Storm History: City of Suffolk, Virginia
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in City of Suffolk, 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
- 299
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 212
- Damage
- $37 million
- Episodes
- 211
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hail | 94 | 0 | 1 | $135,000 |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 81 | 0 | 2 | $175,000 |
| Tornado | 47 | 0 | 208 | $36 million |
| Flash Flood | 36 | 0 | 0 | $12,000 |
| Heavy Rain | 31 | 0 | 0 | |
| Flood | 8 | 0 | 0 | $1.4 million |
| Waterspout | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lightning | 1 | 0 | 1 |
The deadliest
None recorded.
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Tornado, April 28, 2008
- Tornado, August 4, 2020
- Flood, October 8, 2016
- Flood, September 21, 2016
- Tornado, May 11, 2019
- Tornado, December 24, 2020
- Tornado, March 30, 1981
- Tornado, March 31, 2017
- Tornado, April 9, 1998
- Tornado, November 11, 1995
- Tornado, August 6, 1993
- Hail, June 22, 2018
- Flood, July 24, 2014
- Tornado, October 9, 1959
- Tornado, July 4, 1967
- Tornado, March 19, 1975
- Tornado, March 29, 1991
- Tornado, May 21, 2001
- Tornado, February 22, 2003
- Tornado, January 14, 2006
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
- Hail, June 14, 2026
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 16, 2026
- Flash Flood, July 31, 2025
- Hail, July 27, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 19, 2025
- Flash Flood, June 15, 2025
- Flash Flood, June 14, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 14, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 16, 2025
- Hail, April 22, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, February 16, 2025
- Flash Flood, September 27, 2024
- Tornado, August 8, 2024
- Heavy Rain, July 24, 2024
- Flash Flood, July 12, 2024
- Flash Flood, December 17, 2023
- Heavy Rain, September 22, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 9, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 15, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 3, 2023
- Hail, June 27, 2023
- Tornado, June 16, 2023
- Flash Flood, August 27, 2022
- Flash Flood, August 10, 2022
- Flash Flood, August 4, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 26, 2022
- Hail, April 26, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 14, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 28, 2021
- Tornado, July 8, 2021
- Heavy Rain, June 11, 2021
- Heavy Rain, June 11, 2021
- Hail, April 9, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, February 22, 2021
- Tornado, December 24, 2020
- Flood, November 12, 2020
- Flash Flood, November 11, 2020
- Heavy Rain, November 11, 2020
- Heavy Rain, September 17, 2020
- Heavy Rain, September 9, 2020
- Heavy Rain, August 15, 2020
- Heavy Rain, August 6, 2020
- Tornado, August 4, 2020
- Heavy Rain, August 3, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 30, 2020
- Heavy Rain, October 20, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 15, 2019
- Hail, August 9, 2019
- Hail, August 7, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 22, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 20, 2019
- Hail, June 17, 2019
- Flash Flood, June 7, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 5, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 30, 2019
- Tornado, May 11, 2019
- Hail, April 26, 2019
- Tornado, April 15, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 22, 2018
- Hail, June 22, 2018
- Heavy Rain, May 6, 2018
- Heavy Rain, October 10, 2017
- Heavy Rain, August 29, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 14, 2017
- Tornado, March 31, 2017
- Flash Flood, October 8, 2016
- Flood, October 8, 2016
- Heavy Rain, October 8, 2016
- Flood, September 21, 2016
- Heavy Rain, September 19, 2016
- Hail, July 19, 2016
- Hail, June 16, 2016
- Hail, June 12, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 5, 2016
- Tornado, February 24, 2016
- Heavy Rain, November 9, 2015
- Flood, June 25, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, February 2, 2015
- Heavy Rain, September 8, 2014
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 6, 2014
- Flash Flood, July 24, 2014
- Flood, July 24, 2014
- Tornado, July 24, 2014
- Tornado, July 10, 2014
- Hail, May 5, 2014
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 3, 2013
