Storm History: Mathews County, Virginia
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.
Every year
By kind of event
Counted under the kind that heads each episode.
| Kind of event | Events | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winter Weather | 35 | 0 | 0 | $20,000 |
| Hail | 28 | 0 | 0 | $58,000 |
| Tornado | 28 | 0 | 0 | $400,000 |
| Winter Storm | 27 | 0 | 0 | $1,000 |
| Heavy Rain | 24 | 0 | 0 | |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 21 | 0 | 0 | $138,000 |
| Flash Flood | 15 | 0 | 0 | |
| Coastal Flood | 13 | 0 | 0 | $6.7 million |
| Tropical Storm | 6 | 0 | 0 | $611,000 |
| High Wind | 5 | 0 | 0 | $3.0 million |
| Flood | 4 | 0 | 0 | $2,000 |
| Waterspout | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heat | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hurricane (Typhoon) | 2 | 0 | 0 | $22 million |
| Strong Wind | 2 | 0 | 0 | $6,000 |
| Frost/Freeze | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Excessive Heat | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heavy Snow | 2 | 0 | 0 | $1,000 |
| Ice Storm | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Storm Surge/Tide | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Blizzard | 1 | 0 | 0 |
The deadliest
None recorded.
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Hurricane (Typhoon), September 18, 2003
- Coastal Flood, September 1, 2006
- High Wind, September 1, 2006
- Coastal Flood, November 12, 2009
- Tropical Storm, August 27, 2011
- Tornado, March 30, 1989
- Tropical Storm, August 4, 2020
- Hurricane (Typhoon), September 15, 1999
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 6, 2000
- Tornado, April 28, 2008
- Coastal Flood, October 2, 2015
- Tornado, March 5, 2025
- Hail, July 16, 2003
- High Wind, March 2, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 11, 1996
- Tornado, February 24, 2012
- Winter Weather, February 13, 2021
- Tropical Storm, July 8, 2021
- Tornado, September 17, 2004
- Tropical Storm, September 5, 2019
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
- High Wind, February 1, 2026
- Coastal Flood, October 28, 2025
- Coastal Flood, October 12, 2025
- Coastal Flood, October 1, 2025
- Coastal Flood, August 21, 2025
- Excessive Heat, June 23, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 19, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 30, 2025
- Tornado, March 5, 2025
- Heavy Snow, February 19, 2025
- Winter Storm, January 10, 2025
- Coastal Flood, November 15, 2024
- Heavy Rain, September 16, 2024
- Flash Flood, July 20, 2024
- Hail, May 27, 2024
- Heavy Rain, September 22, 2023
- Hail, June 8, 2023
- Flash Flood, July 9, 2022
- Winter Storm, January 28, 2022
- Winter Weather, January 21, 2022
- Winter Weather, January 3, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 30, 2021
- Flash Flood, August 22, 2021
- Flash Flood, August 7, 2021
- Tropical Storm, July 8, 2021
- Winter Weather, February 13, 2021
- Winter Weather, February 11, 2021
- Winter Weather, January 30, 2021
- Winter Weather, January 28, 2021
- Heavy Rain, December 24, 2020
- Heavy Rain, November 11, 2020
- Heavy Rain, October 11, 2020
- Heavy Rain, September 17, 2020
- Heavy Rain, August 15, 2020
- Flash Flood, August 6, 2020
- Tropical Storm, August 4, 2020
- Heavy Rain, August 3, 2020
- Hail, July 1, 2020
- Winter Storm, February 20, 2020
- Heavy Rain, October 20, 2019
- Tropical Storm, September 5, 2019
- Hail, August 7, 2019
- Hail, April 26, 2019
- Tornado, April 15, 2019
- Winter Storm, December 9, 2018
- Flood, October 11, 2018
- High Wind, October 11, 2018
- Heavy Rain, October 11, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 22, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 6, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 24, 2018
- Winter Weather, March 12, 2018
- High Wind, March 2, 2018
- Winter Weather, January 17, 2018
- Blizzard, January 3, 2018
- Heavy Rain, August 29, 2017
- Tornado, August 7, 2017
- Tornado, April 6, 2017
- Heavy Snow, January 6, 2017
- Heavy Rain, October 8, 2016
- Heavy Rain, September 28, 2016
- Heavy Rain, September 19, 2016
- Tropical Storm, September 2, 2016
- Hail, June 12, 2016
- Hail, May 2, 2016
- Frost/Freeze, April 5, 2016
- Winter Weather, February 14, 2016
- Winter Storm, January 22, 2016
- Heavy Rain, November 9, 2015
- Coastal Flood, October 2, 2015
- Heavy Rain, July 2, 2015
- Winter Weather, March 1, 2015
