Virginia

Storm History: Appomattox County, Virginia

259 episodes, 377 events since 1951

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Appomattox 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
377
Deaths
1
Injuries
7
Damage
$14 million
Episodes
259

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
Hail9000$136,000
Thunderstorm Wind8800$337,000
Flash Flood7300$1.3 million
Winter Storm3000$120,000
Tornado2317$11 million
Drought1700$300,000
Heavy Snow1600$10,000
High Wind1100$297,000
Flood800$2,000
Ice Storm800$10,000
Frost/Freeze300$20,000
Cold/Wind Chill200$10,000
Winter Weather200
Tropical Storm200$78,000
Blizzard100$25,000
Strong Wind100$3,000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill100$10,000
Avalanche100$1,000

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 Appomattox County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Appomattox CountyEvery warning in Appomattox 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.