Virginia

Storm History: Prince Edward County, Virginia

276 episodes, 391 events since 1957

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Prince Edward 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
391
Deaths
0
Injuries
2
Damage
$7.3 million
Episodes
276

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 Wind11100$469,000
Hail6900$82,000
Winter Storm5400$84,000
Tornado3900$296,000
Winter Weather3700
Flash Flood3300$21,000
Heavy Rain2100
Flood400
Frost/Freeze400
Strong Wind400$14,000
Drought300$6.3 million
Ice Storm300$75,000
Heavy Snow200
Heat200
Lightning202$20,000
Excessive Heat200
Tropical Storm100

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 Prince Edward County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Prince Edward CountyEvery warning in Prince Edward 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.