Storm History: Appomattox County, Virginia
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.
Every year
By kind of event
Counted under the kind that heads each episode.
| Kind of event | Events | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hail | 90 | 0 | 0 | $136,000 |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 88 | 0 | 0 | $337,000 |
| Flash Flood | 73 | 0 | 0 | $1.3 million |
| Winter Storm | 30 | 0 | 0 | $120,000 |
| Tornado | 23 | 1 | 7 | $11 million |
| Drought | 17 | 0 | 0 | $300,000 |
| Heavy Snow | 16 | 0 | 0 | $10,000 |
| High Wind | 11 | 0 | 0 | $297,000 |
| Flood | 8 | 0 | 0 | $2,000 |
| Ice Storm | 8 | 0 | 0 | $10,000 |
| Frost/Freeze | 3 | 0 | 0 | $20,000 |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 2 | 0 | 0 | $10,000 |
| Winter Weather | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tropical Storm | 2 | 0 | 0 | $78,000 |
| Blizzard | 1 | 0 | 0 | $25,000 |
| Strong Wind | 1 | 0 | 0 | $3,000 |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 1 | 0 | 0 | $10,000 |
| Avalanche | 1 | 0 | 0 | $1,000 |
The deadliest
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Tornado, February 24, 2016
- Flash Flood, September 6, 1996
- Drought, October 1, 1998
- High Wind, September 6, 1996
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 29, 2012
- Winter Storm, February 11, 2025
- Flash Flood, January 28, 1998
- Tropical Storm, September 18, 2003
- Flash Flood, October 11, 2018
- Tornado, October 25, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 19, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 9, 2019
- High Wind, April 15, 2007
- Hail, August 19, 2019
- High Wind, March 1, 2018
- Tornado, May 8, 2008
- Blizzard, February 9, 2010
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 13, 2010
- Hail, April 3, 2006
- Frost/Freeze, April 8, 2007
The largest hail
The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.
- Flash Flood, March 24, 2012
- Hail, May 26, 1995
- Hail, April 6, 2023
- Hail, May 26, 1962
- Hail, May 27, 2026
- Hail, September 21, 2024
- Hail, June 26, 2023
- Hail, June 16, 2022
- Hail, June 28, 2011
- Hail, August 25, 2011
- Hail, May 12, 2010
- Flash Flood, July 7, 2008
- Hail, May 19, 2000
- Hail, April 1, 2026
- Hail, May 13, 2000
The strongest tornadoes
Every episode, newest first
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 22, 2026
- Drought, June 1, 2026
- Hail, May 27, 2026
- Drought, May 1, 2026
- Drought, April 21, 2026
- Hail, April 1, 2026
- Winter Storm, January 24, 2026
- Drought, January 1, 2026
- Winter Storm, December 8, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 9, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 8, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 1, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 19, 2025
- Hail, March 16, 2025
- Avalanche, February 16, 2025
- Flash Flood, February 15, 2025
- Winter Storm, February 11, 2025
- Winter Storm, January 5, 2025
- Hail, December 31, 2024
- Flash Flood, September 30, 2024
- Tornado, September 26, 2024
- Flash Flood, September 21, 2024
- Hail, September 21, 2024
- Flash Flood, August 8, 2024
- Flash Flood, August 2, 2024
- Tornado, May 26, 2024
- Tornado, April 11, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, January 9, 2024
- Drought, December 1, 2023
- Drought, November 1, 2023
- Hail, September 8, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 29, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 28, 2023
- Flash Flood, July 14, 2023
- Hail, July 13, 2023
- Hail, July 3, 2023
- Hail, June 26, 2023
- Hail, April 6, 2023
- High Wind, April 1, 2023
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 23, 2022
- Strong Wind, October 1, 2022
- High Wind, September 30, 2022
- Flash Flood, July 16, 2022
- Hail, July 16, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 6, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 2, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 22, 2022
- Hail, June 17, 2022
- Hail, June 16, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 2, 2022
- Tornado, May 27, 2022
- Winter Storm, January 16, 2022
- Winter Storm, January 2, 2022
- Tornado, October 25, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 22, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 13, 2021
- Hail, August 10, 2021
- Flash Flood, June 11, 2021
- Flash Flood, June 10, 2021
- Flash Flood, May 1, 2021
- Winter Storm, February 12, 2021
- Winter Storm, January 30, 2021
- Flash Flood, November 10, 2020
- Flash Flood, October 29, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 28, 2020
- Flood, July 22, 2020
- Hail, July 10, 2020
- Hail, July 5, 2020
- Flash Flood, April 12, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 29, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 9, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 23, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 21, 2019
- Hail, August 19, 2019
- Hail, July 21, 2019
- Flash Flood, July 7, 2019
- Tornado, April 19, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 14, 2019
- Winter Storm, February 19, 2019
- Winter Storm, January 12, 2019
- Winter Storm, December 8, 2018
- Flash Flood, October 11, 2018
- Flash Flood, September 1, 2018
- Hail, July 25, 2018
- Heavy Snow, March 12, 2018
- High Wind, March 1, 2018
- Flood, February 10, 2018
- Winter Storm, January 17, 2018
- Winter Storm, December 8, 2017
- Hail, May 10, 2017
