Storm History: Dickenson County, Virginia
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.
Every year
By kind of event
Counted under the kind that heads each episode.
| Kind of event | Events | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thunderstorm Wind | 77 | 1 | 0 | $393,000 |
| Flash Flood | 52 | 0 | 0 | $1.5 million |
| Hail | 43 | 0 | 0 | $35,000 |
| Heavy Snow | 41 | 0 | 0 | $3.7 million |
| Winter Weather | 38 | 0 | 0 | |
| Flood | 23 | 0 | 0 | $859,000 |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 17 | 0 | 0 | $28,000 |
| Drought | 17 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heavy Rain | 10 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heat | 8 | 0 | 0 | |
| Strong Wind | 8 | 0 | 1 | $43,000 |
| Winter Storm | 7 | 0 | 0 | $128,000 |
| Excessive Heat | 7 | 0 | 0 | |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 5 | 0 | 0 | $50,000 |
| High Wind | 5 | 0 | 0 | $18,000 |
| Frost/Freeze | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ice Storm | 3 | 0 | 0 | $5,000 |
| Tornado | 2 | 0 | 0 | $255,000 |
The deadliest
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Heavy Snow, December 18, 2009
- Heavy Snow, January 27, 1998
- Heavy Snow, October 29, 2012
- Flash Flood, August 13, 2001
- Flash Flood, July 26, 2001
- Tornado, April 4, 1974
- Flash Flood, July 28, 1997
- Flood, March 17, 2002
- Flood, February 15, 2003
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 29, 2012
- Flood, February 10, 2018
- Flash Flood, June 27, 2006
- Winter Storm, February 3, 1998
- Heavy Snow, February 19, 2012
- Flash Flood, July 31, 2012
- Heavy Snow, January 6, 1996
- Flash Flood, July 29, 2001
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 6, 2014
- Flood, April 23, 2017
- Flash Flood, April 16, 1998
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
- Drought, June 1, 2026
- Drought, May 1, 2026
- Drought, April 1, 2026
- Winter Weather, March 16, 2026
- Winter Weather, February 22, 2026
- Thunderstorm Wind, February 20, 2026
- Cold/Wind Chill, February 1, 2026
- Heavy Snow, January 30, 2026
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 27, 2026
- Winter Storm, January 24, 2026
- Strong Wind, December 29, 2025
- Strong Wind, December 19, 2025
- Winter Weather, December 12, 2025
- Winter Weather, December 8, 2025
- Strong Wind, November 16, 2025
- Winter Weather, November 10, 2025
- Flash Flood, July 18, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 1, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 28, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 30, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 20, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 16, 2025
- Heavy Snow, February 18, 2025
- Flash Flood, February 15, 2025
- Winter Storm, February 11, 2025
- Flood, January 31, 2025
- Heavy Snow, January 19, 2025
- Heavy Snow, January 10, 2025
- Winter Storm, January 5, 2025
- Strong Wind, December 29, 2024
- Strong Wind, December 5, 2024
- Winter Weather, November 21, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 26, 2024
- Flash Flood, April 11, 2024
- Winter Weather, January 19, 2024
- Heavy Snow, January 15, 2024
- Strong Wind, January 12, 2024
- Strong Wind, January 9, 2024
- Winter Weather, December 18, 2023
- Flash Flood, September 9, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 29, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 3, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 16, 2023
- High Wind, April 1, 2023
- High Wind, March 3, 2023
- Flood, February 17, 2023
- Winter Weather, January 13, 2023
- Winter Weather, December 23, 2022
- Flash Flood, August 19, 2022
- Flash Flood, August 5, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 5, 2022
- Flash Flood, July 27, 2022
- Flash Flood, June 25, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 17, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 2, 2022
- Hail, May 19, 2022
- Heavy Snow, March 12, 2022
- Winter Weather, February 3, 2022
- Heavy Snow, January 16, 2022
- Heavy Snow, January 6, 2022
- Flood, March 28, 2021
- Winter Weather, February 10, 2021
- Heavy Snow, February 7, 2021
- Winter Weather, January 27, 2021
- Heavy Snow, December 24, 2020
- Flash Flood, August 20, 2020
- Flash Flood, July 17, 2020
- Flood, April 29, 2020
- Flood, April 12, 2020
- Flood, February 6, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, October 31, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 13, 2019
- Hail, May 29, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 26, 2019
- Heavy Snow, December 9, 2018
- Hail, May 5, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 4, 2018
- Flood, February 17, 2018
- Flood, February 10, 2018
- Winter Weather, February 1, 2018
- Winter Weather, January 29, 2018
- Strong Wind, November 18, 2017
- Flash Flood, May 24, 2017
- Flood, April 23, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 4, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 23, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 16, 2016
- Heavy Snow, February 14, 2016
- Heavy Snow, January 22, 2016
- Flash Flood, July 13, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 1, 2015
- Hail, April 25, 2015
- Flood, March 4, 2015
- Winter Weather, February 25, 2015
- Winter Storm, February 21, 2015
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 18, 2015
- Heavy Snow, February 16, 2015
