Virginia

Storm History: Amelia County, Virginia

275 episodes, 339 events since 1975

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Amelia 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
339
Deaths
0
Injuries
4
Damage
$14 million
Episodes
275

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
Thunderstorm Wind8801$304,000
Hail7600$83,000
Winter Storm4700$188,000
Tornado3802$3.4 million
Winter Weather3400
Heavy Rain2200
Flash Flood1301$16,000
Flood400$2,000
Drought300$5.0 million
Ice Storm300$100,000
Frost/Freeze300
Heavy Snow200
Heat200
Excessive Heat200
Tropical Storm100$5.0 million
Lightning100$5,000

The deadliest

None recorded.

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 Amelia County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Amelia CountyEvery warning in Amelia 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.