Virginia

Storm History: New Kent County, Virginia

242 episodes, 279 events since 1981

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in New Kent 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
279
Deaths
1
Injuries
1
Damage
$4.1 million
Episodes
242

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 Wind5800$160,000
Hail5100$113,000
Winter Weather4100
Winter Storm2800$31,000
Tornado2701$1.2 million
Heavy Rain2200
Flash Flood2100$653,000
Flood700
Ice Storm300$75,000
High Wind300$33,000
Frost/Freeze300$500,000
Excessive Heat300
Coastal Flood300
Heavy Snow200$1,000
Cold/Wind Chill100
Drought100$1.1 million
Hurricane (Typhoon)110
Tropical Storm100$147,000
Heat100
Blizzard100
Strong Wind100$1,000

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 New Kent County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

More

Tornadoes in New Kent CountyEvery warning in New Kent 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.