Virginia

Storm History: Rockingham County, Virginia

751 episodes, 1,121 events since 1952

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Rockingham 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
1,121
Deaths
2
Injuries
9
Damage
$54 million
Episodes
751

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
Hail17100$342,000
Thunderstorm Wind15300$867,000
Winter Weather14900$2,000
Winter Storm13100$350,000
Flash Flood10800$17 million
Dense Fog8600
Frost/Freeze7300$2.0 million
Flood5000$20 million
Tornado3800$900,000
Heat2416$5,000
High Wind2400$80,000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill2300
Ice Storm1800$215,000
Cold/Wind Chill1800
Strong Wind800$45,000
Drought800$12 million
Blizzard700$10,000
Heavy Snow700$3,000
Heavy Rain700$150,000
Wildfire700$22,000
Excessive Heat500
Lightning413$11,000
Dust Devil100$2,000
Storm Surge/Tide100

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 Rockingham County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Rockingham CountyEvery warning in Rockingham 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.