Virginia

Storm History: Patrick County, Virginia

406 episodes, 583 events since 1957

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Patrick 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
583
Deaths
1
Injuries
1
Damage
$24 million
Episodes
406

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
Hail17600$252,000
Flash Flood13810$6.8 million
Thunderstorm Wind7600$678,000
Winter Storm3700$90,000
High Wind3601$381,000
Tornado2600$736,000
Drought2300$10 million
Heavy Snow2100$5,000
Ice Storm1500$26,000
Flood900
Frost/Freeze600$350,000
Strong Wind500$14,000
Winter Weather300
Cold/Wind Chill200$15,000
Tropical Storm200$12,000
Avalanche200$60,000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill200$10,000
Lightning100$70,000
Wildfire100$3.9 million
Blizzard100$8,000
Debris Flow100$500

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 Patrick County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Patrick CountyEvery warning in Patrick 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.