Storms in Virginia in 2003
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Virginia in 2003, 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 2003 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
- 2,027
- Deaths
- 18
- Injuries
- 116
- Damage
- $712 million
- Episodes
- 333
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 | 456 | 0 | 5 | $635,000 |
| Winter Storm | 319 | 1 | 0 | $8.9 million |
| Flood | 213 | 2 | 1 | $11 million |
| Flash Flood | 199 | 4 | 72 | $50 million |
| Winter Weather | 172 | 1 | 0 | |
| Hail | 161 | 1 | 1 | $1.8 million |
| High Wind | 127 | 0 | 0 | $154,000 |
| Strong Wind | 79 | 0 | 2 | $1.2 million |
| Heavy Snow | 58 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heavy Rain | 51 | 0 | 0 | |
| Frost/Freeze | 43 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tropical Storm | 41 | 3 | 29 | $111 million |
| Tornado | 32 | 0 | 5 | $1.1 million |
| Lightning | 31 | 1 | 1 | $60,000 |
| Hurricane (Typhoon) | 25 | 4 | 0 | $527 million |
| Ice Storm | 7 | 0 | 0 | |
| Storm Surge/Tide | 7 | 0 | 0 | |
| Funnel Cloud | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heat | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Every episode, month by month
January 2003
- Flooding and Heavy Rain in Virginia, January 1, 2003
- Heavy Snow in Virginia, January 5, 2003
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Virginia, January 5, 2003
- Winter Storm in Virginia, January 5, 2003
- Winter Weather in Virginia, January 6, 2003
- High Wind in Virginia, January 8, 2003
- High Wind in Virginia, January 8 to 9, 2003
- High Wind in Virginia, January 9, 2003
- Winter Weather in Virginia, January 14 to 15, 2003
- Heavy Snow in Virginia, January 16 to 17, 2003
- Winter Storm in Virginia, January 16, 2003
- Winter Storm in Virginia, January 16 to 17, 2003
- Winter Storm in Virginia, January 16 to 17, 2003
- Winter Storm in Virginia, January 16 to 17, 2003
- Winter Storm in Virginia, January 22 to 23, 2003
- Heavy Snow in Virginia, January 22 to 23, 2003
- Winter Weather in Virginia, January 23, 2003
- Winter Storm in Virginia, January 23, 2003
- High Wind in Virginia, January 23 to 24, 2003
- Heavy Snow in Virginia, January 30, 2003
- Winter Weather in Virginia, January 30, 2003
- Winter Storm in Virginia, January 30, 2003
February 2003
- Heavy Snow in Virginia, February 6 to 7, 2003
- Winter Storm in Virginia, February 6 to 7, 2003
- Winter Storm in Virginia, February 6 to 7, 2003
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Virginia, February 6 to 7, 2003
- Heavy Snow in Virginia, February 7, 2003
- Heavy Snow in Virginia, February 9 to 10, 2003
- Winter Weather in Virginia, February 10, 2003
- High Wind in Virginia, February 13, 2003
- Winter Storm in Virginia, February 14 to 18, 2003
- Flooding in Virginia, February 14 to 17, 2003
- Winter Storm in Virginia, February 15 to 17, 2003
- Winter Storm in Virginia, February 15 to 17, 2003
- Flooding in Virginia, February 15 to 16, 2003
- Flooding in Virginia, February 15 to 16, 2003
- Winter Storm in Virginia, February 15 to 17, 2003
- Flooding in Virginia, February 15 to 16, 2003
- Flash Flood in Virginia, February 16, 2003
- Flash Flood in Virginia, February 16, 2003
- Flash Flood in Virginia, February 16, 2003
- Flash Flood in Virginia, February 16, 2003
- Flash Flood in Virginia, February 16, 2003
- Flooding in Virginia, February 21 to 23, 2003
- Flash Flood and Flooding in Virginia, February 22 to 23, 2003
- Flooding and Heavy Rain in Virginia, February 22 to 23, 2003
- Flooding in Virginia, February 22, 2003
- Flooding in Virginia, February 22 to 26, 2003
- Tornado and Hail in Virginia, February 22, 2003
- Flooding in Virginia, February 22 to 24, 2003
- Flood in Virginia, February 22, 2003
- Flood in Virginia, February 22 to 23, 2003
- Damaging Wind in Virginia, February 22, 2003
- High Wind in Virginia, February 22 to 23, 2003
- Flooding in Virginia, February 22 to 25, 2003
- Flooding in Virginia, February 22 to 23, 2003
- Flooding in Virginia, February 22 to 24, 2003
- Strong Wind in Virginia, February 23, 2003
- Winter Weather in Virginia, February 26 to 28, 2003
- Winter Storm in Virginia, February 26 to 28, 2003
- Winter Storm in Virginia, February 26 to 27, 2003
March 2003
- Damaging Wind in Virginia, March 13, 2003
- Flooding and Heavy Rain in Virginia, March 20, 2003
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Virginia, March 20 to 24, 2003
- Flooding in Virginia, March 20, 2003
- Flood in Virginia, March 21, 2003
- Lightning Strike in Virginia, March 21, 2003
- Damaging Winds in Virginia, March 23, 2003
