Dust Devil in Virginia

6 dust devil events since 1998

Every dust devil event the National Weather Service has filed in Virginia, year by year, with the most significant episodes. A small rotating column of dust from surface heating that caused damage or injury.

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The most significant dust devil episodes in Virginia.

Tornadoes
Tropical storms and surge
Floods
Wind
Hail
Winter weather
Heat and drought
Cold
Fire, smoke and dust
Marine and coastal
Other

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The record

Events: 6
Deaths: 0
Injuries: 6
Damage: $14,000

Every year

The most significant

Ranked by deaths, injuries, damage and size together.

Dust Devil in Virginia, September 14, 20136 injured · $1,000 · 1 eventDry Canadian high pressure, centered over western Ohio to start the day, made its way across the mid Atlantic, resulting in clear skies, very light northeasterly winds and afternoon temperatures roughly 5 to 8 degrees below normal for mid-September for much of the region.
Dust Devil in Virginia, April 6, 19981 eventDaytime heating in a relatively unstable surface layer produced a small dust devil. The swirl tossed a canopy tent eight stories into the air before depositing it in some trees several hundred feet away.
Dust Devil in Virginia, August 11, 1999$2,000 · 1 eventA landspout, or dust devil, developed from fair weather clouds around 3:30 PM EDT over the city of Harrisonburg. It only lasted one minute, but it caused about $2000 in damage to a store on High Street.
Dust Devil in Virginia, March 6, 2000$3,000 · 1 eventA dust devil in Amherst tore part of a tin roof off of a barn. Parts of the roof landed an eighth of a mile away.
Dust Devil in Virginia, April 30, 2002$3,000 · 1 eventAn intense dust devil violently blew around debris and broke out windows in 3 vehicles in an office parking lot.
Dust Devil in Virginia, April 18, 2005$5,000 · 1 eventDust devil damaged barn and fence.

Dust Devil everywhere Every kind of event 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.