Virginia

Storm History: Accomack County, Virginia

290 episodes, 365 events since 1957

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.

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Every year

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.

By kind of event

Counted under the kind that heads each episode.

Kind of eventEventsDeathsInjuriesDamage
Hail5500$62,000
Thunderstorm Wind5501$107,000
Tornado4901$563,000
Flash Flood3510$72,000
Winter Weather3400
Winter Storm3300$2,000
Heavy Rain3100
Coastal Flood1800$13 million
High Wind1600$3.2 million
Tropical Storm700$3.9 million
Strong Wind500$13,000
Hurricane (Typhoon)420$11 million
Heavy Snow400$2,000
Flood300$500,000
Rip Current332
Heat200
Frost/Freeze200
Blizzard200
Excessive Heat200
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill200
Drought100$7.5 million
Ice Storm100
Funnel Cloud100

The deadliest

The costliest

Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.

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 tornado in Accomack County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

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.