- Winter Weather, February 14, 2015
- Winter Weather, November 1, 2014
- Hail, April 28, 2014
- Winter Weather, March 12, 2014
- Winter Storm, March 3, 2014
- Heavy Snow, February 12, 2014
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 28, 2014
- Winter Weather, January 25, 2014
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 6, 2014
- Flash Flood, August 12, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 13, 2013
- Winter Weather, March 25, 2013
- Heavy Snow, January 17, 2013
- Heavy Snow, October 29, 2012
- Flash Flood, July 31, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 5, 2012
- Hail, July 1, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 29, 2012
- Hail, April 3, 2012
- Heavy Snow, February 19, 2012
- Winter Weather, January 14, 2012
- Winter Weather, January 2, 2012
- Flash Flood, July 25, 2011
- Hail, May 24, 2011
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 10, 2011
- Hail, April 25, 2011
- Hail, April 9, 2011
- Hail, April 8, 2011
- Winter Weather, March 6, 2011
- Winter Weather, February 9, 2011
- Winter Weather, January 11, 2011
- Winter Weather, January 6, 2011
- Winter Weather, December 25, 2010
- Winter Storm, December 15, 2010
- Heavy Snow, December 12, 2010
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 5, 2010
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 21, 2010
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 14, 2010
- Flash Flood, June 3, 2010
- Hail, May 28, 2010
- Hail, May 14, 2010
- Heavy Snow, January 29, 2010
- High Wind, December 25, 2009
- Heavy Snow, December 18, 2009
- High Wind, December 9, 2009
- Hail, September 8, 2009
- Flash Flood, June 17, 2009
- Flash Flood, June 4, 2009
- Tornado, May 8, 2009
- Thunderstorm Wind, February 11, 2009
- Heavy Snow, February 3, 2009
- Drought, December 1, 2008
- Drought, November 1, 2008
- Drought, October 14, 2008
- Winter Weather, February 26, 2008
- Drought, February 1, 2008
- Drought, January 1, 2008
- Drought, December 1, 2007
- Drought, November 1, 2007
- Drought, October 1, 2007
- Drought, September 1, 2007
- Hail, August 3, 2007
- Drought, August 1, 2007
- Hail, June 15, 2007
- Flood, April 15, 2007
- Flash Flood, June 27, 2006
- Hail, June 11, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 2, 2006
- Heavy Snow, February 12, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 14, 2005
- Flash Flood, May 13, 2005
- Heavy Snow, March 1, 2005
- Heavy Snow, February 27, 2005
- Flood, June 12, 2004
- Hail, May 24, 2004
- Frost/Freeze, May 4, 2004
- Frost/Freeze, April 28, 2004
- Ice Storm, January 25, 2004
- Flood, January 2, 2004
- Flood, November 19, 2003
- Thunderstorm Wind, November 12, 2003
- Frost/Freeze, October 3, 2003
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 11, 2003
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 12, 2003
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 9, 2003
- Flood, February 22, 2003
- Flood, February 15, 2003
- Heavy Snow, January 16, 2003
- Heavy Snow, December 4, 2002
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 2, 2002
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, May 19, 2002
- Flash Flood, May 2, 2002
- Excessive Heat, April 16, 2002
- Flood, March 17, 2002
- Heavy Snow, February 4, 2002
- Excessive Heat, January 31, 2002
- Flood, January 23, 2002
- Heavy Snow, January 6, 2002
- Heat, December 1, 2001
- Heavy Rain, November 1, 2001
- High Wind, October 24, 2001
- Cold/Wind Chill, October 8, 2001
- Flash Flood, August 13, 2001
- Flash Flood, July 29, 2001
- Flash Flood, July 26, 2001
- Flash Flood, May 22, 2001
- Heavy Rain, May 1, 2001
- Heavy Snow, March 5, 2001
- Heavy Snow, February 22, 2001
- Excessive Heat, February 9, 2001
- Heavy Rain, January 18, 2001
- Heavy Snow, December 2, 2000
- Cold/Wind Chill, December 1, 2000
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, November 21, 2000
- Heavy Rain, November 1, 2000
- Cold/Wind Chill, October 8, 2000
- Heavy Rain, October 1, 2000
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 9, 2000
- Flash Flood, August 8, 2000
- Excessive Heat, March 8, 2000
- Excessive Heat, February 26, 2000
- Excessive Heat, February 25, 2000
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 28, 2000
- Heavy Snow, January 20, 2000
- Heavy Snow, January 18, 2000
- Excessive Heat, January 2, 2000
- Heavy Rain, November 24, 1999
- Drought, October 1, 1999
- Frost/Freeze, September 23, 1999
- Drought, September 1, 1999
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 19, 1999
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 13, 1999
- Drought, August 1, 1999
- Drought, July 1, 1999
- Heavy Rain, May 18, 1999
- Heavy Snow, March 14, 1999
- Heavy Snow, March 9, 1999
- Heavy Snow, March 3, 1999
- Cold/Wind Chill, March 1, 1999
- Winter Weather, February 25, 1999
- Winter Weather, February 23, 1999
- Winter Weather, February 12, 1999
- Heat, February 11, 1999
- Heat, January 22, 1999
- Thunderstorm Wind, January 18, 1999
- Ice Storm, December 23, 1998
- Heat, December 6, 1998
- Heavy Rain, November 1, 1998
- Hail, September 29, 1998
- Heat, September 14, 1998
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 8, 1998
- Hail, September 6, 1998
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 24, 1998
Earlier years, state by state:
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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.