Storm History: Madison County, Virginia
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Madison 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
- 898
- Deaths
- 1
- Injuries
- 0
- Damage
- $11 million
- Episodes
- 655
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winter Weather | 128 | 0 | 0 | |
| Winter Storm | 118 | 0 | 0 | $5,000 |
| Hail | 95 | 0 | 0 | $246,000 |
| Flash Flood | 95 | 1 | 0 | $1.9 million |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 85 | 0 | 0 | $198,000 |
| Dense Fog | 71 | 0 | 0 | |
| Flood | 65 | 0 | 0 | $3.0 million |
| Frost/Freeze | 56 | 0 | 0 | $200,000 |
| Tornado | 30 | 0 | 0 | $735,000 |
| Heat | 26 | 0 | 0 | |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 23 | 0 | 0 | |
| High Wind | 18 | 0 | 0 | $883,000 |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 17 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ice Storm | 16 | 0 | 0 | $80,000 |
| Drought | 11 | 0 | 0 | $4.0 million |
| Strong Wind | 10 | 0 | 0 | $7,000 |
| Excessive Heat | 9 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heavy Snow | 8 | 0 | 0 | $1,000 |
| Blizzard | 7 | 0 | 0 | $15,000 |
| Heavy Rain | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wildfire | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Storm Surge/Tide | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lightning | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tropical Storm | 1 | 0 | 0 | $5,000 |
The deadliest
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Drought, August 1, 1999
- Flood, September 6, 1996
- Flash Flood, September 6, 1996
- High Wind, September 6, 1996
- Flash Flood, September 18, 2003
- Tornado, March 21, 1976
- Frost/Freeze, April 10, 1997
- Tornado, September 17, 2004
- Tornado, June 16, 1998
- Flash Flood, May 30, 2018
- Hail, August 7, 2023
- High Wind, January 14, 2006
- Ice Storm, February 4, 1998
- Flash Flood, September 4, 1996
- High Wind, October 29, 2012
- Tornado, May 17, 1960
- Tornado, June 12, 1976
- Tornado, November 23, 1992
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 21, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 17, 2022
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 episode, newest first
- Hail, June 12, 2026
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 11, 2026
- Winter Weather, March 12, 2026
- Winter Weather, March 2, 2026
- Winter Storm, February 22, 2026
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 7, 2026
- High Wind, February 7, 2026
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 1, 2026
- Winter Storm, January 24, 2026
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 23, 2026
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 19, 2026
- Winter Weather, December 26, 2025
- Cold/Wind Chill, December 14, 2025
- Winter Storm, December 8, 2025
- Winter Weather, December 5, 2025
- Winter Weather, December 5, 2025
- Winter Weather, December 2, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 27, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 1, 2025
- Flash Flood, July 1, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 28, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 26, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 25, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 19, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 6, 2025
- Flood, May 13, 2025
- Flash Flood, May 13, 2025
- Winter Weather, February 19, 2025
- High Wind, February 16, 2025
- Winter Weather, February 15, 2025
- Winter Storm, February 12, 2025
- Winter Storm, February 11, 2025
- Winter Weather, February 8, 2025
- Ice Storm, February 5, 2025
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 20, 2025
- Winter Storm, January 19, 2025
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 14, 2025
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 8, 2025
- Winter Storm, January 5, 2025
- Winter Weather, December 24, 2024
- Winter Weather, December 15, 2024
- Flash Flood, September 26, 2024
- Flash Flood, August 8, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 3, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 26, 2024
- Tornado, May 26, 2024
- High Wind, March 20, 2024
- Winter Storm, February 16, 2024
- Winter Weather, February 13, 2024
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 20, 2024
- Winter Storm, January 19, 2024
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 16, 2024
- Winter Storm, January 15, 2024
- Winter Weather, January 9, 2024
- Flood, January 9, 2024
- Winter Storm, January 6, 2024
- Winter Storm, December 10, 2023
- Winter Weather, December 5, 2023
- Winter Weather, November 21, 2023
- Hail, August 7, 2023
- Hail, July 28, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 8, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 7, 2023
- Flood, April 28, 2023
- High Wind, April 1, 2023
- Winter Weather, March 12, 2023
- Winter Weather, March 3, 2023
- Winter Weather, February 25, 2023
- Winter Weather, February 12, 2023
- Cold/Wind Chill, February 3, 2023
- Winter Weather, January 31, 2023
- Winter Weather, January 25, 2023
- Winter Weather, January 22, 2023
- Winter Weather, January 8, 2023
- Cold/Wind Chill, December 24, 2022
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 23, 2022
- Cold/Wind Chill, December 23, 2022
- Winter Weather, December 22, 2022
- Flood, December 22, 2022
- Ice Storm, December 14, 2022
- Winter Weather, November 15, 2022
- Hail, August 4, 2022
- Hail, July 25, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 17, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 16, 2022