- Tornado, May 5, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 1, 2017
- Hail, March 1, 2017
- Winter Storm, January 6, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 30, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 28, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 2, 2016
- Hail, April 7, 2016
- Tornado, February 24, 2016
- Winter Storm, February 14, 2016
- Winter Storm, January 22, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 14, 2015
- Hail, June 18, 2015
- Winter Storm, February 25, 2015
- Winter Storm, February 16, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 8, 2014
- Hail, June 21, 2014
- Heavy Snow, March 25, 2014
- Winter Storm, February 12, 2014
- Ice Storm, December 8, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 24, 2013
- Flash Flood, July 20, 2013
- Flash Flood, July 11, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 19, 2013
- Heavy Snow, March 24, 2013
- Heavy Snow, March 5, 2013
- Winter Weather, February 16, 2013
- Heavy Snow, January 17, 2013
- Hail, July 9, 2012
- Hail, July 5, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 29, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 12, 2012
- Flash Flood, March 24, 2012
- Flash Flood, March 20, 2012
- Winter Storm, February 19, 2012
- Tropical Storm, August 27, 2011
- Hail, August 25, 2011
- Hail, July 30, 2011
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 24, 2011
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 23, 2011
- Hail, June 28, 2011
- Tornado, April 27, 2011
- Hail, April 4, 2011
- High Wind, February 25, 2011
- Hail, November 16, 2010
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 18, 2010
- Flash Flood, August 16, 2010
- Flash Flood, August 5, 2010
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 4, 2010
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 20, 2010
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 18, 2010
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 13, 2010
- Hail, May 12, 2010
- Blizzard, February 9, 2010
- Winter Storm, February 4, 2010
- Heavy Snow, January 29, 2010
- Flash Flood, January 24, 2010
- Heavy Snow, December 18, 2009
- Flash Flood, July 20, 2009
- Hail, June 13, 2009
- Heavy Snow, March 1, 2009
- Ice Storm, January 27, 2009
- Thunderstorm Wind, November 15, 2008
- Flash Flood, September 6, 2008
- Drought, August 19, 2008
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 9, 2008
- Flash Flood, July 7, 2008
- Tornado, May 8, 2008
- Hail, April 26, 2008
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 4, 2008
- Drought, March 1, 2008
- High Wind, February 10, 2008
- Drought, February 1, 2008
- Drought, January 29, 2008
- High Wind, December 16, 2007
- Drought, October 1, 2007
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 25, 2007
- Hail, August 21, 2007
- Flash Flood, July 27, 2007
- Hail, July 19, 2007
- Hail, June 27, 2007
- Hail, June 12, 2007
- Hail, June 11, 2007
- High Wind, April 15, 2007
- Frost/Freeze, April 8, 2007
- Frost/Freeze, April 7, 2007
- Frost/Freeze, April 7, 2007
- High Wind, February 22, 2007
- Ice Storm, February 13, 2007
- Flash Flood, October 7, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 23, 2006
- Hail, April 25, 2006
- Hail, April 3, 2006
- Winter Storm, December 9, 2005
- Heavy Snow, December 5, 2005
- Heavy Snow, February 28, 2005
- Ice Storm, January 29, 2005
- Flood, September 28, 2004
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 17, 2004
- Heavy Snow, February 15, 2004
- Ice Storm, February 2, 2004
- Heavy Snow, January 25, 2004
- Winter Storm, December 13, 2003
- Tropical Storm, September 18, 2003
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 28, 2003
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 16, 2003
- Flash Flood, August 3, 2003
- Hail, July 9, 2003
- Flash Flood, March 20, 2003
- Winter Storm, February 26, 2003
- Flood, February 22, 2003
- Winter Storm, February 15, 2003
- Heavy Snow, February 6, 2003
- Ice Storm, December 11, 2002
- Winter Storm, December 4, 2002
- High Wind, November 30, 2002
- Flash Flood, July 3, 2002
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 13, 2002
- Tornado, April 28, 2002
- Hail, August 23, 2001
- Flash Flood, June 5, 2001
- Winter Storm, February 22, 2001
- Hail, June 14, 2000
- Hail, May 19, 2000
- Hail, May 13, 2000
- Ice Storm, February 18, 2000
- High Wind, January 13, 2000
- Tornado, September 29, 1999
- Drought, September 1, 1999
- Drought, August 1, 1999
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 31, 1999
- Drought, July 1, 1999
- Drought, June 1, 1999
- Ice Storm, December 23, 1998
- Drought, November 1, 1998
- Drought, October 1, 1998
- Hail, July 22, 1998
- Flash Flood, June 10, 1998
- Flash Flood, January 28, 1998
- Flood, January 8, 1998
- Thunderstorm Wind, November 8, 1996
- Flash Flood, September 10, 1996
- High Wind, September 6, 1996
- Flash Flood, September 6, 1996
- Flood, September 6, 1996
- Flash Flood, June 19, 1996
- Cold/Wind Chill, March 8, 1996
- Winter Storm, March 7, 1996
- Heavy Snow, February 16, 1996
- Winter Weather, February 9, 1996
- Cold/Wind Chill, February 3, 1996
- Heavy Snow, February 2, 1996
- Winter Storm, February 2, 1996
- Flood, January 19, 1996
- Thunderstorm Wind, January 19, 1996
- Winter Storm, January 12, 1996
- Heavy Snow, January 6, 1996
- Hail, July 11, 1995
- Hail, May 26, 1995
- Hail, May 6, 1989
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.