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Virginia, March 29, 2003
- Winter Storm in Virginia, March 30, 2003
- Heavy Snow in Virginia, March 30, 2003
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Virginia, March 30, 2003
April 2003
- Ice Storm in Virginia, April 7, 2003
- Hail in Virginia, April 8, 2003
- Ice Storm in Virginia, April 9, 2003
- Flooding in Virginia, April 9 to 13, 2003
- Storm Surge in Virginia, April 10, 2003
- Strong Wind in Virginia, April 10 to 11, 2003
- Flooding and Strong Wind in Virginia, April 10, 2003
- Flooding in Virginia, April 10 to 11, 2003
- Flood in Virginia, April 12, 2003
- Storm Surge in Virginia, April 17, 2003
- Frost and Freeze in Virginia, April 24, 2003
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Virginia, April 30, 2003
- Damaging Winds in Virginia, April 30, 2003
- Hail in Virginia, April 30, 2003
May 2003
- Flash Flood in Virginia, May 1, 2003
- Damaging Wind in Virginia, May 2, 2003
- Hail in Virginia, May 2, 2003
- Hail in Virginia, May 3, 2003
- Hail in Virginia, May 3, 2003
- Flood in Virginia, May 6, 2003
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Virginia, May 7, 2003
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Virginia, May 8, 2003
- Tornado and Hail in Virginia, May 8, 2003
- Hail in Virginia, May 9, 2003
- Damaging Wind in Virginia, May 9, 2003
- Damaging Wind in Virginia, May 9, 2003
- Damaging Wind in Virginia, May 9, 2003
- Damaging Wind in Virginia, May 9, 2003
- Damaging Wind in Virginia, May 9, 2003
- Damaging Wind in Virginia, May 9, 2003
- Flash Flood in Virginia, May 9, 2003
- Tornadoes and Hail in Virginia, May 9, 2003
- Tornadoes and Hail in Virginia, May 9, 2003
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Virginia, May 9, 2003
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Virginia, May 9, 2003
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Virginia, May 10, 2003
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Virginia, May 10, 2003
- Hail in Virginia, May 10, 2003
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Virginia, May 10, 2003
- Strong Wind in Virginia, May 11, 2003
- High Wind in Virginia, May 11, 2003
- High Wind in Virginia, May 12, 2003
- Flash Flood and Hail in Virginia, May 15, 2003
- Flooding and Hail in Virginia, May 15 to 17, 2003
- Damaging Wind in Virginia, May 17, 2003
- Flooding in Virginia, May 18 to 21, 2003
- Flash Flooding in Virginia, May 25, 2003
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Virginia, May 25 to 26, 2003
- Flash Flooding in Virginia, May 26, 2003
- Flood in Virginia, May 26 to 28, 2003
- Hail in Virginia, May 29, 2003
- Hail in Virginia, May 29, 2003
- Tornado and Hail in Virginia, May 31, 2003
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Virginia, May 31, 2003
June 2003
- Strong Wind in Virginia, June 1, 2003
- Flash Flood and Damaging Wind in Virginia, June 4, 2003
- Flood in Virginia, June 5 to 6, 2003
- Flood in Virginia, June 6, 2003
- Flash Flood in Virginia, June 7, 2003
- Damaging Wind in Virginia, June 7, 2003
- Flooding in Virginia, June 8 to 11, 2003
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Virginia, June 8, 2003
- Lightning Strike in Virginia, June 8, 2003
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Virginia, June 11, 2003
- Damaging Wind in Virginia, June 11, 2003
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Virginia, June 11, 2003
- Damaging Wind in Virginia, June 11, 2003
- Hail in Virginia, June 11, 2003
- Hail in Virginia, June 11, 2003
- Damaging Wind in Virginia, June 11, 2003
- Damaging Wind in Virginia, June 11, 2003
- Flash Flood in Virginia, June 11, 2003
- Flash Flood in Virginia, June 11, 2003
- Damaging Wind in Virginia, June 11, 2003
- Damaging Wind in Virginia, June 11, 2003
- Damaging Wind in Virginia, June 11, 2003
- Damaging Wind in Virginia, June 11, 2003
- Damaging Wind in Virginia, June 11, 2003
- Damaging Winds in Virginia, June 12, 2003
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in Virginia, June 12, 2003
- Flood in Virginia, June 13 to 14, 2003
- Flash Flooding in Virginia, June 13, 2003
- Flash Flooding in Virginia, June 13, 2003
- Damaging Wind in Virginia, June 13, 2003
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in Virginia, June 14, 2003
- Flash Flood and Damaging Wind in Virginia, June 14, 2003
- Flash Flood in Virginia, June 14, 2003
- Flash Flooding in Virginia, June 16, 2003
- Flooding in Virginia, June 16 to 21, 2003
- Flash Flood in Virginia, June 16, 2003
- Flash Flooding in Virginia, June 18, 2003
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Virginia, June 19, 2003
