST
- Where
- Loudoun County, Middleburg
- Property damage
- $500
- Coordinates
- 39.091, -77.636 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail and Damaging Winds in Virginia, September 21, 1993
6 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 8 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
- $4,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 8
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), 18 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:17 UTC.
Event by event
6 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Fairfax
- When
- September 21, 5:15 PM EST
- Where
- Fairfax County, Centreville
- Measured
- 2 in hail
- Property damage
- $500
- Coordinates
- 38.835, -77.276 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail, Spotsylvania
- When
- September 21, 5:30 PM EST
- Where
- Spotsylvania County, Thornburg
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Property damage
- $500
- Coordinates
- 38.185, -77.656 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail, Prince William
- When
- September 21, 5:30 PM EST
- Where
- Prince William County, Westridge
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $500
- Coordinates
- 38.702, -77.478 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail, Prince William
- When
- September 21, 5:45 PM EST
- Where
- Prince William County, Woodbridge
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $500
- Coordinates
- 38.702, -77.478 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Thunderstorms moved across Northern Virginia downing trees and power lines and dropping large hail in their paths. The largest hail reported for the day was golfball-size hail which fell near the Occoquan bridge on Interstate 95.
Thunderstorm Wind, Prince William
- When
- September 21, 5:45 PM EST
- Where
- Prince William County, Woodbridge
- Property damage
- $500
- Coordinates
- 38.702, -77.478 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Thunderstorms moved across Northern Virginia downing trees and power lines and dropping large hail in their paths. The largest hail reported for the day was golfball-size hail which fell near the Occoquan bridge on Interstate 95.
Hail, Fairfax
- When
- September 21, 5:45 PM EST
- Where
- Fairfax County, Burke Lake Park
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $500
- Coordinates
- 38.835, -77.276 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail, Prince William
- When
- September 21, 5:50 PM EST
- Where
- Prince William County, Occouan
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $500
- Coordinates
- 38.702, -77.478 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Thunderstorms moved across Northern Virginia downing trees and power lines and dropping large hail in their paths. The largest hail reported for the day was golfball-size hail which fell near the Occoquan bridge on Interstate 95.
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
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: 10356583, 10356756, 10356337, 10356353, 10356354, 10356355, 10356757, 10356356.