Storms in Virginia in 1983
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Virginia in 1983, with each episode’s narrative and every event in it. Before 1996 the record holds tornadoes, hail and thunderstorm wind only, without narratives; floods, heat, winter storms and the other kinds begin in 1996.
Virginia in 1983 on the map
Every episode with a place to put it, colored by kind of event.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The year
- Events
- 152
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 6
- Damage
- $7.0 million
- Episodes
- 31
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.
By kind of event
| Kind of event | Events | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thunderstorm Wind | 128 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 14 | 0 | 6 | $7.0 million |
| Hail | 10 | 0 | 0 |
Every episode, month by month
April 1983
May 1983
June 1983
- Damaging Wind in Virginia, June 3, 1983
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Virginia, June 6, 1983
- Damaging Wind in Virginia, June 14, 1983
- Damaging Winds in Virginia, June 16, 1983
- Damaging Winds in Virginia, June 17, 1983
- Damaging Winds in Virginia, June 20, 1983
- Damaging Wind in Virginia, June 29, 1983
July 1983
- Damaging Wind in Virginia, July 3, 1983
- Damaging Wind in Virginia, July 4, 1983
- Damaging Winds in Virginia, July 17, 1983
- Damaging Winds in Virginia, July 19, 1983
- Damaging Winds in Virginia, July 20, 1983
- Damaging Winds in Virginia, July 21, 1983
August 1983
- Damaging Wind in Virginia, August 1, 1983
- Damaging Wind in Virginia, August 3, 1983
- Damaging Wind in Virginia, August 4, 1983
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Virginia, August 5, 1983
- Damaging Winds in Virginia, August 6, 1983
- Damaging Winds in Virginia, August 9, 1983
- Damaging Winds in Virginia, August 11, 1983
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Virginia, August 20, 1983
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Virginia, August 22, 1983
- Tornado and Hail in Virginia, August 23, 1983
- Damaging Wind in Virginia, August 29, 1983
- Tornado in Virginia, August 31, 1983
September 1983
October 1983
More
Every year in VirginiaEvery state in 1983Tornadoes in Virginia in 198319821984
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.