Virginia

Storm History: Charlotte County, Virginia

317 episodes, 478 events since 1959

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Charlotte 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
478
Deaths
2
Injuries
1
Damage
$19 million
Episodes
317

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
Hail14100$381,000
Thunderstorm Wind10400$293,000
Flash Flood6421$2.7 million
Tornado4300$3.1 million
Flood4000$296,000
Winter Storm2900$35,000
Drought2200$10 million
Heavy Snow900$5,000
High Wind500$330,000
Heavy Rain500
Ice Storm400$100,000
Tropical Storm300$1.5 million
Frost/Freeze300
Cold/Wind Chill200$20,000
Winter Weather200
Blizzard100$6,000
Avalanche100$5,000

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 Charlotte County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Charlotte CountyEvery warning in Charlotte 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.