4 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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 Sterling radar (KLWX), 95 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 16:55 UTC.
4 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
A tornado touched down in Stanley damaging four homes and downing numerous trees and power lines which blocked roads.
Thunderstorms moved through norther Virginia downing trees near Tanners and Madison in Madison County and across northern Culpeper County. A tornado touched down near New Baltimore, or about 2.5 miles east of Warrenton in Faquier County, and moved east into Prince William County to about 2 miles southwest of Manassas. The tornado ripped a barn roof off and blew a large business sign down as well as downing trees and power lines. There was significant structural damage to one home in the Nokesville area. Two people sustained minor injuries from flying debris.
Thunderstorm winds downed numerous trees and power lines in the Richardsville area of Culpeper County and throughout Fairfax County. A carport was blown down in southeast Vienna. The weather observer at Dulles International Airport saw a tornado in extreme western Fairfax County. The tornado briefly touched down near Centreville, downing trees and power lines.
Thunderstorm winds downed numerous trees and power lines in the Richardsville area of Culpeper County and throughout Fairfax County. A carport was blown down in southeast Vienna. The weather observer at Dulles International Airport saw a tornado in extreme western Fairfax County. The tornado briefly touched down near Centreville, downing trees and power lines.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Virginia in 1993Every state in 1993This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Virginia, 1993Warnings in Virginia, September 1993
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: 10356685, 10356977, 10356978, 10356892, 10356979, 10356758, 10356759.