Virginia

Storm History: Prince William County, Virginia

376 episodes, 779 events since 1975

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Prince William 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
779
Deaths
2
Injuries
19
Damage
$16 million
Episodes
376

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
Hail19206$3.6 million
Flash Flood18401$1.9 million
Thunderstorm Wind15412$5.3 million
Flood10100$201,000
Tornado83110$4.0 million
Winter Storm1800$2,000
Winter Weather1000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill800
Excessive Heat700
Tropical Storm500
Heavy Rain500
Lightning400$26,000
Heat300$6,000
Ice Storm200
Storm Surge/Tide100$500,000
Dust Devil100
High Wind100

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 William County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Prince William CountyEvery warning in Prince William 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.