Tornado record · Original Fujita scale
F3 tornado, King William County, Virginia, October 18, 1990
RatingF3
Deaths1
Injuries0
Length5 mi
Width430 yd
Path
Drawn as a straight line from the recorded start point (37.62, -77.10) to the end point (37.67, -77.05), which is all NOAA's record holds. The real track may have curved.
The record
- Date
- October 18, 1990, 3:00 PM (as recorded, Central Standard Time)
- Rating
- F3
- States
- Virginia
- Counties
- King William County
- Near the path
- King William (approximate: towns the straight recorded line passes through)
- Path
- 5 miles long, up to 430 yards wide
- Casualties
- 1 deaths, 0 injuries
Other tornadoes on October 18, 1990
| Date | Rating | State | Path length | Width | Deaths | Injuries |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 18, 1990 | F3 | Virginia | 3.5 mi | 33 yd | 0 | 1 |
| Oct 18, 1990 | F3 | North Carolina | 12 mi | 100 yd | 0 | 2 |
| Oct 18, 1990 | F3 | New Jersey | 0.5 mi | 100 yd | 0 | 8 |
| Oct 18, 1990 | F2 | Maryland | 0.1 mi | 100 yd | 0 | 59 |
| Oct 18, 1990 | F2 | Delaware | 1 mi | 430 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 18, 1990 | F1 | Virginia | 0.4 mi | 100 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 18, 1990 | F1 | Maryland | 1 mi | 100 yd | 0 | 1 |
| Oct 18, 1990 | F1 | Maryland | 0.1 mi | 10 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 18, 1990 | F1 | Virginia | 0.2 mi | 33 yd | 0 | 1 |
| Oct 18, 1990 | F1 | New Jersey | 1 mi | 100 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 18, 1990 | F1 | Rhode Island | 4.5 mi | 73 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 18, 1990 | F0 | Virginia | 0.1 mi | 10 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 18, 1990 | F0 | New York | 1 mi | 200 yd | 0 | 1 |
| Oct 18, 1990 | F0 | New Jersey | 0.5 mi | 50 yd | 0 | 3 |
| Oct 18, 1990 | F0 | New Jersey | 1 mi | 1,100 yd | 0 | 0 |
Tornado history nearby
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, 1950 to 2025.