Storms in Virginia in 1998

1,475 events in 253 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Virginia in 1998, 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 1998 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: 1,475
Deaths: 4
Injuries: 17
Damage: $202 million
Episodes: 253

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
Hail	314	0	6	$733,000
Thunderstorm Wind	237	0	1	$632,000
Flash Flood	158	1	1	$2.6 million
Drought	158	0	0	$67 million
Ice Storm	128	0	0	$21 million
Heavy Rain	123	0	0
Heat	73	0	0
Flood	45	0	0	$10,000
Strong Wind	43	0	0	$30,000
Winter Weather	38	0	0
Cold/Wind Chill	25	0	0	$25,000
Winter Storm	24	0	0	$172,000
Lightning	24	0	1	$193,000
Heavy Snow	22	1	0	$1.6 million
Coastal Flood	22	0	0	$77 million
Tornado	15	2	4	$3.5 million
High Wind	14	0	0	$181,000
Hurricane (Typhoon)	6	0	4	$27 million
Wildfire	3	0	0	$101,000
Debris Flow	1	0	0	$150,000
Dust Devil	1	0	0
Dense Fog	1	0	0

Every episode, month by month

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December 1998

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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.