- Winter Storm, February 26, 2015
- Winter Storm, February 16, 2015
- Winter Weather, January 26, 2015
- Winter Weather, January 14, 2015
- Hail, June 19, 2014
- Winter Weather, March 25, 2014
- Winter Storm, March 3, 2014
- Tornado, February 21, 2014
- Winter Weather, February 12, 2014
- Winter Storm, January 28, 2014
- Winter Storm, January 21, 2014
- Tornado, January 11, 2014
- Coastal Flood, October 9, 2013
- Hail, June 13, 2013
- Winter Weather, March 24, 2013
- Winter Weather, February 16, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, January 31, 2013
- Winter Weather, January 25, 2013
- Winter Weather, January 24, 2013
- Winter Weather, January 17, 2013
- High Wind, October 29, 2012
- Flood, October 29, 2012
- Coastal Flood, October 28, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 6, 2012
- Heavy Rain, July 21, 2012
- Heat, July 5, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 29, 2012
- Tornado, February 24, 2012
- Winter Weather, February 19, 2012
- Winter Weather, February 11, 2012
- Tropical Storm, August 27, 2011
- Flood, August 27, 2011
- Excessive Heat, July 21, 2011
- Tornado, April 16, 2011
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 5, 2011
- Winter Storm, December 25, 2010
- Winter Weather, December 16, 2010
- Heavy Rain, September 29, 2010
- Heavy Rain, March 28, 2010
- Winter Weather, March 2, 2010
- Winter Weather, February 9, 2010
- Winter Storm, February 5, 2010
- Winter Storm, January 29, 2010
- Coastal Flood, December 19, 2009
- Coastal Flood, November 12, 2009
- Heavy Rain, November 11, 2009
- Flash Flood, July 26, 2009
- Hail, May 9, 2009
- Hail, April 6, 2009
- Winter Weather, March 1, 2009
- Heavy Rain, December 10, 2008
- Tropical Storm, September 6, 2008
- Tornado, April 28, 2008
- Strong Wind, February 10, 2008
- Winter Weather, January 19, 2008
- Heavy Rain, October 24, 2007
- Hail, June 8, 2007
- Winter Weather, January 21, 2007
- Coastal Flood, September 1, 2006
- Flash Flood, September 1, 2006
- High Wind, September 1, 2006
- Winter Weather, December 5, 2005
- Tornado, July 2, 2005
- Hail, May 15, 2005
- Winter Weather, March 8, 2005
- Winter Weather, February 3, 2005
- Winter Weather, January 20, 2005
- Winter Weather, January 19, 2005
- Winter Storm, December 26, 2004
- Winter Weather, December 19, 2004
- Tornado, September 17, 2004
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 2, 2004
- Winter Storm, January 25, 2004
- Frost/Freeze, November 10, 2003
- Hurricane (Typhoon), September 18, 2003
- Tornado, August 26, 2003
- Hail, July 16, 2003
- Strong Wind, April 10, 2003
- Storm Surge/Tide, April 10, 2003
- Winter Storm, February 15, 2003
- Winter Storm, January 16, 2003
- Winter Weather, January 14, 2003
- Winter Weather, January 6, 2003
- Winter Storm, December 4, 2002
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 18, 2002
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 13, 2002
- Hail, May 7, 2002
- Winter Storm, January 2, 2002
- Winter Storm, February 22, 2001
- Waterspout, August 25, 2000
- Waterspout, August 20, 2000
- Flash Flood, August 13, 2000
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 6, 2000
- Tornado, July 14, 2000
- Winter Storm, February 12, 2000
- Winter Storm, January 25, 2000
- Winter Storm, January 19, 2000
- Hurricane (Typhoon), September 15, 1999
- Flash Flood, September 15, 1999
- Hail, August 11, 1999
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 1, 1999
- Hail, April 9, 1999
- Tornado, March 3, 1999
- Ice Storm, December 23, 1998
- Tornado, April 9, 1998
- Coastal Flood, February 4, 1998
- Heavy Rain, February 4, 1998
- Coastal Flood, January 27, 1998
- Heavy Rain, January 27, 1998
- Flood, August 3, 1996
- Heat, May 18, 1996
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 11, 1996
- Winter Storm, March 7, 1996
- Winter Storm, February 16, 1996
- Winter Storm, February 2, 1996
- Winter Storm, January 6, 1996
- Tornado, November 11, 1995
- Hail, September 1, 1995
- Hail, July 18, 1992
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 19, 1990
- Tornado, June 13, 1989
- Hail, May 6, 1989
- Tornado, March 30, 1989
- Hail, August 19, 1988
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 9, 1986
- Tornado, May 8, 1984
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 1, 1983
- Hail, June 16, 1982
- Tornado, October 9, 1976
- Tornado, April 25, 1975
- Hail, August 12, 1957
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.