Storm History: Culpeper County, Virginia
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Culpeper 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
- 881
- Deaths
- 5
- Injuries
- 16
- Damage
- $18 million
- Episodes
- 672
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 | 142 | 0 | 0 | $347,000 |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 121 | 0 | 0 | $780,000 |
| Flash Flood | 116 | 0 | 2 | $2.1 million |
| Dense Fog | 99 | 0 | 0 | |
| Winter Storm | 74 | 0 | 0 | $2.1 million |
| Tornado | 57 | 0 | 13 | $6.0 million |
| Flood | 55 | 4 | 0 | $950,000 |
| Winter Weather | 50 | 0 | 0 | $10,000 |
| Heat | 44 | 0 | 0 | |
| Frost/Freeze | 38 | 0 | 0 | |
| Strong Wind | 11 | 0 | 0 | $13,000 |
| Drought | 11 | 0 | 0 | $5.2 million |
| Excessive Heat | 11 | 0 | 0 | |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 11 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ice Storm | 10 | 0 | 0 | $25,000 |
| Heavy Snow | 7 | 0 | 0 | $1,000 |
| High Wind | 6 | 0 | 0 | $525,000 |
| Blizzard | 4 | 0 | 0 | $10,000 |
| Heavy Rain | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lightning | 3 | 1 | 1 | $25,000 |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 3 | 0 | 0 | $10,000 |
| Tropical Storm | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Storm Surge/Tide | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Freezing Fog | 1 | 0 | 0 |
The deadliest
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Drought, August 1, 1999
- Tornado, October 13, 1983
- Winter Storm, February 14, 2003
- Tornado, September 24, 2001
- Flash Flood, September 18, 2003
- Tornado, September 17, 2004
- Flood, September 6, 1996
- Flash Flood, September 6, 1996
- High Wind, September 6, 1996
- Tornado, May 26, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 22, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 6, 2025
- Flash Flood, June 21, 2018
- Tornado, May 25, 2004
- Hail, June 13, 1998
- Tornado, September 8, 2004
- High Wind, January 14, 2006
- High Wind, January 13, 2000
- Tornado, June 4, 2008
- Hail, August 25, 2011
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
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 22, 2026
- Hail, June 12, 2026
- Hail, May 27, 2026
- Winter Weather, March 2, 2026
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 7, 2026
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 1, 2026
- Winter Storm, January 24, 2026
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 23, 2026
- Winter Weather, December 5, 2025
- Winter Weather, December 5, 2025
- Winter Weather, December 2, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 26, 2025
- Flash Flood, July 18, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 1, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 19, 2025
- Flash Flood, June 15, 2025
- Flash Flood, June 14, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 14, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 6, 2025
- Flood, May 13, 2025
- Winter Storm, February 11, 2025
- Winter Weather, February 8, 2025
- Ice Storm, February 5, 2025
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 20, 2025
- Winter Storm, January 5, 2025
- Winter Weather, December 24, 2024
- Flash Flood, September 26, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 17, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 15, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 26, 2024
- Tornado, May 26, 2024
- Winter Storm, January 19, 2024
- Winter Storm, January 15, 2024
- Flood, January 9, 2024
- Winter Storm, January 6, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 9, 2023
- Hail, August 7, 2023
- Hail, July 28, 2023
- Hail, July 25, 2023
- Hail, June 16, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 22, 2023
- Cold/Wind Chill, December 23, 2022
- Winter Weather, December 22, 2022
- Flood, December 22, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 12, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 30, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 22, 2022
- Flash Flood, August 10, 2022
- Hail, July 25, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 16, 2022
- Hail, July 12, 2022
- Flash Flood, July 8, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 22, 2022
- Hail, June 16, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 8, 2022
- Blizzard, March 12, 2022
- Flood, February 4, 2022
- Winter Weather, January 28, 2022
- Winter Storm, January 16, 2022
- Winter Storm, January 6, 2022
- Winter Storm, January 3, 2022
- Flood, October 29, 2021
- Flood, September 23, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 28, 2021
- Heat, August 12, 2021
- Hail, August 11, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 14, 2021
- Flood, June 10, 2021
- Flash Flood, June 10, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 10, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 3, 2021
- Dense Fog, May 17, 2021
- Frost/Freeze, April 23, 2021
- Frost/Freeze, April 21, 2021
- Dense Fog, March 24, 2021
- Winter Weather, February 22, 2021
- Winter Storm, February 18, 2021
- Ice Storm, February 13, 2021
- Winter Storm, February 11, 2021
- Winter Storm, February 7, 2021
- Winter Storm, January 31, 2021
- Dense Fog, January 26, 2021
- Dense Fog, January 15, 2021
- Flood, December 24, 2020
- Dense Fog, December 21, 2020
- Winter Storm, December 16, 2020
- Flood, November 11, 2020
- Dense Fog, November 9, 2020
- Frost/Freeze, October 31, 2020
