Storm History: Botetourt County, Virginia

368 episodes, 481 events since 1955

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Botetourt 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: 481
Deaths: 3
Injuries: 17
Damage: $11 million
Episodes: 368

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 event	Events	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
Hail	152	0	3	$543,000
Flash Flood	77	1	0	$3.2 million
Thunderstorm Wind	59	0	13	$864,000
Winter Storm	43	1	0	$54,000
High Wind	35	0	0	$373,000
Flood	27	0	0	$835,000
Tornado	19	0	0	$84,000
Heavy Snow	18	0	0
Drought	14	0	0	$320,000
Ice Storm	13	1	1	$20,000
Cold/Wind Chill	6	0	0	$403,000
Frost/Freeze	4	0	0	$3.8 million
Strong Wind	3	0	0	$45,000
Blizzard	2	0	0	$7,000
Winter Weather	2	0	0	$10,000
Avalanche	2	0	0	$18,000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill	2	0	0
Tropical Storm	1	0	0
Debris Flow	1	0	0	$2,000
Lightning	1	0	0	$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 Botetourt County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

Tornadoes in Botetourt County Every warning in Botetourt County since 1986 Every 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.