Storm History: City of Covington, Virginia
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in City of Covington, 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
- 173
- Deaths
- 1
- Injuries
- 50
- Damage
- $7.8 million
- Episodes
- 167
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.
Every year
By kind of event
Counted under the kind that heads each episode.
| Kind of event | Events | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winter Storm | 38 | 0 | 0 | $58,000 |
| High Wind | 36 | 1 | 0 | $173,000 |
| Heavy Snow | 20 | 0 | 0 | $12,000 |
| Ice Storm | 16 | 0 | 0 | $10,000 |
| Drought | 12 | 0 | 0 | $220,000 |
| Hail | 11 | 0 | 0 | $51,000 |
| Flash Flood | 9 | 0 | 0 | $3.0 million |
| Frost/Freeze | 6 | 0 | 0 | $213,000 |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 5 | 0 | 0 | $500,000 |
| Flood | 4 | 0 | 0 | $2,000 |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 3 | 0 | 0 | $2,000 |
| Winter Weather | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wildfire | 3 | 0 | 0 | $3.4 million |
| Avalanche | 3 | 0 | 50 | $97,000 |
| Tropical Storm | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Blizzard | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Strong Wind | 1 | 0 | 0 | $300 |
| Tornado | 1 | 0 | 0 | $8,000 |
The deadliest
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Flash Flood, June 23, 2016
- Wildfire, April 7, 2012
- Wildfire, April 7, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 29, 2012
- Frost/Freeze, April 8, 2007
- Drought, October 1, 1998
- Avalanche, April 2, 2016
- Winter Storm, February 4, 2010
- High Wind, February 24, 2019
- High Wind, October 31, 2019
- Hail, June 16, 2022
- Drought, November 1, 1998
- Hail, April 24, 2013
- High Wind, December 1, 2006
- High Wind, April 15, 2007
- Ice Storm, December 15, 2007
- High Wind, March 8, 2008
- Heavy Snow, March 5, 2013
- High Wind, February 14, 2015
- Tornado, September 26, 2024
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 episode, newest first
- Drought, June 1, 2026
- Drought, May 1, 2026
- Drought, April 21, 2026
- Winter Storm, January 24, 2026
- High Wind, April 15, 2025
- Avalanche, February 16, 2025
- Winter Storm, February 11, 2025
- Winter Storm, January 5, 2025
- Tornado, September 26, 2024
- Drought, August 1, 2024
- Winter Weather, January 9, 2024
- Drought, December 1, 2023
- Drought, November 1, 2023
- Hail, July 13, 2023
- High Wind, April 1, 2023
- Hail, June 16, 2022
- Winter Storm, January 16, 2022
- Winter Storm, January 2, 2022
- Winter Storm, February 18, 2021
- Winter Storm, January 30, 2021
- Winter Storm, December 16, 2020
- Flash Flood, June 16, 2020
- High Wind, November 27, 2019
- High Wind, October 31, 2019
- High Wind, February 24, 2019
- Winter Storm, February 19, 2019
- Winter Storm, January 12, 2019
- Winter Storm, December 8, 2018
- Ice Storm, November 14, 2018
- Flood, September 27, 2018
- Winter Storm, March 20, 2018
- Heavy Snow, March 12, 2018
- High Wind, March 1, 2018
- Hail, April 29, 2017
- High Wind, February 12, 2017
- Flash Flood, June 23, 2016
- Hail, June 16, 2016
- Avalanche, April 2, 2016
- Winter Storm, February 14, 2016
- Winter Storm, January 22, 2016
- Winter Storm, March 5, 2015
- Winter Storm, February 21, 2015
- Winter Storm, February 16, 2015
- High Wind, February 14, 2015
- Winter Weather, January 23, 2015
- Winter Storm, November 26, 2014
- High Wind, March 30, 2014
- High Wind, March 12, 2014
- Winter Storm, February 12, 2014
- Winter Storm, January 21, 2014
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 7, 2014
- Ice Storm, December 8, 2013
- Hail, April 24, 2013
- Heavy Snow, April 4, 2013
