Virginia

Storms in Virginia in 2000

1,695 events in 346 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Virginia in 2000, 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 2000 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
1,695
Deaths
7
Injuries
51
Damage
$11 million
Episodes
346

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 eventEventsDeathsInjuriesDamage
Thunderstorm Wind34102$2.3 million
Hail25301$1.1 million
Winter Storm234111$160,000
Heavy Rain14700$153,000
Flash Flood14527$2.7 million
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill9610
Heat9000
High Wind8329$769,000
Ice Storm6802$665,000
Lightning5309$306,000
Winter Weather4900
Strong Wind3305$15,000
Excessive Heat3100
Heavy Snow2300
Waterspout1400
Tornado1215$2.8 million
Wildfire600$1,000
Flood600$3,000
Funnel Cloud400
Cold/Wind Chill400
Drought200
Dust Devil100$3,000

Every episode, month by month

January 2000

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November 2000

December 2000

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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.