Storm History: Giles County, Virginia
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Giles 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
- 428
- Deaths
- 1
- Injuries
- 3
- Damage
- $17 million
- Episodes
- 306
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hail | 115 | 0 | 0 | $201,000 |
| Flash Flood | 100 | 0 | 0 | $5.5 million |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 46 | 0 | 1 | $601,000 |
| Winter Storm | 39 | 0 | 0 | $6,000 |
| High Wind | 35 | 0 | 1 | $213,000 |
| Flood | 20 | 0 | 0 | $1.0 million |
| Heavy Snow | 16 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 15 | 0 | 1 | $8.8 million |
| Ice Storm | 14 | 0 | 0 | $7,000 |
| Drought | 14 | 0 | 0 | $210,000 |
| Debris Flow | 4 | 0 | 0 | $16,000 |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 2 | 1 | 0 | $3,000 |
| Frost/Freeze | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Winter Weather | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Avalanche | 2 | 0 | 0 | $6,000 |
| Blizzard | 1 | 0 | 0 | $5,000 |
| Strong Wind | 1 | 0 | 0 | $40,000 |
The deadliest
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Tornado, September 26, 2024
- Flash Flood, March 13, 2010
- Flash Flood, May 18, 2020
- Flood, November 19, 2003
- Flash Flood, July 25, 2002
- Flash Flood, November 19, 2003
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 29, 2012
- Flash Flood, January 19, 1996
- Flash Flood, August 8, 2013
- Drought, October 1, 1998
- Flash Flood, June 27, 2006
- Flash Flood, April 12, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 4, 2022
- High Wind, April 15, 2007
- Strong Wind, October 28, 2015
- Tornado, August 9, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 8, 1995
- Flash Flood, May 16, 1996
- High Wind, January 13, 2000
- High Wind, March 1, 2018
The largest hail
The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.
- Flash Flood, May 2, 2002
- Hail, June 23, 2016
- Flash Flood, March 24, 2012
- Hail, May 10, 1995
- Hail, May 18, 1995
- Hail, June 30, 2012
- Flash Flood, May 12, 2011
- Hail, April 5, 2010
- Hail, July 2, 2002
- Flash Flood, September 24, 2024
- Hail, June 16, 2022
- Hail, May 31, 2019
- Hail, September 28, 2019
- Hail, May 2, 2016
- Hail, June 13, 2013
The strongest tornadoes
Every episode, newest first
- Hail, June 12, 2026
- Drought, June 1, 2026
- Drought, May 1, 2026
- Drought, April 21, 2026
- Winter Storm, January 30, 2026
- Winter Storm, January 24, 2026
- High Wind, December 29, 2025
- Flash Flood, July 30, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 26, 2025
- Flash Flood, May 13, 2025
- Hail, March 16, 2025
- Avalanche, February 16, 2025
- Flash Flood, February 15, 2025
- Winter Storm, February 11, 2025
- High Wind, January 28, 2025
- Winter Storm, January 5, 2025
- Flash Flood, September 30, 2024
- Tornado, September 26, 2024
- Flash Flood, September 24, 2024
- Flash Flood, September 21, 2024
- Tornado, May 26, 2024
- Flash Flood, January 9, 2024
- Flash Flood, September 9, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 28, 2023
- Flash Flood, July 23, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 17, 2023
- Hail, July 13, 2023
- Flash Flood, May 28, 2023
- High Wind, April 1, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 4, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 18, 2022
- Hail, June 17, 2022
- Hail, June 16, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 13, 2022
- Flood, May 23, 2022
- Winter Storm, January 16, 2022
- Winter Storm, January 2, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, December 11, 2021
- Hail, June 13, 2021
- Winter Storm, February 18, 2021
- Winter Storm, February 6, 2021
- Winter Storm, January 30, 2021
- Winter Storm, December 16, 2020
- Flash Flood, August 6, 2020
- Hail, July 10, 2020
- Flash Flood, June 16, 2020
- Flash Flood, May 18, 2020
- Flash Flood, April 12, 2020
- Hail, April 8, 2020
- Flash Flood, February 5, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, January 11, 2020
- High Wind, January 8, 2020
- High Wind, November 27, 2019
- Drought, October 1, 2019
- Hail, September 28, 2019
- Tornado, August 9, 2019
- Hail, July 31, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 2, 2019
- Hail, May 31, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 26, 2019
- High Wind, February 24, 2019
- Flood, February 20, 2019
- Winter Storm, February 19, 2019
- Winter Storm, January 12, 2019
- High Wind, January 8, 2019
- Winter Storm, December 8, 2018
- Ice Storm, November 14, 2018
- Flash Flood, October 11, 2018
- Flash Flood, September 22, 2018
- Flash Flood, August 2, 2018
- Flood, April 15, 2018
- Winter Storm, March 24, 2018
- High Wind, March 1, 2018
- Flash Flood, October 23, 2017
- Hail, March 1, 2017
- High Wind, February 12, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 28, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 16, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 8, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 4, 2016
- Flash Flood, June 27, 2016
- Hail, June 23, 2016
- Hail, May 2, 2016
- Avalanche, April 2, 2016
- Winter Storm, February 14, 2016
