Funnel Cloud in Virginia
Every funnel cloud event the National Weather Service has filed in Virginia, year by year, with the most significant episodes. A rotating column of cloud extending from a thunderstorm that did not reach the ground.
The most significant on the map
The most significant funnel cloud 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
The record
- Events
- 107
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Damage
- None recorded
Every year
The most significant
Ranked by deaths, injuries, damage and size together.
- Tornadoes and Hail in Virginia, April 27 to 28, 2011Favorable atmospheric conditions resulted in a deadly tornado outbreak across southwest Virginia on the 27th. The tornadoes produced from light to heavy damage to many homes and businesses across southeast Virginia.
- Tornadoes and Hail in Virginia, February 24, 2016Scattered severe thunderstorms in advance of a cold front produced damaging winds, large hail, and six tornadoes across portions of central and eastern Virginia.
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Virginia, September 24, 2001Five tornadoes touched down in Northern Virginia during the afternoon and early evening of the 24th. The thunderstorms which spawned them were created when a strong cold front moved through the region.
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Virginia, April 27 to 28, 2011Widespread severe weather impacted the area. A strong upper level trough approaching from the west provided strong winds aloft, and a weak upper level low pressure system moved across during the afternoon hours setting off scattered thunderstorms.
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Virginia, September 17, 2018Scattered severe thunderstorms associated with tropical cyclone Florence produced damaging winds and ten tornadoes across portions of central and south central Virginia.
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Virginia, April 19, 2019A strong area of low pressure moved from the Mississippi Valley into the Tennessee Valley. The atmosphere in advance of this system was ripe for the development of rotating thunderstorms. Some of these storms produced damaging winds.
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Virginia, June 13, 2013A squall line produced widespread wind damage and embedded large hail across much of central and eastern Virginia. A child was killed by a falling tree in Richmond.
- Tornado and Hail in Virginia, April 28, 2002A long-lived supercell thunderstorm formed over northwest Rockingham County during the afternoon of the 28th. This severe storm moved east at 45 MPH, damaging property all of the way to the Potomac River. This same storm later produced a devastating F4 tornado in La Plata, MD.
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Virginia, April 19, 2019Scattered severe thunderstorms in advance of low pressure and its associated cold front produced damaging winds and numerous tornadoes across portions of central and eastern Virginia.
- Damaging Winds in Virginia, August 10, 2022Scattered severe thunderstorms in advance of a frontal boundary produced damaging winds across portions of central, south central and eastern Virginia.
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Virginia, April 23, 1999A line of thunderstorms developed in West Virginia during the early afternoon and moved rapidly southeast across Northern Virginia.
- Tornadoes and Hail in Virginia, June 1, 2012Scattered severe thunderstorms in advance of a cold front produced damaging winds, large hail and several tornadoes across portions of central and eastern Virginia.
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Virginia, July 1, 2021Two rounds of severe thunderstorms produced two tornadoes, hail, and widespread wind damage (some significant) across the DC metro and central Maryland, with spottier wind damage extending into the Baltimore area.
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Virginia, October 27, 2010Scattered severe thunderstorms associated with a cold front produced damaging winds and three tornadoes across portions of central and eastern Virginia.
- Tornado and Hail in Virginia, June 16, 2023Scattered severe thunderstorms in advance of a cold front produced damaging winds, large hail and one tornado across portions of central and eastern Virginia.
- Tornadoes and Hail in Virginia, May 27, 2001Two rounds of thunderstorms moved across Northern Virginia on the 27th. The first round crossed the Northern Shenandoah Valley between 1 and 3 PM EDT and produced winds in excess of 55 MPH, dangerous lightning, hail, and a tornado.
- Tornadoes and Hail in Virginia, May 22, 2001Thunderstorms that produced wind gusts in excess of 55 MPH, large hail, heavy downpours, frequent lightning, and isolated tornadoes crossed the area during the afternoon and early evening hours of the 22nd.
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Virginia, April 3, 2024An upper level low occluded over the Great Lakes on April 3 with a stationary front across southern Virginia on the morning of the 3rd lifting north as a warm front into the afternoon.
- Tornadoes and Hail in Virginia, May 22, 2014Scattered severe thunderstorms in advance of a cold front produced damaging winds, large hail, and three tornadoes across portions of central and eastern Virginia.
- Tornadoes and Hail in Virginia, June 16, 2022Scattered severe thunderstorms associated with a warm front produced damaging winds, large hail, and three tornadoes across portions of central Virginia.
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Virginia, July 29, 2021Supercell thunderstorms produced large hail, damaging wind and a tornado during the afternoon hours. The hardest hit areas were near Columbia, Maryland, and near Falmouth, Virginia.
- Tornadoes and Hail in Virginia, April 27, 2011Scattered severe thunderstorms well in advance of a cold front produced damaging winds, large hail, and several tornadoes across portions of central Virginia.
- Tornadoes and Hail in Virginia, September 28, 2006Trees and power lines down near Route 307 and 460. There were about 1000 people reported without power.
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Virginia, April 19, 2013A strong cold front crossed the region during the afternoon and evening hours. Scattered severe thunderstorms in advance of the front produced damaging winds and large hail across portions of central and south central Virginia.
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Virginia, June 2, 2022Scattered to numerous showers and thunderstorms produced isolated instances of large hail and wind damage.
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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.