Storm History: Rockbridge County, Virginia
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Rockbridge 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
- 694
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 23
- Damage
- $11 million
- Episodes
- 549
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.
Every year
By kind of event
Counted under the kind that heads each episode.
| Kind of event | Events | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hail | 147 | 0 | 2 | $417,000 |
| Flash Flood | 93 | 0 | 0 | $5.5 million |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 81 | 0 | 0 | $1.7 million |
| Winter Storm | 79 | 0 | 0 | $8,000 |
| Winter Weather | 57 | 0 | 21 | $500,000 |
| High Wind | 47 | 0 | 0 | $552,000 |
| Flood | 29 | 0 | 0 | $844,000 |
| Heavy Snow | 26 | 0 | 0 | $15,000 |
| Frost/Freeze | 26 | 0 | 0 | $845,000 |
| Ice Storm | 24 | 0 | 0 | $33,000 |
| Tornado | 21 | 0 | 0 | $228,000 |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 16 | 0 | 0 | $2,000 |
| Drought | 15 | 0 | 0 | $320,000 |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 13 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dense Fog | 10 | 0 | 0 | |
| Avalanche | 3 | 0 | 0 | $26,000 |
| Strong Wind | 2 | 0 | 0 | $10,000 |
| Blizzard | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lightning | 1 | 0 | 0 | $20,000 |
| Tropical Storm | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wildfire | 1 | 0 | 0 |
The deadliest
None recorded.
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Flash Flood, September 6, 1996
- Flash Flood, January 18, 1996
- Frost/Freeze, April 8, 2007
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 29, 2012
- Flood, September 18, 2003
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 25, 1994
- Winter Weather, November 17, 2019
- Flash Flood, January 7, 1998
- Drought, October 1, 1998
- Flash Flood, November 19, 2003
- Flash Flood, June 1, 1997
- Flood, January 19, 1996
- High Wind, September 6, 1996
- Flash Flood, June 16, 1998
- High Wind, March 1, 2018
- Frost/Freeze, April 5, 2016
- High Wind, January 13, 2000
- Flood, January 19, 1996
- Tornado, April 15, 2011
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 22, 2010
The largest hail
The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.
- Hail, July 2, 1968
- Hail, May 16, 1998
- Hail, May 10, 1995
- Hail, May 18, 1995
- Flash Flood, August 1, 2019
- Hail, June 1, 2012
- Flash Flood, June 16, 1998
- Hail, May 8, 2025
- Hail, June 26, 2023
- Hail, May 2, 2016
- Hail, July 19, 2016
- Hail, June 11, 2014
- Hail, August 1, 2012
- Flash Flood, July 4, 2011
- Hail, August 14, 2011
The strongest tornadoes
Every episode, newest first
- Drought, June 1, 2026
- Drought, May 1, 2026
- Drought, April 21, 2026
- Winter Weather, March 12, 2026
- Winter Weather, March 2, 2026
- Winter Storm, February 22, 2026
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 7, 2026
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 1, 2026
- Winter Storm, January 24, 2026
- Winter Storm, January 24, 2026
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 23, 2026
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 19, 2026
- Drought, January 1, 2026
- Cold/Wind Chill, December 14, 2025
- Winter Storm, December 8, 2025
- Winter Storm, December 8, 2025
- Winter Weather, December 5, 2025
- Winter Weather, December 2, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 14, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 9, 2025
- Flash Flood, June 15, 2025
- Flash Flood, June 13, 2025
- Hail, May 8, 2025
- Hail, April 14, 2025
- Winter Weather, February 19, 2025
- Avalanche, February 16, 2025
- Winter Weather, February 15, 2025
- Winter Storm, February 12, 2025
- Winter Storm, February 11, 2025
- Winter Storm, February 11, 2025
- Winter Weather, February 8, 2025
