Virginia

Storm History: Clarke County, Virginia

555 episodes, 681 events since 1962

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Clarke 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
681
Deaths
1
Injuries
4
Damage
$19 million
Episodes
555

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
Hail10401$2.4 million
Thunderstorm Wind10100$290,000
Winter Storm8700$45,000
Winter Weather8000
Dense Fog5800
Flash Flood4102$1.7 million
Tornado3700$500,000
Heat2910
Flood2800$2.3 million
Frost/Freeze2700$1.4 million
Ice Storm1300$140,000
Strong Wind1200$8,000
Drought1200$8.5 million
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill1200
High Wind1100$70,000
Excessive Heat900
Blizzard401$5,000
Heavy Snow400
Wildfire300$1.6 million
Cold/Wind Chill300
Heavy Rain300
Lightning100$2,000
Storm Surge/Tide100
Tropical Storm100$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 Clarke County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Clarke CountyEvery warning in Clarke 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.