Virginia

Storm History: Prince George County, Virginia

313 episodes, 443 events since 1955

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Prince George 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
443
Deaths
2
Injuries
8
Damage
$20 million
Episodes
313

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 Wind9200$178,000
Hail8000$251,000
Tornado6802$726,000
Flash Flood6600$2.8 million
Winter Weather4000
Heavy Rain3400
Winter Storm3005$66,000
Flood800$4,000
Ice Storm300$65,000
High Wind311$6,000
Frost/Freeze300
Excessive Heat300
Heat200
Coastal Flood200
Heavy Snow200$1,000
Cold/Wind Chill100
Lightning100$10,000
Drought100$1.2 million
Hurricane (Typhoon)110$9.7 million
Strong Wind100$1,000
Tropical Storm100$5.0 million
Blizzard100

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 Prince George County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Prince George CountyEvery warning in Prince George 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.