Virginia

Storms in Virginia in 2011

2,542 events in 301 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Virginia in 2011, 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 2011 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
2,542
Deaths
22
Injuries
116
Damage
$113 million
Episodes
301

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 Wind1,06703$4.0 million
Hail43018$3.4 million
Flood24411$524,000
Flash Flood20950$1.4 million
Winter Weather11500
Excessive Heat7200
Dense Fog6100
Tornado608102$34 million
Tropical Storm5331$69 million
High Wind4900$96,000
Heat4720$41,000
Winter Storm3500
Frost/Freeze2200
Lightning2100$5,000
Strong Wind1311$22,000
Funnel Cloud1000
Heavy Snow900
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill900
Coastal Flood700
Heavy Rain700
Wildfire100
Rip Current110

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.