Virginia, 1994

Hail and Damaging Winds in Virginia, June 16, 1994

June 16, 1994 · 6 events in 6 counties and zones

3 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 6 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.

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  • Cold
  • Fire, smoke and dust
  • Marine and coastal
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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
6

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

3 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Pittsylvania

When
June 16, 2:08 AM EST
Where
Pittsylvania County, Altavista
Measured
0.5 in hail
Coordinates
36.821, -79.397 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Power was lost to 2,200 residents. Lightning struck a phone box and burned 2,000 feet of phone cable. Hail caused damage to a tobacco farm. The crop was knee high and the leaves were beatup or broken off.

Hail, Caroline

When
June 16, 11:50 AM EST
Where
Caroline County, Sparta
Measured
1.75 in hail
Coordinates
38.027, -77.347 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Golf ball-sized hail fell in Sparta.

Thunderstorm Wind, Loudoun

When
June 16, 4:28 PM EST
Where
Loudoun County, Waterford
Coordinates
39.091, -77.636 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Almost none of the streets and 200-year-old trees were left unscathed. One hundred trees were reported downed. Several power lines were knocked down. A window was smashed by flying debris. A car was crushed under the trunk of a very large tree.

Hail, Alleghany

When
June 16, 6:00 PM EST
Where
Alleghany County, Cumberland
Measured
1.75 in hail
Coordinates
37.788, -80.007 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Golf ball-sized hail fell in Cumberland.

Thunderstorm Wind, Brunswick

When
June 16, 7:00 PM EST
Where
Brunswick County, Edgeton
Coordinates
36.765, -77.859 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy tree and power line damage. Several power outages.

Thunderstorm Wind, Fairfax

When
June 16, 8:00 PM EST
Where
Fairfax County
Coordinates
38.835, -77.276 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Downed trees and power lines around the county leaving 13,000 customers without power.

What these are

Hail
Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
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

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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: 10356696, 10356776, 10356585, 10356724, 10357014, 10356782.