Virginia

Storm History: Madison County, Virginia

655 episodes, 898 events since 1960

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.

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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 Weather12800
Winter Storm11800$5,000
Hail9500$246,000
Flash Flood9510$1.9 million
Thunderstorm Wind8500$198,000
Dense Fog7100
Flood6500$3.0 million
Frost/Freeze5600$200,000
Tornado3000$735,000
Heat2600
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill2300
High Wind1800$883,000
Cold/Wind Chill1700
Ice Storm1600$80,000
Drought1100$4.0 million
Strong Wind1000$7,000
Excessive Heat900
Heavy Snow800$1,000
Blizzard700$15,000
Heavy Rain500
Wildfire200
Storm Surge/Tide100
Lightning100
Tropical Storm100$5,000

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 Madison County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

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.