- Flash Flooding in Virginia, June 20, 2003
- Damaging Winds in Virginia, June 27, 2003
- Heat in Virginia, June 30, 2003
- Damaging Wind in Virginia, June 30, 2003
July 2003
- Flash Flood and Heavy Rain in Virginia, July 3, 2003
- Flooding in Virginia, July 3 to 5, 2003
- Damaging Wind in Virginia, July 4, 2003
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Virginia, July 5, 2003
- Damaging Wind in Virginia, July 5, 2003
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Virginia, July 6, 2003
- Flash Flood in Virginia, July 6, 2003
- Damaging Winds in Virginia, July 6, 2003
- Damaging Winds in Virginia, July 6, 2003
- Damaging Wind in Virginia, July 7, 2003
- Damaging Wind in Virginia, July 7, 2003
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Virginia, July 8, 2003
- Damaging Winds in Virginia, July 9, 2003
- Tornadoes and Hail in Virginia, July 9, 2003
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Virginia, July 9, 2003
- Damaging Wind in Virginia, July 9, 2003
- Damaging Wind in Virginia, July 9, 2003
- Damaging Wind in Virginia, July 9, 2003
- Damaging Winds in Virginia, July 9, 2003
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Virginia, July 10, 2003
- Damaging Wind in Virginia, July 10, 2003
- Hail in Virginia, July 10, 2003
- Damaging Wind in Virginia, July 10, 2003
- Damaging Wind in Virginia, July 10, 2003
- Damaging Winds in Virginia, July 11, 2003
- Damaging Winds in Virginia, July 12, 2003
- Damaging Wind in Virginia, July 12, 2003
- Damaging Wind in Virginia, July 12, 2003
- Damaging Wind in Virginia, July 12, 2003
- Hail in Virginia, July 12, 2003
- Damaging Winds in Virginia, July 12, 2003
- Damaging Wind in Virginia, July 12, 2003
- Damaging Wind in Virginia, July 12, 2003
- Damaging Wind in Virginia, July 12, 2003
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Virginia, July 13 to 14, 2003
- Flash Flood and Hail in Virginia, July 14, 2003
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Virginia, July 16, 2003
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Virginia, July 16, 2003
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Virginia, July 18, 2003
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Virginia, July 18, 2003
- Flash Flooding in Virginia, July 19, 2003
- Damaging Winds in Virginia, July 19, 2003
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Virginia, July 20, 2003
- Damaging Wind and Lightning Strike in Virginia, July 21, 2003
- Damaging Wind in Virginia, July 21, 2003
- Hail in Virginia, July 21, 2003
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Virginia, July 22, 2003
- Flash Flood and Damaging Winds in Virginia, July 22, 2003
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Wind in Virginia, July 22, 2003
- Damaging Winds in Virginia, July 28, 2003
- Damaging Wind in Virginia, July 28, 2003
- Damaging Wind in Virginia, July 29, 2003
- Flash Flood in Virginia, July 30, 2003
August 2003
- Flash Flooding in Virginia, August 3, 2003
- Flash Flood in Virginia, August 4, 2003
- Tornado and Hail in Virginia, August 4 to 5, 2003
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Virginia, August 5, 2003
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Virginia, August 5, 2003
- Flash Flood and Damaging Winds in Virginia, August 5, 2003
- Damaging Wind in Virginia, August 6, 2003
- Flash Flooding in Virginia, August 7, 2003
- Tornado in Virginia, August 7, 2003
- Flash Flood in Virginia, August 7, 2003
- Tornado in Virginia, August 8, 2003
- Flash Flooding in Virginia, August 8, 2003
- Flash Flooding in Virginia, August 8, 2003
- Flood in Virginia, August 8 to 9, 2003
- Flash Flooding in Virginia, August 9, 2003
- Flash Flooding in Virginia, August 9 to 10, 2003
- Flash Flooding in Virginia, August 9, 2003
- Flash Flood in Virginia, August 9, 2003
- Flash Flooding and Lightning Strike in Virginia, August 10, 2003
- Flash Flooding and Lightning Strike in Virginia, August 10 to 11, 2003
- Flooding in Virginia, August 11 to 13, 2003
- Damaging Wind in Virginia, August 11, 2003
- Lightning Strike in Virginia, August 12, 2003
- Lightning Strike in Virginia, August 13, 2003
- Flash Flood in Virginia, August 16, 2003
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in Virginia, August 16, 2003
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in Virginia, August 16 to 17, 2003
- Damaging Winds in Virginia, August 16, 2003
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Virginia, August 17, 2003
- Flash Flood and Hail in Virginia, August 17, 2003
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Virginia, August 17, 2003
