Virginia

Storm History: Dickenson County, Virginia

298 episodes, 367 events since 1974

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Dickenson 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
367
Deaths
1
Injuries
1
Damage
$7.0 million
Episodes
298

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 Wind7710$393,000
Flash Flood5200$1.5 million
Hail4300$35,000
Heavy Snow4100$3.7 million
Winter Weather3800
Flood2300$859,000
Cold/Wind Chill1700$28,000
Drought1700
Heavy Rain1000
Heat800
Strong Wind801$43,000
Winter Storm700$128,000
Excessive Heat700
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill500$50,000
High Wind500$18,000
Frost/Freeze400
Ice Storm300$5,000
Tornado200$255,000

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 Dickenson County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Dickenson CountyEvery warning in Dickenson 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.