Virginia

Storm History: Pulaski County, Virginia

328 episodes, 472 events since 1965

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Pulaski 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
472
Deaths
2
Injuries
12
Damage
$33 million
Episodes
328

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
Hail13301$329,000
Flash Flood11300$954,000
Thunderstorm Wind5800$633,000
Winter Storm3812$97,000
High Wind2900$160,000
Tornado2509$21 million
Heavy Snow1800
Drought1800$10 million
Flood1300$30,000
Ice Storm900
Winter Weather500$55,000
Cold/Wind Chill410$18,000
Frost/Freeze200
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill200$10,000
Avalanche200$51,000
Lightning100$4,000
Tropical Storm100
Debris Flow100$2,000

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 Pulaski County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Pulaski CountyEvery warning in Pulaski 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.