Virginia

Storm History: Floyd County, Virginia

312 episodes, 384 events since 1989

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Floyd 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
384
Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Damage
$13 million
Episodes
312

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
Hail8200$95,000
Flash Flood6500$3.7 million
High Wind5400$267,000
Winter Storm3800$50,000
Thunderstorm Wind3400$247,000
Tornado2800$262,000
Heavy Snow2400
Ice Storm2200$32,000
Drought1700$8.2 million
Cold/Wind Chill300$4,000
Flood300$155,000
Winter Weather300
Frost/Freeze200
Avalanche200$70,000
Strong Wind200$11,000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill200
Lightning100$40,000
Blizzard100$2,000
Tropical Storm100$1,000

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 Floyd County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Floyd CountyEvery warning in Floyd 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.