- Winter Storm, January 22, 2016
- Strong Wind, October 28, 2015
- Hail, July 13, 2015
- Hail, June 30, 2015
- Hail, June 21, 2015
- Hail, April 20, 2015
- Winter Storm, March 5, 2015
- Flood, March 4, 2015
- Winter Storm, February 25, 2015
- Winter Storm, February 21, 2015
- Winter Storm, February 16, 2015
- Winter Weather, January 23, 2015
- Winter Storm, November 26, 2014
- Winter Weather, November 1, 2014
- Thunderstorm Wind, October 7, 2014
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 2, 2014
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 21, 2014
- Hail, June 10, 2014
- High Wind, March 12, 2014
- Winter Storm, February 12, 2014
- Winter Storm, January 21, 2014
- Ice Storm, December 8, 2013
- Flash Flood, August 8, 2013
- Debris Flow, July 19, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 7, 2013
- Hail, June 13, 2013
- Hail, April 24, 2013
- Heavy Snow, April 4, 2013
- Heavy Snow, January 17, 2013
- High Wind, December 26, 2012
- Ice Storm, December 26, 2012
- High Wind, December 20, 2012
- Winter Storm, October 28, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 31, 2012
- Hail, July 5, 2012
- Hail, July 1, 2012
- Hail, June 30, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 29, 2012
- Frost/Freeze, March 27, 2012
- Flash Flood, March 24, 2012
- Winter Storm, February 19, 2012
- Hail, September 3, 2011
- Hail, July 30, 2011
- Flash Flood, June 21, 2011
- Flash Flood, June 9, 2011
- Flash Flood, May 26, 2011
- Flash Flood, May 22, 2011
- Flash Flood, May 13, 2011
- Flash Flood, May 12, 2011
- Tornado, April 27, 2011
- Hail, April 4, 2011
- Flood, March 6, 2011
- Winter Storm, December 16, 2010
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 4, 2010
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 17, 2010
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 28, 2010
- Hail, June 27, 2010
- Hail, June 4, 2010
- Hail, May 14, 2010
- Hail, April 5, 2010
- Flash Flood, March 13, 2010
- Winter Storm, February 24, 2010
- Blizzard, February 9, 2010
- Winter Storm, February 4, 2010
- Heavy Snow, January 29, 2010
- Flash Flood, January 24, 2010
- Heavy Snow, December 18, 2009
- High Wind, December 9, 2009
- High Wind, December 2, 2009
- Hail, August 17, 2009
- Hail, August 5, 2009
- Flash Flood, June 4, 2009
- Hail, June 2, 2009
- Flash Flood, May 28, 2009
- Hail, May 28, 2009
- High Wind, April 3, 2009
- High Wind, February 11, 2009
- Thunderstorm Wind, February 11, 2009
- High Wind, December 31, 2008
- Drought, December 1, 2008
- Drought, November 1, 2008
- Drought, October 14, 2008
- Hail, July 23, 2008
- Hail, July 8, 2008
- Debris Flow, July 6, 2008
- Hail, June 26, 2008
- Hail, June 22, 2008
- Hail, June 16, 2008
- Hail, June 10, 2008
- Hail, May 11, 2008
- Tornado, May 8, 2008
- High Wind, February 10, 2008
- Ice Storm, February 1, 2008
- Winter Storm, January 17, 2008
- High Wind, December 16, 2007
- Ice Storm, December 15, 2007
- High Wind, December 3, 2007
- Drought, October 1, 2007
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 25, 2007
- Hail, August 24, 2007
- Hail, August 21, 2007
- Hail, July 19, 2007
- Hail, June 27, 2007
- Hail, June 25, 2007
- High Wind, April 15, 2007
- High Wind, February 22, 2007
- High Wind, February 14, 2007
- Heavy Snow, February 6, 2007
- Ice Storm, January 21, 2007
- High Wind, December 1, 2006
- High Wind, October 28, 2006
- Frost/Freeze, October 12, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 21, 2006
- Hail, July 19, 2006
- Flash Flood, July 4, 2006
- Flash Flood, June 27, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 1, 2006
- Hail, April 17, 2006
- Hail, April 7, 2006
- High Wind, January 14, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 3, 2005
- Flash Flood, July 16, 2005
- High Wind, April 3, 2005
- Heavy Snow, February 28, 2005
- High Wind, December 1, 2004
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 1, 2004
- Hail, May 25, 2004
- Ice Storm, February 5, 2004
- Winter Storm, December 4, 2003
- Flood, November 19, 2003
- Flash Flood, November 19, 2003
- High Wind, October 14, 2003
- Flash Flood, September 27, 2003
- Flash Flood, July 13, 2003
- Hail, July 9, 2003
- Flash Flood, July 6, 2003
- Flash Flood, June 11, 2003
- Hail, April 30, 2003
- Ice Storm, April 7, 2003
- Heavy Snow, March 30, 2003
- Flood, February 22, 2003
- High Wind, February 22, 2003
- Winter Storm, February 15, 2003
- High Wind, January 8, 2003
- High Wind, December 25, 2002
- Winter Storm, December 4, 2002
- Flash Flood, July 25, 2002
- Flash Flood, July 3, 2002
- Hail, July 2, 2002
- Hail, June 1, 2002
- Hail, May 26, 2002
- Flash Flood, May 2, 2002
- Tornado, April 28, 2002
- Hail, August 23, 2001
- Flash Flood, July 29, 2001
- Flash Flood, June 13, 2001
- Flash Flood, May 22, 2001
- Flash Flood, May 20, 2001
- Flash Flood, May 19, 2001
- Flash Flood, May 17, 2001
- Winter Storm, February 22, 2001
- Ice Storm, December 13, 2000
- High Wind, December 12, 2000
- Hail, August 9, 2000
- Hail, June 14, 2000
Earlier years, state by state:
More
Tornadoes in Giles CountyEvery warning in Giles 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.