- Heavy Snow, March 24, 2013
- High Wind, March 19, 2013
- Heavy Snow, March 5, 2013
- Ice Storm, December 26, 2012
- High Wind, December 20, 2012
- Winter Storm, October 28, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 29, 2012
- Wildfire, April 9, 2012
- Wildfire, April 7, 2012
- Wildfire, April 7, 2012
- Frost/Freeze, March 27, 2012
- Winter Storm, February 19, 2012
- Strong Wind, November 23, 2011
- Flash Flood, June 21, 2011
- Hail, June 5, 2011
- High Wind, December 27, 2010
- Winter Storm, December 16, 2010
- Hail, June 15, 2010
- Winter Storm, February 24, 2010
- Blizzard, February 9, 2010
- Winter Storm, February 4, 2010
- Heavy Snow, February 2, 2010
- Heavy Snow, January 29, 2010
- Heavy Snow, December 18, 2009
- High Wind, December 9, 2009
- Heavy Snow, December 5, 2009
- High Wind, February 11, 2009
- Thunderstorm Wind, February 11, 2009
- High Wind, December 31, 2008
- Flash Flood, July 22, 2008
- High Wind, March 8, 2008
- High Wind, February 10, 2008
- Ice Storm, February 1, 2008
- Winter Storm, January 17, 2008
- High Wind, December 16, 2007
- Ice Storm, December 15, 2007
- High Wind, December 3, 2007
- High Wind, April 15, 2007
- Frost/Freeze, April 8, 2007
- Frost/Freeze, April 7, 2007
- Frost/Freeze, April 7, 2007
- Frost/Freeze, April 6, 2007
- High Wind, February 22, 2007
- Ice Storm, February 13, 2007
- Heavy Snow, February 6, 2007
- Ice Storm, January 21, 2007
- High Wind, December 1, 2006
- High Wind, October 28, 2006
- Frost/Freeze, October 12, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 28, 2006
- High Wind, January 14, 2006
- High Wind, April 3, 2005
- Heavy Snow, February 28, 2005
- High Wind, December 1, 2004
- Flood, September 28, 2004
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 11, 2004
- Ice Storm, February 5, 2004
- Ice Storm, February 2, 2004
- Heavy Snow, January 25, 2004
- Winter Storm, December 4, 2003
- High Wind, November 12, 2003
- High Wind, October 14, 2003
- Flash Flood, September 27, 2003
- Flood, September 19, 2003
- Tropical Storm, September 18, 2003
- Hail, July 9, 2003
- Hail, May 9, 2003
- Ice Storm, April 7, 2003
- Heavy Snow, March 30, 2003
- Flash Flood, February 22, 2003
- Winter Storm, February 15, 2003
- High Wind, January 8, 2003
- Winter Storm, January 5, 2003
- High Wind, December 25, 2002
- Winter Storm, December 4, 2002
- Winter Storm, January 19, 2002
- Flash Flood, May 22, 2001
- Winter Storm, February 22, 2001
- Ice Storm, December 13, 2000
- High Wind, December 12, 2000
- Ice Storm, February 18, 2000
- Winter Storm, January 29, 2000
- High Wind, January 13, 2000
- Drought, September 1, 1999
- Drought, August 1, 1999
- Drought, July 1, 1999
- Drought, June 1, 1999
- Winter Storm, March 15, 1999
- Winter Storm, March 3, 1999
- Ice Storm, December 23, 1998
- Drought, November 1, 1998
- Drought, October 1, 1998
- High Wind, February 24, 1998
- Heavy Snow, February 6, 1998
- Ice Storm, February 4, 1998
- Heavy Snow, January 27, 1998
- Ice Storm, January 15, 1998
- Heavy Snow, December 29, 1997
- Heavy Snow, December 27, 1997
- High Wind, October 20, 1997
- Flash Flood, June 1, 1997
- Ice Storm, March 28, 1996
- Cold/Wind Chill, March 8, 1996
- Winter Storm, February 16, 1996
- Winter Weather, February 9, 1996
- Cold/Wind Chill, February 3, 1996
- Heavy Snow, February 2, 1996
- Heavy Snow, February 2, 1996
- High Wind, January 19, 1996
- Heavy Snow, January 12, 1996
- Winter Storm, January 6, 1996
- Heavy Snow, January 6, 1996
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 21, 1983
More
Tornadoes in City of CovingtonEvery warning in City of Covington 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.