Virginia

Storm History: Montgomery County, Virginia

421 episodes, 677 events since 1965

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Montgomery 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
677
Deaths
2
Injuries
8
Damage
$19 million
Episodes
421

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
Hail21201$442,000
Flash Flood18113$2.9 million
Thunderstorm Wind7610$1.4 million
Winter Storm4300$4,000
High Wind3900$268,000
Tornado2904$2.8 million
Flood2300$189,000
Heavy Snow2200$600,000
Drought1700$10 million
Ice Storm1600$12,000
Winter Weather400$65,000
Cold/Wind Chill300$3,000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill300$10,000
Frost/Freeze200
Strong Wind200$8,000
Avalanche200$6,000
Tropical Storm100
Heavy Rain100$30,000
Blizzard100$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 Montgomery County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Montgomery CountyEvery warning in Montgomery 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.