Virginia

Storm History: Augusta County, Virginia

449 episodes, 712 events since 1952

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Augusta 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
712
Deaths
5
Injuries
44
Damage
$18 million
Episodes
449

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 Wind17404$1.1 million
Hail15515$652,000
Flash Flood10222$5.5 million
Flood6000
Winter Weather56021$500,000
Tornado41212$10 million
Winter Storm3900
Frost/Freeze2000
Cold/Wind Chill1400
High Wind1200
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill1200
Dense Fog1000
Heavy Rain500
Ice Storm400
Heat300$7,000
Blizzard200
Lightning100$25,000
Wildfire100$80,000
Storm Surge/Tide100$20,000

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 Augusta County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Augusta CountyEvery warning in Augusta 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.