Storm History: Powhatan County, Virginia
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Powhatan 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
- 296
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Damage
- $11 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.
Every year
By kind of event
Counted under the kind that heads each episode.
| Kind of event | Events | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thunderstorm Wind | 64 | 0 | 0 | $272,000 |
| Hail | 60 | 0 | 0 | $105,000 |
| Winter Storm | 51 | 0 | 0 | $81,000 |
| Winter Weather | 34 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 27 | 0 | 0 | $139,000 |
| Heavy Rain | 19 | 0 | 0 | |
| Flash Flood | 15 | 0 | 0 | |
| Flood | 11 | 0 | 0 | $3,000 |
| Drought | 3 | 0 | 0 | $6.2 million |
| Ice Storm | 3 | 0 | 0 | $100,000 |
| Frost/Freeze | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heat | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Excessive Heat | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tropical Storm | 1 | 0 | 0 | $4.4 million |
| Heavy Snow | 1 | 0 | 0 |
The deadliest
None recorded.
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Tropical Storm, September 18, 2003
- Drought, September 1, 1997
- Drought, October 1, 1998
- Drought, November 1, 1998
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 29, 2012
- Tornado, May 5, 2017
- Ice Storm, January 30, 2000
- Ice Storm, February 13, 2021
- Winter Storm, February 11, 2025
- Winter Storm, February 18, 2021
- Hail, June 14, 2026
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 16, 2026
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 30, 2015
- Hail, August 12, 2010
- Tornado, June 16, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 20, 2014
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 11, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 11, 2024
- Hail, August 16, 2007
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 29, 2023
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 episode, newest first
- Hail, June 14, 2026
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 16, 2026
- Hail, July 27, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 9, 2025
- Flash Flood, July 1, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 1, 2025
- Excessive Heat, June 23, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 19, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 6, 2025
- Winter Storm, February 11, 2025
- Winter Storm, January 5, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 29, 2024
- Hail, April 15, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 11, 2024
- Winter Weather, January 15, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, January 9, 2024
- Flash Flood, January 9, 2024
- Heavy Rain, September 22, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 29, 2023
- Flash Flood, May 16, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 13, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 29, 2022
- Tornado, June 16, 2022
- Tornado, May 27, 2022
- Hail, April 26, 2022
- Winter Weather, January 28, 2022
- Winter Storm, January 16, 2022
- Winter Storm, January 3, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 11, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 28, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 4, 2021
- Winter Storm, February 18, 2021
- Ice Storm, February 13, 2021
- Winter Storm, February 11, 2021
- Winter Storm, February 6, 2021
- Winter Storm, January 30, 2021
- Flood, November 12, 2020
- Heavy Rain, November 11, 2020
- Heavy Rain, October 29, 2020
- Heavy Rain, September 17, 2020
- Heavy Rain, August 15, 2020
- Heavy Rain, August 6, 2020
- Heavy Rain, August 3, 2020
- Hail, April 24, 2020
- Heavy Rain, October 20, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 22, 2019
- Hail, August 19, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 15, 2019
- Hail, May 31, 2019
- Winter Storm, January 12, 2019
- Winter Storm, December 9, 2018
- Flood, October 11, 2018
- Heavy Rain, October 11, 2018
- Tornado, September 17, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 10, 2018
- Flash Flood, June 2, 2018
- Flood, May 18, 2018
- Hail, May 14, 2018
- Hail, May 10, 2018
- Winter Weather, March 21, 2018
- Winter Weather, March 12, 2018
- Winter Weather, January 17, 2018
- Tornado, January 12, 2018
- Winter Weather, January 3, 2018
- Winter Storm, December 8, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 19, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 19, 2017
- Tornado, May 5, 2017
- Heavy Snow, January 6, 2017
- Heavy Rain, October 8, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 31, 2016
- Frost/Freeze, April 10, 2016
- Frost/Freeze, April 5, 2016
- Winter Weather, March 3, 2016
- Winter Storm, February 14, 2016
- Winter Storm, January 22, 2016
- Heavy Rain, November 9, 2015
- Flood, September 2, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 30, 2015
- Flood, June 25, 2015
- Tornado, June 20, 2015
- Winter Weather, March 1, 2015
- Winter Storm, February 25, 2015
- Winter Weather, February 21, 2015
- Winter Storm, February 16, 2015
- Winter Weather, January 26, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 20, 2014
- Flood, April 30, 2014
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 25, 2014
- Winter Storm, March 3, 2014