- Flood, October 29, 2020
- Dense Fog, October 23, 2020
- Dense Fog, October 22, 2020
- Dense Fog, October 21, 2020
- Flood, August 31, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 25, 2020
- Dense Fog, August 17, 2020
- Flash Flood, August 13, 2020
- Dense Fog, July 25, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 24, 2020
- Heat, July 22, 2020
- Heat, July 21, 2020
- Heat, July 20, 2020
- Dense Fog, June 23, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 22, 2020
- Dense Fog, June 21, 2020
- Dense Fog, June 20, 2020
- Dense Fog, June 6, 2020
- Frost/Freeze, May 9, 2020
- Frost/Freeze, April 16, 2020
- Dense Fog, March 29, 2020
- Dense Fog, February 26, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, February 26, 2020
- Dense Fog, February 1, 2020
- Winter Weather, January 18, 2020
- Dense Fog, January 14, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, January 11, 2020
- Winter Weather, January 7, 2020
- Dense Fog, December 17, 2019
- Tornado, October 31, 2019
- Dense Fog, October 22, 2019
- Frost/Freeze, October 19, 2019
- Hail, September 28, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 11, 2019
- Hail, August 19, 2019
- Hail, August 15, 2019
- Dense Fog, August 1, 2019
- Excessive Heat, July 21, 2019
- Excessive Heat, July 20, 2019
- Excessive Heat, July 19, 2019
- Dense Fog, July 12, 2019
- Dense Fog, July 5, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 24, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 13, 2019
- Hail, May 30, 2019
- Hail, May 25, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 23, 2019
- Flash Flood, May 4, 2019
- Dense Fog, May 2, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 26, 2019
- Flood, March 21, 2019
- Winter Storm, February 20, 2019
- Winter Storm, February 10, 2019
- Dense Fog, February 7, 2019
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 30, 2019
- Dense Fog, January 18, 2019
- Winter Weather, January 17, 2019
- Winter Storm, January 12, 2019
- Dense Fog, December 31, 2018
- Flood, December 20, 2018
- Flood, December 15, 2018
- Winter Storm, December 9, 2018
- Dense Fog, December 2, 2018
- Flood, November 15, 2018
- Winter Storm, November 15, 2018
- Frost/Freeze, October 21, 2018
- Dense Fog, October 8, 2018
- Dense Fog, October 3, 2018
- Dense Fog, September 29, 2018
- Flood, September 27, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 26, 2018
- Dense Fog, September 20, 2018
- Heat, September 4, 2018
- Heat, August 28, 2018
- Flood, August 21, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 17, 2018
- Flood, August 12, 2018
- Hail, August 12, 2018
- Flood, August 3, 2018
- Flash Flood, August 3, 2018
- Flash Flood, August 1, 2018
- Dense Fog, July 25, 2018
- Excessive Heat, July 3, 2018
- Heat, July 2, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 23, 2018
- Flash Flood, June 21, 2018
- Flood, June 3, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 1, 2018
- Flash Flood, May 30, 2018
- Flash Flood, May 26, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 26, 2018
- Flood, May 19, 2018
- Hail, May 13, 2018
- Frost/Freeze, April 29, 2018
- Frost/Freeze, April 21, 2018
- Frost/Freeze, April 17, 2018
- Winter Storm, March 20, 2018
- High Wind, March 1, 2018
- Dense Fog, February 24, 2018
- Winter Weather, February 7, 2018
- Winter Storm, February 4, 2018
- Winter Weather, January 8, 2018
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 4, 2018
- Winter Weather, December 9, 2017
- Frost/Freeze, October 27, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 21, 2017
- Heat, July 21, 2017
- Heat, July 20, 2017
- Hail, May 31, 2017
- Tornado, May 30, 2017
- Hail, May 19, 2017
- Flood, May 5, 2017
- Tornado, April 6, 2017
- Winter Storm, March 13, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 1, 2017
- Winter Weather, January 29, 2017
- Winter Weather, January 7, 2017
- Winter Weather, December 17, 2016
- Frost/Freeze, October 26, 2016
- Heat, August 16, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 15, 2016
- Excessive Heat, August 13, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 6, 2016
- Dense Fog, July 31, 2016
- Flash Flood, July 30, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 30, 2016
- Excessive Heat, July 25, 2016
- Hail, July 19, 2016
- Hail, July 18, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 1, 2016
- Hail, June 16, 2016
- Strong Wind, June 12, 2016
- Hail, May 23, 2016
- Frost/Freeze, April 14, 2016
- Frost/Freeze, April 9, 2016
- Frost/Freeze, April 5, 2016
- Frost/Freeze, April 5, 2016
- Ice Storm, February 14, 2016
- Blizzard, January 22, 2016
- Dense Fog, January 16, 2016
- Dense Fog, December 29, 2015
- Dense Fog, December 25, 2015
- Dense Fog, December 17, 2015
- Dense Fog, December 9, 2015
- Dense Fog, December 9, 2015
- Frost/Freeze, October 18, 2015
- Frost/Freeze, October 18, 2015
- Flash Flood, September 29, 2015
- Hail, September 4, 2015
- Flash Flood, July 13, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 8, 2015
- Dense Fog, May 11, 2015
- Dense Fog, May 6, 2015
- Dense Fog, March 11, 2015
- Winter Storm, March 5, 2015
- Winter Weather, March 1, 2015
- Winter Storm, February 21, 2015
- Winter Storm, February 16, 2015
- Winter Weather, January 11, 2015
- Heavy Snow, January 6, 2015
- Winter Weather, December 22, 2014
Earlier years, state by state:
More
Tornadoes in Culpeper CountyEvery warning in Culpeper 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.