Virginia

Storm History: Charles City County, Virginia

186 episodes, 207 events since 1975

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Charles City 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
207
Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Damage
$3.8 million
Episodes
186

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
Winter Weather3900
Hail3400$44,000
Thunderstorm Wind3000$51,000
Winter Storm2800$32,000
Heavy Rain1800
Tornado1500$687,000
Flash Flood1400$3,000
Flood500
Coastal Flood400
Ice Storm300$75,000
High Wind300$31,000
Frost/Freeze300
Excessive Heat300
Heat200
Heavy Snow200$1,000
Drought100$2.1 million
Hurricane (Typhoon)100
Tropical Storm100$730,000
Blizzard100

The deadliest

None recorded.

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 Charles City County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

More

Tornadoes in Charles City CountyEvery warning in Charles City 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.