Damaging Wind in Virginia, May 5, 1996

Deaths

0

Injuries

0

Property damage

None recorded

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.

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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.

• Flash Flood in Missouri, May 5, 19962 deaths · 2 injured · $20,000 · 1 event
• Tornado in Kentucky, May 5, 199610 injured · $500,000 · F1 · 1 event
• Flash Flood in Kentucky, May 5, 19961 death · 1 injured · $10,000 · 1 event
• Heavy Rain in West Virginia, May 5, 19961 death · 1 event
• Tornado in Missouri, May 5, 19961 injured · $500,000 · F1 · 1 event
• Flash Flood in Kentucky, May 5, 1996$1.0 million · 1 event
• Damaging Wind in Kansas, May 5, 1996$250,000 · 1 event
• Damaging Wind in Texas, May 5, 1996$250,000 · 59 kt wind · 1 event
• Damaging Wind in Texas, May 5, 1996$250,000 · 68 kt wind · 1 event
• Damaging Wind in Illinois, May 5, 19962 injured · $100,000 · 1 event
• Damaging Wind in Missouri, May 5, 1996$200,000 · 1 event
• Damaging Wind in Kentucky, May 5, 1996$200,000 · 60 kt wind · 1 event

Every storm in Virginia in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in Virginia, May 1996

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: 5555161.