Storm History: Accomack County, Virginia
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Accomack County, Virginia: floods, hail, damaging wind, tornadoes, winter storms, heat and the rest, with the most serious on record. Events filed by forecast zone count for every county the zone covers.
The record
- Events
- 365
- Deaths
- 6
- Injuries
- 4
- Damage
- $39 million
- Episodes
- 290
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.
Every year
By kind of event
Counted under the kind that heads each episode.
| Kind of event | Events | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hail | 55 | 0 | 0 | $62,000 |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 55 | 0 | 1 | $107,000 |
| Tornado | 49 | 0 | 1 | $563,000 |
| Flash Flood | 35 | 1 | 0 | $72,000 |
| Winter Weather | 34 | 0 | 0 | |
| Winter Storm | 33 | 0 | 0 | $2,000 |
| Heavy Rain | 31 | 0 | 0 | |
| Coastal Flood | 18 | 0 | 0 | $13 million |
| High Wind | 16 | 0 | 0 | $3.2 million |
| Tropical Storm | 7 | 0 | 0 | $3.9 million |
| Strong Wind | 5 | 0 | 0 | $13,000 |
| Hurricane (Typhoon) | 4 | 2 | 0 | $11 million |
| Heavy Snow | 4 | 0 | 0 | $2,000 |
| Flood | 3 | 0 | 0 | $500,000 |
| Rip Current | 3 | 3 | 2 | |
| Heat | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Frost/Freeze | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Blizzard | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Excessive Heat | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Drought | 1 | 0 | 0 | $7.5 million |
| Ice Storm | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Funnel Cloud | 1 | 0 | 0 |
The deadliest
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Hurricane (Typhoon), September 15, 1999
- Drought, September 1, 1997
- Coastal Flood, October 28, 2012
- Coastal Flood, September 1, 2006
- Tropical Storm, August 27, 2011
- High Wind, September 1, 2006
- Coastal Flood, November 12, 2009
- Flood, October 8, 2016
- Tornado, April 5, 1977
- Tropical Storm, August 4, 2020
- Tornado, November 11, 1995
- Coastal Flood, December 21, 2012
- High Wind, January 23, 2016
- Flash Flood, October 6, 2006
- Coastal Flood, October 12, 2025
- Coastal Flood, November 22, 2006
- Tornado, May 7, 1967
- Tornado, August 27, 2011
- High Wind, March 2, 2018
- Tropical Storm, July 8, 2021
The largest hail
The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.
The strongest tornadoes
Every episode, newest first
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 12, 2026
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 16, 2026
- Heavy Snow, February 22, 2026
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 8, 2026
- High Wind, February 7, 2026
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 1, 2026
- High Wind, February 1, 2026
- Coastal Flood, October 28, 2025
- Strong Wind, October 12, 2025
- Coastal Flood, October 12, 2025
- Strong Wind, September 16, 2025
- Coastal Flood, August 21, 2025
- Flash Flood, August 18, 2025
- Rip Current, July 24, 2025
- Flash Flood, July 10, 2025
- Excessive Heat, June 23, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 19, 2025
- Hail, May 31, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 16, 2025
- Tornado, March 5, 2025
- Heavy Snow, February 19, 2025
- Winter Storm, February 11, 2025
- Winter Storm, January 10, 2025
- Winter Storm, January 5, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 19, 2024
- Flash Flood, July 13, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 26, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 29, 2024
- High Wind, January 9, 2024
- Flash Flood, December 17, 2023
- Tropical Storm, September 22, 2023
- Heavy Rain, September 22, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 14, 2023
- Hail, June 26, 2023
- Hail, April 1, 2023
- Coastal Flood, December 23, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 25, 2022
- Hail, August 5, 2022
- Hail, June 17, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 2, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 16, 2022
- Hail, May 6, 2022
- Hail, May 4, 2022
- Flash Flood, March 24, 2022
- Winter Storm, January 28, 2022
- Winter Storm, January 21, 2022
- Coastal Flood, January 3, 2022
- Winter Weather, January 3, 2022
- Coastal Flood, October 28, 2021
- Tropical Storm, July 8, 2021
- Heavy Rain, June 11, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 21, 2021
- Winter Storm, February 11, 2021
- Winter Weather, January 30, 2021
- Tornado, December 24, 2020
- Heavy Rain, November 11, 2020
- Heavy Rain, October 11, 2020
- Heavy Rain, September 17, 2020
- Coastal Flood, August 4, 2020
- Tropical Storm, August 4, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 28, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 23, 2020
- Hail, July 1, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 6, 2020
- Winter Weather, February 20, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, February 7, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, November 1, 2019
- Heavy Rain, October 20, 2019
- Tropical Storm, September 5, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 22, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 17, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 18, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 5, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 2, 2019
- Winter Weather, February 1, 2019
- Winter Storm, January 12, 2019
- High Wind, October 11, 2018
- Heavy Rain, October 11, 2018
- Rip Current, October 7, 2018
- Hail, June 23, 2018
- High Wind, March 2, 2018
- Winter Weather, January 17, 2018
- Blizzard, January 3, 2018
- Winter Weather, December 8, 2017