- Hail, July 12, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 22, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 17, 2022
- Hail, June 16, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 8, 2022
- Winter Storm, April 18, 2022
- Cold/Wind Chill, March 12, 2022
- Blizzard, March 12, 2022
- Winter Weather, February 24, 2022
- Winter Weather, January 28, 2022
- Winter Storm, January 16, 2022
- Winter Storm, January 6, 2022
- Winter Storm, January 3, 2022
- Flood, October 29, 2021
- Flood, October 25, 2021
- Hail, September 28, 2021
- Flood, September 23, 2021
- Flash Flood, September 1, 2021
- Flash Flood, August 20, 2021
- Hail, August 13, 2021
- Heat, August 12, 2021
- Hail, August 11, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 15, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 14, 2021
- Flood, June 10, 2021
- Dense Fog, May 17, 2021
- Frost/Freeze, April 23, 2021
- Frost/Freeze, April 21, 2021
- Dense Fog, April 10, 2021
- Dense Fog, March 24, 2021
- Winter Weather, February 26, 2021
- Winter Weather, February 22, 2021
- Winter Storm, February 18, 2021
- Ice Storm, February 13, 2021
- Winter Storm, February 11, 2021
- Winter Weather, February 10, 2021
- Winter Storm, February 7, 2021
- Winter Storm, January 31, 2021
- Dense Fog, January 26, 2021
- Winter Storm, January 25, 2021
- Dense Fog, January 15, 2021
- Winter Storm, January 1, 2021
- Flood, December 24, 2020
- Dense Fog, December 21, 2020
- Dense Fog, December 18, 2020
- Winter Storm, December 16, 2020
- Flood, November 30, 2020
- Flood, November 11, 2020
- Dense Fog, November 9, 2020
- Frost/Freeze, October 31, 2020
- Flood, October 29, 2020
- Dense Fog, September 26, 2020
- Flood, August 31, 2020
- Flood, August 5, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 21, 2020
- Heat, July 20, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 20, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 6, 2020
- Hail, July 5, 2020
- Dense Fog, June 23, 2020
- Dense Fog, June 6, 2020
- Dense Fog, May 23, 2020
- Frost/Freeze, May 9, 2020
- Frost/Freeze, May 8, 2020
- Frost/Freeze, April 18, 2020
- Frost/Freeze, April 16, 2020
- Frost/Freeze, April 15, 2020
- Flood, April 13, 2020
- Frost/Freeze, April 10, 2020
- Dense Fog, March 29, 2020
- Dense Fog, March 24, 2020
- Dense Fog, February 26, 2020
- Dense Fog, February 1, 2020
- Winter Weather, January 18, 2020
- Dense Fog, January 14, 2020
- Winter Weather, January 7, 2020
- Dense Fog, December 17, 2019
- Winter Weather, December 13, 2019
- Winter Weather, December 10, 2019
- Winter Weather, December 1, 2019
- High Wind, November 27, 2019
- Winter Weather, November 23, 2019
- Winter Weather, November 17, 2019
- Flood, November 1, 2019
- Dense Fog, October 22, 2019
- Frost/Freeze, October 19, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 11, 2019
- Hail, August 19, 2019
- Hail, August 15, 2019
- Flood, August 15, 2019
- Dense Fog, August 1, 2019
- Hail, July 31, 2019
- Excessive Heat, July 21, 2019
- Excessive Heat, July 20, 2019
- Excessive Heat, July 19, 2019
- Dense Fog, July 12, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 28, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 24, 2019
- Hail, May 30, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 23, 2019
- Winter Storm, March 21, 2019
- Winter Weather, March 8, 2019
- Cold/Wind Chill, March 6, 2019
- Winter Weather, March 3, 2019
- Winter Weather, March 1, 2019
- Winter Weather, March 1, 2019
- High Wind, February 24, 2019
- Winter Weather, February 23, 2019
- Winter Storm, February 20, 2019
- Winter Weather, February 17, 2019
- Winter Storm, February 10, 2019
- Dense Fog, February 7, 2019
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 30, 2019
- Winter Weather, January 29, 2019
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 21, 2019
- Winter Weather, January 19, 2019
- Dense Fog, January 18, 2019
- Winter Weather, January 17, 2019
- Winter Storm, January 12, 2019
- Flood, December 15, 2018
- Winter Storm, December 9, 2018
- Winter Weather, November 24, 2018
- Winter Storm, November 15, 2018
- Frost/Freeze, October 21, 2018
- Dense Fog, October 8, 2018
- Dense Fog, October 7, 2018
- Dense Fog, September 29, 2018
- Dense Fog, September 20, 2018
- Flood, September 17, 2018
- Dense Fog, September 2, 2018
- Flood, August 21, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 17, 2018
- Dense Fog, August 13, 2018
- Hail, August 12, 2018
- Dense Fog, August 4, 2018
- Flash Flood, August 3, 2018
- Tornado, August 2, 2018
- Flash Flood, August 1, 2018
- Dense Fog, July 25, 2018
- Excessive Heat, July 3, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 24, 2018
- Flash Flood, June 21, 2018
- Flood, June 3, 2018
- Flash Flood, May 30, 2018
- Hail, May 14, 2018
- Hail, May 14, 2018
- Frost/Freeze, April 21, 2018
- Frost/Freeze, April 20, 2018
- Frost/Freeze, April 17, 2018
- Frost/Freeze, April 17, 2018
- Winter Storm, March 20, 2018
- Winter Storm, March 12, 2018
- High Wind, March 1, 2018
- Winter Weather, February 17, 2018
- Winter Weather, February 7, 2018
- Winter Storm, February 4, 2018
- Winter Weather, January 8, 2018
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 4, 2018
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 1, 2018
- Winter Weather, December 31, 2017
- Cold/Wind Chill, December 27, 2017
- Cold/Wind Chill, December 12, 2017
- Winter Weather, December 9, 2017
- Frost/Freeze, November 10, 2017
- Frost/Freeze, October 27, 2017
Earlier years, state by state:
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Tornadoes in Madison CountyEvery warning in Madison 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.