Virginia

Storm History: Bland County, Virginia

204 episodes, 238 events since 1989

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Bland 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
238
Deaths
1
Injuries
0
Damage
$10 million
Episodes
204

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
Flash Flood4110$1.1 million
Hail3800$32,000
Winter Storm3600$34,000
High Wind2900$180,000
Thunderstorm Wind2600$72,000
Drought2000$8.2 million
Heavy Snow1800
Tornado1000$800,000
Ice Storm700
Cold/Wind Chill300$3,000
Winter Weather300
Frost/Freeze200
Blizzard200
Avalanche200$21,000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill100

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 Bland County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

More

Tornadoes in Bland CountyEvery warning in Bland 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.