Virginia

Storm History: Mathews County, Virginia

203 episodes, 225 events since 1957

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Mathews 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
225
Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Damage
$33 million
Episodes
203

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 Weather3500$20,000
Hail2800$58,000
Tornado2800$400,000
Winter Storm2700$1,000
Heavy Rain2400
Thunderstorm Wind2100$138,000
Flash Flood1500
Coastal Flood1300$6.7 million
Tropical Storm600$611,000
High Wind500$3.0 million
Flood400$2,000
Waterspout400
Heat200
Hurricane (Typhoon)200$22 million
Strong Wind200$6,000
Frost/Freeze200
Excessive Heat200
Heavy Snow200$1,000
Ice Storm100
Storm Surge/Tide100
Blizzard100

The deadliest

None recorded.

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 Mathews County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

More

Tornadoes in Mathews CountyEvery warning in Mathews 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.