- Hail, June 13, 2013
- Flood, October 29, 2012
- Heavy Rain, August 25, 2012
- Hail, August 2, 2012
- Tornado, June 30, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 29, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 1, 2012
- Flood, August 27, 2011
- Tornado, April 16, 2011
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 5, 2011
- Thunderstorm Wind, November 16, 2010
- Heavy Rain, September 29, 2010
- Hail, July 29, 2010
- Lightning, May 16, 2010
- Hail, May 12, 2010
- Heavy Rain, March 28, 2010
- Heavy Rain, November 11, 2009
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 27, 2009
- Hail, July 17, 2009
- Hail, July 12, 2009
- Hail, June 18, 2009
- Hail, June 9, 2009
- Hail, May 29, 2009
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 7, 2009
- Hail, May 6, 2009
- Flash Flood, May 5, 2009
- Thunderstorm Wind, January 28, 2009
- Heavy Rain, December 10, 2008
- Hail, August 2, 2008
- Hail, July 23, 2008
- Hail, July 8, 2008
- Hail, June 27, 2008
- Hail, May 20, 2008
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 11, 2008
- Tornado, April 28, 2008
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 8, 2008
- Heavy Rain, October 24, 2007
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 21, 2007
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 10, 2007
- Hail, July 27, 2007
- Hail, July 11, 2007
- Flash Flood, September 1, 2006
- Hail, June 29, 2006
- Flash Flood, June 14, 2006
- Tornado, January 14, 2006
- Flash Flood, October 8, 2005
- Hail, August 21, 2005
- Flash Flood, August 9, 2005
- Tornado, May 23, 2005
- Hail, May 15, 2005
- Hail, July 7, 2004
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 30, 2004
- Tornado, June 25, 2004
- Flash Flood, June 10, 2004
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 26, 2004
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 23, 2004
- Hail, March 7, 2004
- Flash Flood, September 3, 2003
- Flash Flood, August 17, 2003
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 13, 2003
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 7, 2003
- Hail, May 3, 2003
- Tornado, February 22, 2003
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 13, 2002
- Tornado, May 2, 2002
- Flash Flood, June 16, 2001
- Tornado, June 1, 2001
- Tornado, May 21, 2001
- Hail, August 16, 2000
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 16, 2000
- Tornado, July 30, 2000
- Hail, June 22, 2000
- Hail, May 27, 2000
- Hail, April 17, 2000
- Flash Flood, October 17, 1999
- Flash Flood, September 15, 1999
- Flash Flood, September 7, 1999
- Flash Flood, September 7, 1999
- Flash Flood, August 26, 1999
- Flash Flood, August 14, 1999
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 1, 1999
- Flash Flood, July 24, 1999
- Hail, July 7, 1999
- Hail, May 24, 1999
- Hail, February 28, 1999
- Hail, June 16, 1998
- Hail, June 15, 1998
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 3, 1998
- Hail, May 8, 1998
- Tornado, April 9, 1998
- Tornado, April 1, 1998
- Heavy Rain, February 4, 1998
- Heavy Rain, January 27, 1998
- Waterspout, July 30, 1997
- Hail, July 19, 1997
- Hail, July 16, 1997
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 6, 1997
- Hail, May 1, 1997
- Hail, March 29, 1997
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 31, 1996
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 18, 1996
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 24, 1996
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 15, 1996
- Tornado, November 11, 1995
- Tornado, August 6, 1993
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 31, 1992
- Thunderstorm Wind, February 15, 1992
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 19, 1991
- Tornado, August 4, 1991
- Hail, May 1, 1991
- Tornado, March 29, 1991
- Hail, July 1, 1990
- Hail, June 8, 1990
- Hail, June 2, 1989
- Tornado, March 30, 1989
- Hail, August 5, 1983
- Hail, June 16, 1982
- Tornado, March 30, 1981
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 23, 1979
- Tornado, March 19, 1975
- Tornado, May 20, 1973
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 3, 1969
- Tornado, July 4, 1967
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 21, 1962
- Tornado, October 9, 1959
More
Tornadoes in City of SuffolkEvery warning in City of Suffolk 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 2026-09-30.