Storms in Virginia in 2006

1,373 events in 315 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Virginia in 2006, 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 2006 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: 1,373
Deaths: 3
Injuries: 11
Damage: $132 million
Episodes: 315

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	421	0	2	$7.2 million
Hail	205	0	1	$1.8 million
Dense Fog	166	0	0
Flash Flood	162	0	0	$31 million
High Wind	103	2	2	$39 million
Winter Weather	54	0	0
Heat	46	0	0
Flood	45	1	1	$540,000
Frost/Freeze	40	0	0
Heavy Snow	38	0	0
Coastal Flood	21	0	0	$48 million
Tornado	18	0	3	$592,000
Strong Wind	13	0	0	$99,000
Winter Storm	10	0	0	$250,000
Ice Storm	9	0	0
Lightning	5	0	0
Storm Surge/Tide	5	0	0	$110,000
Funnel Cloud	4	0	0
Wildfire	3	0	2	$4.0 million
Heavy Rain	3	0	0	$30,000
Debris Flow	1	0	0	$19,000
High Surf	1	0	0

Every episode, month by month

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December 2006

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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.