Virginia

Storm History: Cumberland County, Virginia

237 episodes, 268 events since 1977

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Cumberland 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
268
Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Damage
$9.5 million
Episodes
237

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
Thunderstorm Wind5700$598,000
Winter Storm5400$84,000
Hail4600$190,000
Winter Weather3500
Tornado2300$99,000
Heavy Rain2100
Flood600$2,000
Flash Flood600$2,000
Frost/Freeze400
Drought300$8.1 million
Ice Storm300$75,000
Heavy Snow200
Heat200
Excessive Heat200
Strong Wind200$3,000
High Wind100$2,000
Tropical Storm100$302,000

The deadliest

None recorded.

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 Cumberland County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

More

Tornadoes in Cumberland CountyEvery warning in Cumberland 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.