Storms in Virginia in 2024

1,812 events in 242 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Virginia in 2024, 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 2024 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: 1,812
Deaths: 7
Injuries: 16
Damage: $406 million
Episodes: 242

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	732	0	1	$2.2 million
Flash Flood	281	1	0	$121 million
Flood	169	0	0	$35,000
Heavy Rain	150	0	0
Winter Weather	143	0	0
High Wind	82	0	0	$224,000
Hail	81	1	1	$953,000
Strong Wind	33	0	0	$33,000
Coastal Flood	30	0	0
Excessive Heat	22	0	0
Winter Storm	21	0	0
Heavy Snow	16	0	0
Drought	16	0	0
Tornado	14	5	14	$280 million
Cold/Wind Chill	8	0	0
Lightning	7	0	0	$5,000
Wildfire	3	0	0	$1.6 million
Funnel Cloud	2	0	0
Avalanche	1	0	0
Debris Flow	1	0	0

Every episode, month by month

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Every year in Virginia Every state in 2024 Tornadoes in Virginia in 2024 Warnings in Virginia in 2024 2023 2025

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.