- Ice Storm, February 5, 2025
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 20, 2025
- Winter Storm, January 19, 2025
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 14, 2025
- Winter Weather, January 10, 2025
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 8, 2025
- Winter Storm, January 5, 2025
- Winter Storm, January 5, 2025
- Winter Weather, December 15, 2024
- Tornado, September 26, 2024
- Flash Flood, August 31, 2024
- Flash Flood, August 8, 2024
- Flash Flood, August 3, 2024
- Avalanche, August 1, 2024
- Drought, July 1, 2024
- Drought, June 25, 2024
- Tornado, May 26, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 1, 2024
- Hail, March 31, 2024
- High Wind, March 20, 2024
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 20, 2024
- Winter Storm, January 19, 2024
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 16, 2024
- Winter Storm, January 15, 2024
- Winter Storm, January 14, 2024
- Winter Weather, January 9, 2024
- Winter Storm, January 6, 2024
- Winter Storm, December 10, 2023
- Drought, December 1, 2023
- Winter Weather, November 21, 2023
- Drought, November 1, 2023
- Drought, October 17, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 28, 2023
- Flood, July 13, 2023
- Hail, June 26, 2023
- Hail, June 16, 2023
- High Wind, April 1, 2023
- High Wind, April 1, 2023
- Winter Weather, March 12, 2023
- Winter Weather, March 3, 2023
- Winter Weather, February 25, 2023
- Winter Storm, February 12, 2023
- Cold/Wind Chill, February 3, 2023
- Winter Weather, February 1, 2023
- Winter Weather, January 25, 2023
- Winter Weather, January 22, 2023
- Winter Weather, January 8, 2023
- Cold/Wind Chill, December 24, 2022
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 23, 2022
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 23, 2022
- Winter Weather, December 22, 2022
- Ice Storm, December 14, 2022
- Winter Weather, November 15, 2022
- High Wind, September 30, 2022
- Flash Flood, August 21, 2022
- Flash Flood, August 10, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 23, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 6, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 22, 2022
- Hail, June 17, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 14, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 2, 2022
- Tornado, May 6, 2022
- Hail, May 3, 2022
- Winter Storm, April 18, 2022
- Cold/Wind Chill, March 12, 2022
- Blizzard, March 12, 2022
- Winter Weather, February 24, 2022
- Winter Weather, February 13, 2022
- Winter Weather, January 28, 2022
- Winter Storm, January 16, 2022
- Winter Storm, January 16, 2022
- Winter Storm, January 6, 2022
- Winter Storm, January 3, 2022
- Winter Storm, January 2, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, October 4, 2021
- Flash Flood, September 21, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 26, 2021
- Hail, July 17, 2021
- Hail, June 13, 2021
- Flash Flood, May 1, 2021
- Frost/Freeze, April 23, 2021
- Frost/Freeze, April 21, 2021
- Winter Weather, February 26, 2021
- Winter Weather, February 22, 2021
- Winter Storm, February 18, 2021
- Ice Storm, February 13, 2021
- Winter Storm, February 11, 2021
- Winter Weather, February 10, 2021
- Winter Storm, February 7, 2021
- Winter Storm, February 6, 2021
- Winter Storm, January 31, 2021
- Winter Storm, January 30, 2021
- Winter Storm, January 25, 2021
- Dense Fog, December 18, 2020
- Winter Storm, December 16, 2020
- Dense Fog, November 9, 2020
- Frost/Freeze, October 31, 2020
- Flash Flood, August 22, 2020
- Flood, July 22, 2020
- Hail, July 21, 2020
- Hail, July 10, 2020
- Hail, June 4, 2020
- Dense Fog, May 23, 2020
- Frost/Freeze, May 9, 2020
- Frost/Freeze, May 8, 2020
- Frost/Freeze, April 18, 2020
- Frost/Freeze, April 16, 2020
- Winter Weather, April 14, 2020
- Flash Flood, April 12, 2020
- Hail, April 8, 2020
