Virginia

Storm History: Northumberland County, Virginia

266 episodes, 318 events since 1969

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Northumberland 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
318
Deaths
0
Injuries
11
Damage
$43 million
Episodes
266

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 Wind5300$177,000
Hail4002$79,000
Winter Storm3900
Winter Weather3800$15,000
Coastal Flood3100$21 million
Tornado3009$1.9 million
Flash Flood2900$120,000
Heavy Rain2600
Tropical Storm600$1.3 million
High Wind400$15 million
Heavy Snow400$1,000
Flood400
Heat200
Drought200$3.0 million
Ice Storm200$40,000
Hurricane (Typhoon)200$764,000
Frost/Freeze200
Excessive Heat200
Strong Wind100$5,000
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 Northumberland County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Northumberland CountyEvery warning in Northumberland 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.