Virginia

Storm History: Rappahannock County, Virginia

625 episodes, 810 events since 1956

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Rappahannock 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
810
Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Damage
$8.9 million
Episodes
625

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
Winter Weather13600
Winter Storm12100$7,000
Hail8900$264,000
Thunderstorm Wind7700$263,000
Dense Fog6900
Flash Flood6300$527,000
Frost/Freeze5300$500,000
Heat2800
Flood2700$520,000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill2300
High Wind2100$655,000
Cold/Wind Chill1700
Ice Storm1500$70,000
Tornado1400$2.6 million
Drought1100$3.5 million
Strong Wind1000$3,000
Excessive Heat1000
Heavy Rain900
Blizzard700$10,000
Heavy Snow600$1,000
Lightning200$15,000
Storm Surge/Tide100
Wildfire100

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 Rappahannock County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Rappahannock CountyEvery warning in Rappahannock 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.