- Hail, April 7, 2020
- Dense Fog, February 26, 2020
- Winter Weather, January 18, 2020
- Winter Weather, January 7, 2020
- Winter Weather, December 13, 2019
- Winter Weather, December 10, 2019
- Winter Weather, December 1, 2019
- High Wind, November 27, 2019
- High Wind, November 27, 2019
- Winter Weather, November 23, 2019
- Winter Weather, November 17, 2019
- High Wind, October 31, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 22, 2019
- Flash Flood, August 1, 2019
- Hail, July 31, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 17, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 15, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 6, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 28, 2019
- Hail, May 29, 2019
- Winter Storm, March 21, 2019
- Winter Weather, March 8, 2019
- Cold/Wind Chill, March 6, 2019
- Winter Weather, March 3, 2019
- Winter Weather, March 1, 2019
- Winter Weather, March 1, 2019
- High Wind, February 24, 2019
- High Wind, February 24, 2019
- Winter Weather, February 23, 2019
- Winter Storm, February 20, 2019
- Winter Storm, February 19, 2019
- Winter Weather, February 17, 2019
- Winter Storm, February 10, 2019
- High Wind, February 8, 2019
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 30, 2019
- High Wind, January 23, 2019
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 21, 2019
- Winter Weather, January 19, 2019
- Winter Weather, January 17, 2019
- Winter Storm, January 12, 2019
- Winter Storm, January 12, 2019
- Flood, December 19, 2018
- Flood, December 14, 2018
- Winter Storm, December 9, 2018
- Winter Storm, December 8, 2018
- Winter Weather, December 4, 2018
- Winter Weather, November 24, 2018
- Winter Storm, November 15, 2018
- Ice Storm, November 14, 2018
- Frost/Freeze, October 21, 2018
- Dense Fog, October 8, 2018
- Dense Fog, September 29, 2018
- Dense Fog, September 2, 2018
- Dense Fog, August 13, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 5, 2018
- Dense Fog, August 4, 2018
- Dense Fog, July 25, 2018
- Hail, June 24, 2018
- Hail, May 14, 2018
- Frost/Freeze, April 29, 2018
- Frost/Freeze, April 21, 2018
- Frost/Freeze, April 20, 2018
- Frost/Freeze, April 17, 2018
- Flood, April 15, 2018
- Tornado, April 15, 2018
- Winter Storm, March 20, 2018
- Winter Storm, March 20, 2018
- Heavy Snow, March 12, 2018
- Winter Storm, March 12, 2018
- High Wind, March 1, 2018
- High Wind, March 1, 2018
- Winter Weather, February 7, 2018
- Winter Storm, February 4, 2018
- Winter Weather, January 8, 2018
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 4, 2018
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 1, 2018
- Winter Weather, December 31, 2017
- Cold/Wind Chill, December 27, 2017
- Cold/Wind Chill, December 12, 2017
- Frost/Freeze, October 27, 2017
- Strong Wind, October 9, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 5, 2017
- Hail, July 18, 2017
- Flash Flood, May 23, 2017
- Flash Flood, May 20, 2017
- Flood, May 4, 2017
- Cold/Wind Chill, March 14, 2017
- Winter Storm, March 13, 2017
- Hail, March 1, 2017
- High Wind, February 12, 2017
- High Wind, February 12, 2017
- Winter Weather, January 23, 2017
- Winter Weather, January 14, 2017
- Winter Weather, January 10, 2017
- Winter Weather, January 7, 2017
- Cold/Wind Chill, December 15, 2016
- Winter Storm, December 6, 2016
- Winter Weather, December 4, 2016
- High Wind, November 19, 2016
- Frost/Freeze, November 5, 2016
- Hail, September 29, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 28, 2016
- Flash Flood, July 27, 2016
- Hail, July 19, 2016
- Flash Flood, June 27, 2016
- Hail, June 16, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 2, 2016
- Hail, May 11, 2016
Earlier years, state by state:
More
Tornadoes in Rockbridge CountyEvery warning in Rockbridge 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.