- Damaging Wind in Virginia, August 17, 2003
- Hail in Virginia, August 18, 2003
- Damaging Wind in Virginia, August 21, 2003
- Damaging Wind in Virginia, August 22, 2003
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Virginia, August 22, 2003
- Damaging Winds in Virginia, August 26, 2003
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Virginia, August 26, 2003
- Tornado and Hail in Virginia, August 26, 2003
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Virginia, August 27, 2003
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Virginia, August 27, 2003
- Damaging Wind in Virginia, August 27, 2003
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in Virginia, August 28, 2003
- Damaging Winds in Virginia, August 28, 2003
- Damaging Winds in Virginia, August 28, 2003
- Damaging Winds in Virginia, August 29, 2003
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Virginia, August 29, 2003
- Damaging Winds in Virginia, August 30, 2003
- Damaging Wind in Virginia, August 30, 2003
- Lightning Strike in Virginia, August 30, 2003
- Flash Flood in Virginia, August 31, 2003
September 2003
- Damaging Wind in Virginia, September 1, 2003
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Virginia, September 2, 2003
- Damaging Wind in Virginia, September 2, 2003
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Wind in Virginia, September 3, 2003
- Flash Flooding in Virginia, September 3, 2003
- Flash Flooding in Virginia, September 4, 2003
- Flash Flood and Damaging Wind in Virginia, September 4, 2003
- Flood in Virginia, September 5 to 6, 2003
- Hurricane in Virginia, September 18 to 19, 2003
- Hurricane in Virginia, September 18 to 19, 2003
- Tropical Storm in Virginia, September 18 to 19, 2003
- Tropical Storm in Virginia, September 18 to 19, 2003
- Tropical Storm in Virginia, September 18, 2003
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Virginia, September 18 to 21, 2003
- Tornado in Virginia, September 18, 2003
- Tropical Storm in Virginia, September 18 to 19, 2003
- Flooding in Virginia, September 18 to 19, 2003
- Flooding in Virginia, September 19 to 20, 2003
- Flooding in Virginia, September 19 to 20, 2003
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Virginia, September 22 to 23, 2003
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Virginia, September 23 to 24, 2003
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Virginia, September 23, 2003
- Flooding in Virginia, September 23 to 25, 2003
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in Virginia, September 27, 2003
October 2003
- Frost and Freeze in Virginia, October 3, 2003
- High Wind in Virginia, October 14 to 15, 2003
- Damaging Wind in Virginia, October 14, 2003
- Strong Wind in Virginia, October 15, 2003
- Frost and Freeze in Virginia, October 24, 2003
November 2003
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Wind in Virginia, November 5, 2003
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Virginia, November 5, 2003
- Frost and Freeze in Virginia, November 10, 2003
- Damaging Winds in Virginia, November 12, 2003
- Damaging Wind in Virginia, November 12, 2003
- High Wind in Virginia, November 12 to 14, 2003
- Strong Wind in Virginia, November 13, 2003
- Strong Wind in Virginia, November 13, 2003
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Virginia, November 19 to 20, 2003
- Flooding in Virginia, November 19 to 20, 2003
- Flood in Virginia, November 19 to 20, 2003
- Flash Flooding in Virginia, November 19, 2003
- Damaging Winds in Virginia, November 19, 2003
- Flood in Virginia, November 19 to 20, 2003
- Flooding in Virginia, November 19 to 20, 2003
- Flooding in Virginia, November 19 to 21, 2003
- Frost and Freeze in Virginia, November 30, 2003
December 2003
- Winter Storm in Virginia, December 4 to 5, 2003
- Winter Storm in Virginia, December 4 to 5, 2003
- Winter Storm in Virginia, December 4 to 5, 2003
- Winter Weather in Virginia, December 4 to 5, 2003
- Winter Weather in Virginia, December 5 to 6, 2003
- Winter Weather in Virginia, December 6, 2003
- Flooding in Virginia, December 10 to 12, 2003
- Flooding in Virginia, December 12, 2003
- Winter Storm in Virginia, December 13 to 14, 2003
- Winter Storm in Virginia, December 14, 2003
- Winter Storm in Virginia, December 14, 2003
- Winter Weather in Virginia, December 14, 2003
- Winter Weather in Virginia, December 17, 2003
- Winter Storm in Virginia, December 18 to 20, 2003
- Heavy Snow in Virginia, December 19 to 20, 2003
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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.