- Winter Storm, February 12, 2014
- Winter Storm, January 28, 2014
- Winter Storm, January 21, 2014
- Winter Weather, January 16, 2014
- Winter Storm, December 8, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 23, 2013
- Hail, April 19, 2013
- Winter Weather, March 24, 2013
- Winter Storm, March 5, 2013
- Winter Weather, January 25, 2013
- Winter Storm, January 17, 2013
- Heat, July 5, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 29, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 22, 2012
- Winter Weather, March 5, 2012
- Winter Storm, February 19, 2012
- Excessive Heat, July 21, 2011
- Hail, July 4, 2011
- Hail, June 11, 2011
- Tornado, April 27, 2011
- Tornado, April 16, 2011
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 5, 2011
- Winter Weather, January 26, 2011
- Winter Weather, December 25, 2010
- Winter Weather, December 16, 2010
- Winter Weather, December 13, 2010
- Hail, August 12, 2010
- Hail, August 5, 2010
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 3, 2010
- Hail, May 14, 2010
- Hail, April 5, 2010
- Heavy Rain, March 28, 2010
- Winter Weather, February 9, 2010
- Winter Storm, February 5, 2010
- Winter Storm, January 29, 2010
- Winter Storm, December 18, 2009
- Heavy Rain, November 11, 2009
- Hail, June 19, 2009
- Hail, June 3, 2009
- Winter Storm, March 1, 2009
- Heavy Rain, December 10, 2008
- Tornado, September 26, 2008
- Heavy Rain, September 6, 2008
- Hail, March 4, 2008
- Winter Weather, January 17, 2008
- Heavy Rain, October 24, 2007
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 19, 2007
- Flash Flood, August 16, 2007
- Hail, August 16, 2007
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 19, 2007
- Tornado, September 28, 2006
- Flash Flood, June 26, 2006
- Flash Flood, June 23, 2006
- Winter Weather, March 21, 2006
- Winter Weather, February 20, 2006
- Winter Weather, February 11, 2006
- Winter Weather, December 15, 2005
- Winter Weather, December 9, 2005
- Winter Storm, December 5, 2005
- Hail, August 16, 2005
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 15, 2005
- Hail, April 23, 2005
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 21, 2005
- Winter Storm, February 28, 2005
- Winter Weather, February 24, 2005
- Winter Weather, February 3, 2005
- Winter Storm, January 29, 2005
- Winter Storm, January 22, 2005
- Winter Weather, January 20, 2005
- Winter Weather, January 19, 2005
- Winter Weather, December 19, 2004
- Tornado, September 17, 2004
- Hail, July 7, 2004
- Flash Flood, June 16, 2004
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 26, 2004
- Hail, March 7, 2004
- Winter Storm, January 25, 2004
- Winter Storm, January 9, 2004
- Winter Storm, December 14, 2003
- Frost/Freeze, October 24, 2003
- Tropical Storm, September 18, 2003
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 28, 2003
- Flood, March 20, 2003
- Winter Storm, February 26, 2003
- Winter Storm, February 15, 2003
- Winter Weather, February 10, 2003
- Winter Storm, February 6, 2003
- Winter Storm, January 30, 2003
- Winter Storm, January 16, 2003
- Winter Weather, January 6, 2003
- Winter Weather, December 11, 2002
- Winter Storm, December 4, 2002
- Hail, May 9, 2002
- Winter Storm, January 19, 2002
- Winter Storm, January 2, 2002
- Hail, May 26, 2001
- Winter Storm, February 22, 2001
- Winter Storm, December 19, 2000
- Flash Flood, September 3, 2000
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 9, 2000
- Hail, June 27, 2000
- Hail, April 21, 2000
- Ice Storm, January 30, 2000
- Winter Storm, January 19, 2000
- Heavy Rain, September 1, 1999
- Hail, July 29, 1999
- Hail, July 7, 1999
- Hail, April 9, 1999
- Hail, February 12, 1999
- Winter Weather, January 8, 1999
- Ice Storm, December 23, 1998
- Drought, November 1, 1998
- Drought, October 1, 1998
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 22, 1998
- Hail, June 13, 1998
- Heavy Rain, February 4, 1998
- Heavy Rain, January 27, 1998
- Drought, September 1, 1997
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 26, 1997
- Winter Storm, February 8, 1997
- Thunderstorm Wind, November 8, 1996
- Hail, July 3, 1996
- Hail, July 3, 1996
- Hail, July 3, 1996
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 3, 1996
- Hail, July 3, 1996
- Heat, May 18, 1996
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 29, 1996
- Winter Storm, March 7, 1996
- Winter Storm, March 1, 1996
- Winter Storm, February 16, 1996
- Winter Storm, February 2, 1996
- Thunderstorm Wind, January 19, 1996
- Flood, January 19, 1996
- Thunderstorm Wind, January 19, 1996
- Winter Storm, January 6, 1996
- Tornado, November 11, 1995
- Hail, July 10, 1995
- Hail, July 6, 1995
- Hail, June 11, 1995
- Tornado, April 2, 1990
- Hail, September 16, 1989
- Tornado, June 16, 1989
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 15, 1989
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 18, 1988
- Tornado, July 26, 1987
- Hail, April 13, 1984
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 12, 1980
- Tornado, April 27, 1980
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 24, 1976
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 20, 1970
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 19, 1956
More
Tornadoes in Powhatan CountyEvery warning in Powhatan 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.