Storms in Virginia in 1997

706 events in 174 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Virginia in 1997, with each episode’s narrative and every event in it. From 1996 the record holds 48 kinds of event with each office’s narrative; before that, tornadoes, hail and thunderstorm wind only, and before 1955 tornadoes alone.

Virginia in 1997 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

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The year

Events: 706
Deaths: 2
Injuries: 67
Damage: $117 million
Episodes: 174

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	166	0	3	$1.3 million
Hail	86	1	10	$21 million
Winter Weather	80	0	0	$9,000
Heavy Snow	61	0	0	$25,000
Heat	47	0	50
Winter Storm	45	0	0
Flash Flood	44	0	0	$608,000
Strong Wind	31	0	1	$535,000
Lightning	28	0	3	$43,000
Drought	28	0	0	$74 million
Cold/Wind Chill	22	0	0	$905,000
Frost/Freeze	17	0	0	$18 million
Tornado	11	0	0	$1.3 million
Coastal Flood	10	0	0
Waterspout	8	0	0
High Wind	7	1	0	$17,000
Flood	6	0	0
Heavy Rain	5	0	0	$5,000
Ice Storm	3	0	0	$10,000
Dense Fog	1	0	0

Every episode, month by month

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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.