Virginia

Storm History: Mecklenburg County, Virginia

316 episodes, 447 events since 1960

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Mecklenburg 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
447
Deaths
1
Injuries
3
Damage
$11 million
Episodes
316

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
Thunderstorm Wind11502$400,000
Hail10700$149,000
Tornado5401$3.2 million
Flash Flood5110$159,000
Winter Weather3700
Winter Storm3000$31,000
Heavy Rain2400
Flood800$25,000
Ice Storm300$75,000
Frost/Freeze300
Heavy Snow300$1,000
Strong Wind300$3,000
Heat200
High Wind200$11,000
Excessive Heat200
Lightning100$10,000
Tropical Storm100$7.0 million
Funnel Cloud100

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 Mecklenburg County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Mecklenburg CountyEvery warning in Mecklenburg 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.