Virginia

Storm History: Greene County, Virginia

598 episodes, 796 events since 1959

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Greene 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
796
Deaths
1
Injuries
13
Damage
$13 million
Episodes
598

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
Winter Weather12400
Winter Storm11400$4,000
Flash Flood10200$6.0 million
Dense Fog7400
Thunderstorm Wind5900$121,000
Hail5600$1.1 million
Frost/Freeze5300$100,000
Flood4901$251,000
Heat2800$2,000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill2300
Tornado20112$3.4 million
Cold/Wind Chill1700
Ice Storm1600$50,000
High Wind1500$220,000
Excessive Heat1000
Strong Wind900$2,000
Drought900$1.5 million
Blizzard700$25,000
Heavy Snow700$1,000
Storm Surge/Tide100
Wildfire100
Heavy Rain100
Tropical Storm100$1,000

The deadliest

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 Greene County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Greene CountyEvery warning in Greene 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.