Virginia

Storms in Virginia in 2004

1,063 events in 262 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Virginia in 2004, 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 2004 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
1,063
Deaths
17
Injuries
23
Damage
$104 million
Episodes
262

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 Wind31614$736,000
Winter Storm14110
Hail13300$169,000
Flash Flood119110$30 million
Winter Weather9441
Tornado94018$73 million
Heavy Snow5100
Flood4000$100,000
Ice Storm1900
High Wind1800$15,000
Frost/Freeze1100
Cold/Wind Chill900
Lightning700$150,000
Tropical Storm300
Heat300
Funnel Cloud200
Heavy Rain200
Strong Wind100$1,000

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.