- Heavy Rain, August 29, 2017
- Tornado, August 7, 2017
- Flash Flood, July 28, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 14, 2017
- Hail, February 25, 2017
- Heavy Snow, January 6, 2017
- Flood, October 8, 2016
- Heavy Rain, October 8, 2016
- Heavy Rain, September 28, 2016
- Heavy Rain, September 19, 2016
- Tropical Storm, September 2, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 28, 2016
- Heavy Rain, July 18, 2016
- Flash Flood, July 1, 2016
- Frost/Freeze, April 5, 2016
- Winter Weather, March 3, 2016
- Winter Weather, February 14, 2016
- Coastal Flood, February 9, 2016
- Coastal Flood, January 23, 2016
- High Wind, January 23, 2016
- Winter Storm, January 22, 2016
- Heavy Rain, November 9, 2015
- Coastal Flood, October 2, 2015
- Tornado, August 4, 2015
- Tornado, June 20, 2015
- Tornado, June 18, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 15, 2015
- Winter Weather, March 1, 2015
- Winter Storm, February 26, 2015
- Winter Storm, February 16, 2015
- Winter Weather, January 14, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 27, 2014
- Heavy Rain, May 15, 2014
- Winter Weather, March 25, 2014
- Winter Storm, March 16, 2014
- Winter Storm, March 3, 2014
- Winter Storm, January 28, 2014
- Winter Storm, January 21, 2014
- Winter Weather, January 16, 2014
- Tornado, January 11, 2014
- Winter Weather, January 2, 2014
- Hail, August 3, 2013
- Funnel Cloud, June 18, 2013
- Hail, June 13, 2013
- Flash Flood, June 7, 2013
- Coastal Flood, March 6, 2013
- High Wind, March 6, 2013
- Winter Weather, February 16, 2013
- Winter Weather, January 25, 2013
- Winter Weather, January 24, 2013
- Winter Weather, January 17, 2013
- Coastal Flood, December 21, 2012
- High Wind, October 29, 2012
- Flood, October 29, 2012
- Coastal Flood, October 28, 2012
- Heavy Rain, August 25, 2012
- Flash Flood, August 25, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 25, 2012
- Hail, August 2, 2012
- Flash Flood, July 14, 2012
- Tornado, July 14, 2012
- Heat, July 5, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 29, 2012
- Tornado, February 24, 2012
- Winter Weather, February 19, 2012
- Winter Weather, February 11, 2012
- Tornado, August 27, 2011
- Tropical Storm, August 27, 2011
- Flood, August 27, 2011
- Hail, August 21, 2011
- Excessive Heat, July 21, 2011
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 20, 2011
- Hail, June 28, 2011
- Flash Flood, June 19, 2011
- Hail, May 24, 2011
- Hail, May 18, 2011
- Tornado, April 16, 2011
- High Wind, February 25, 2011
- Winter Storm, December 25, 2010
- Winter Weather, December 16, 2010
- Hail, August 5, 2010
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 25, 2010
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 12, 2010
- Heavy Rain, March 28, 2010
- Heavy Rain, March 13, 2010
- Blizzard, February 9, 2010
- Winter Storm, February 5, 2010
- Winter Storm, January 29, 2010
- Coastal Flood, November 12, 2009
- High Wind, November 12, 2009
- Heavy Rain, November 11, 2009
- Flash Flood, July 27, 2009
- Flash Flood, July 26, 2009
- Hail, April 22, 2009
- Winter Weather, March 1, 2009
- High Wind, December 31, 2008
- Heavy Rain, December 10, 2008
- Tropical Storm, September 6, 2008
- Hail, August 10, 2008
- Hail, July 27, 2008
- Hail, June 16, 2008
- Hail, June 4, 2008
- Tornado, May 31, 2008
- High Wind, May 11, 2008
- Strong Wind, March 8, 2008
- Hail, March 4, 2008
- Winter Weather, February 14, 2008
- Winter Weather, January 19, 2008
- Heavy Rain, October 24, 2007
- Hail, June 8, 2007
- Strong Wind, May 6, 2007
- High Wind, April 16, 2007
- Heavy Snow, April 7, 2007
- Winter Weather, January 21, 2007
- Coastal Flood, November 22, 2006
- Flash Flood, October 6, 2006
- Coastal Flood, September 1, 2006
- Flash Flood, September 1, 2006
- High Wind, September 1, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 28, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 22, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 27, 2006
- Winter Weather, February 11, 2006
- Winter Weather, December 5, 2005
- Hail, April 23, 2005
- Winter Weather, March 8, 2005
- Winter Weather, February 24, 2005
- Winter Weather, January 29, 2005
- Winter Weather, January 22, 2005
- Winter Weather, January 19, 2005
- Winter Storm, December 26, 2004
- Winter Weather, December 19, 2004
- Flash Flood, July 28, 2004
- Winter Storm, January 25, 2004
- Frost/Freeze, November 10, 2003
- Hurricane (Typhoon), September 18, 2003
- Flash Flood, September 3, 2003
- Tornado, August 26, 2003
- Flash Flood, August 16, 2003
- Hail, July 22, 2003
- Strong Wind, April 10, 2003
- Winter Storm, February 26, 2003
- Winter Storm, February 15, 2003
- Winter Storm, January 16, 2003
- Winter Weather, January 14, 2003
- Winter Weather, January 6, 2003
- Winter Storm, December 4, 2002
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 13, 2002
- High Wind, January 6, 2002
- Winter Storm, January 2, 2002
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 11, 2001
- Winter Storm, February 22, 2001
- Flash Flood, August 4, 2000
- Tornado, July 30, 2000
- Hail, July 16, 2000
- Hail, May 10, 2000
- Hail, April 21, 2000
- Hail, April 21, 2000
- Hail, April 21, 2000
- Winter Storm, February 12, 2000
- Winter Storm, January 25, 2000
- Winter Storm, January 19, 2000
- Hurricane (Typhoon), October 17, 1999
- Hurricane (Typhoon), September 15, 1999
- Hurricane (Typhoon), September 1, 1999
- Hail, August 20, 1999
Earlier years, state by state:
More
Tornadoes in Accomack CountyEvery warning in Accomack County since 1986Every county in Virginia
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.