Storms in Virginia in 2023

1,508 events in 212 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Virginia in 2023, 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 2023 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

Open the live radar over Virginia

The year

Events: 1,508
Deaths: 3
Injuries: 3
Damage: $54 million
Episodes: 212

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	797	2	0	$27 million
Hail	172	1	3	$4.8 million
Flash Flood	152	0	0	$630,000
Winter Weather	82	0	0
Heavy Rain	73	0	0
Flood	56	0	0	$37,000
Drought	51	0	0
High Wind	50	0	0	$727,000
Coastal Flood	21	0	0
Lightning	13	0	0	$70,000
Tropical Storm	10	0	0	$1,000
Excessive Heat	8	0	0
Tornado	6	0	0	$20 million
Winter Storm	5	0	0	$1,000
Cold/Wind Chill	3	0	0
Debris Flow	3	0	0	$34,000
Strong Wind	2	0	0	$1,000
Funnel Cloud	2	0	0
Heavy Snow	1	0	0
Wildfire	1	0	0

Every episode, month by month

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Every year in Virginia Every state in 2023 Tornadoes in Virginia in 2023 Warnings in Virginia in 2023 2022 2024

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.