Storms in Virginia in 1986
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Virginia in 1986, 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 1986 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
- 62
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 2
- Damage
- $3.5 million
- Episodes
- 17
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 | 50 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 8 | 0 | 2 | $3.5 million |
| Hail | 4 | 0 | 0 |
Every episode, month by month
May 1986
June 1986
- Hail in Virginia, June 2, 1986
- Hail in Virginia, June 20, 1986
- Damaging Wind in Virginia, June 28, 1986
- Damaging Wind in Virginia, June 30, 1986
July 1986
- Damaging Winds in Virginia, July 9, 1986
- Damaging Wind in Virginia, July 11, 1986
- Damaging Winds in Virginia, July 17, 1986
- Damaging Wind in Virginia, July 19, 1986
- Damaging Wind in Virginia, July 21, 1986
- Damaging Wind in Virginia, July 26, 1986
August 1986
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Virginia, August 2, 1986
- Tornado and Hail in Virginia, August 6, 1986
- Damaging Wind in Virginia, August 9, 1986
- Damaging Wind in Virginia, August 10, 1986
October 1986
November 1986
More
Every year in VirginiaEvery state in 1986Tornadoes in Virginia in 1986Warnings in Virginia in 198619851987
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.