Virginia

Storm History: Craig County, Virginia

202 episodes, 226 events since 1988

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Craig 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
226
Deaths
1
Injuries
1
Damage
$2.3 million
Episodes
202

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
Hail4000$86,000
Winter Storm3700$95,000
Flash Flood3300$538,000
High Wind3200$111,000
Heavy Snow1700
Ice Storm1500$10,000
Thunderstorm Wind1300$820,000
Drought1300$210,000
Tornado811$351,000
Flood300
Cold/Wind Chill200$3,000
Frost/Freeze200
Blizzard200$2,000
Avalanche200$23,000
Lightning100$3,000
Tropical Storm100
Wildfire100
Winter Weather100
Heavy Rain100
Strong Wind100$1,000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill100

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 Craig County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

More

Tornadoes in Craig CountyEvery warning in Craig 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.