Storm History: Shenandoah County, Virginia
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Shenandoah 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
- 917
- Deaths
- 1
- Injuries
- 8
- Damage
- $86 million
- Episodes
- 672
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flash Flood | 133 | 0 | 6 | $35 million |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 132 | 1 | 0 | $347,000 |
| Hail | 127 | 0 | 0 | $903,000 |
| Winter Storm | 89 | 0 | 0 | $1.5 million |
| Winter Weather | 83 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dense Fog | 78 | 0 | 0 | |
| Flood | 71 | 0 | 0 | $27 million |
| Frost/Freeze | 52 | 0 | 0 | $250,000 |
| Tornado | 33 | 0 | 2 | $2.0 million |
| Heat | 25 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ice Storm | 13 | 0 | 0 | $85,000 |
| High Wind | 12 | 0 | 0 | $3.4 million |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 12 | 0 | 0 | |
| Strong Wind | 10 | 0 | 0 | $40,000 |
| Excessive Heat | 10 | 0 | 0 | |
| Drought | 9 | 0 | 0 | $15 million |
| Heavy Rain | 8 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heavy Snow | 7 | 0 | 0 | $51,000 |
| Wildfire | 5 | 0 | 0 | $984,000 |
| Blizzard | 4 | 0 | 0 | $20,000 |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Storm Surge/Tide | 1 | 0 | 0 |
The deadliest
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Flood, September 6, 1996
- Flash Flood, January 19, 1996
- Drought, July 1, 1999
- Flash Flood, September 6, 1996
- Flash Flood, September 18, 2003
- Flash Flood, July 13, 2015
- Drought, July 1, 1997
- High Wind, October 29, 2012
- Tornado, April 28, 2002
- High Wind, September 6, 1996
- Winter Storm, February 14, 2003
- Wildfire, March 20, 2024
- Flash Flood, June 22, 2001
- Hail, July 28, 2023
- Tornado, April 28, 2011
- Frost/Freeze, April 10, 1997
- Flash Flood, June 16, 1996
- Flash Flood, June 24, 1996
- Hail, July 12, 2022
- Tornado, June 4, 2008
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 episode, newest first
- Hail, June 12, 2026
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 11, 2026
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 20, 2026
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 19, 2026
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 11, 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
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 23, 2026
- Winter Weather, January 1, 2026
- Winter Weather, December 26, 2025
- Winter Weather, December 5, 2025
- Winter Weather, December 2, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 31, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 16, 2025
- Flash Flood, July 16, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 8, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 25, 2025
- Excessive Heat, June 24, 2025
- Excessive Heat, June 23, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 19, 2025
- Flash Flood, June 14, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 8, 2025
- Hail, May 16, 2025
- Flash Flood, May 14, 2025
- Flood, May 13, 2025
- Hail, March 16, 2025
- Winter Weather, February 15, 2025
- Winter Storm, February 12, 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
- Winter Storm, January 5, 2025
- Winter Weather, January 3, 2025
- Winter Weather, December 15, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 30, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 25, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 17, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 26, 2024
- Tornado, May 26, 2024
- Hail, May 23, 2024
- High Wind, March 20, 2024
- Wildfire, March 20, 2024
- Winter Storm, February 16, 2024
- Winter Weather, February 13, 2024
- Winter Storm, January 19, 2024
- Winter Storm, January 15, 2024
- Flood, January 9, 2024
- Winter Storm, January 6, 2024
- Winter Storm, December 10, 2023
- Hail, September 8, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 6, 2023
- Hail, August 7, 2023
- Hail, July 28, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 1, 2023
- High Wind, April 1, 2023
- Winter Weather, March 3, 2023
- Winter Weather, January 31, 2023
- Winter Weather, January 25, 2023
- Winter Weather, January 8, 2023
- Cold/Wind Chill, December 23, 2022
- Winter Weather, December 22, 2022
- Ice Storm, December 14, 2022
- Winter Weather, November 15, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 30, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 23, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 18, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 17, 2022
- Hail, July 12, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 26, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 22, 2022
- Flood, May 4, 2022
- Winter Storm, April 18, 2022
- Blizzard, March 12, 2022
- Winter Weather, February 24, 2022
- Winter Weather, February 13, 2022
- Flood, February 4, 2022
- Winter Storm, January 16, 2022
- Winter Storm, January 6, 2022
- Winter Storm, January 3, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, October 4, 2021
- Flood, September 8, 2021
- Flash Flood, September 1, 2021
- Heat, August 13, 2021
- Heat, August 12, 2021
- Hail, July 26, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 30, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 21, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 13, 2021
- Dense Fog, May 17, 2021
- Flash Flood, May 4, 2021
- Hail, May 4, 2021
- Frost/Freeze, April 23, 2021
- Frost/Freeze, April 21, 2021
- Dense Fog, March 24, 2021
- Winter Weather, February 22, 2021
- Winter Storm, February 18, 2021
- Ice Storm, February 13, 2021
- Winter Storm, February 7, 2021
- Winter Storm, January 31, 2021
- Dense Fog, January 26, 2021
- Winter Storm, January 25, 2021
- Dense Fog, January 15, 2021
- Flood, December 24, 2020
- Dense Fog, December 18, 2020
- Winter Storm, December 16, 2020
- Frost/Freeze, October 19, 2020
- Dense Fog, September 26, 2020
- Heat, July 20, 2020
- Heat, July 19, 2020
- Dense Fog, July 8, 2020
- Dense Fog, June 23, 2020
- Dense Fog, June 20, 2020
- Dense Fog, June 6, 2020
- Dense Fog, May 23, 2020
- Frost/Freeze, May 13, 2020
- Frost/Freeze, May 9, 2020
- Frost/Freeze, May 8, 2020
- Flood, April 30, 2020
- Frost/Freeze, April 18, 2020
- Frost/Freeze, April 16, 2020
- Frost/Freeze, April 10, 2020
- Dense Fog, March 29, 2020
- Dense Fog, February 1, 2020
- Winter Weather, January 18, 2020
- Dense Fog, January 14, 2020
- Winter Weather, January 7, 2020
- Dense Fog, December 30, 2019
- Winter Weather, December 16, 2019
- Winter Weather, December 13, 2019
- High Wind, November 27, 2019
- Dense Fog, November 19, 2019
- Winter Weather, November 17, 2019
- Dense Fog, October 22, 2019
- Frost/Freeze, October 19, 2019
- Dense Fog, October 14, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 11, 2019
- Hail, August 20, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 18, 2019
- Dense Fog, August 16, 2019
- Hail, August 15, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 7, 2019
- Dense Fog, August 1, 2019
- Dense Fog, July 24, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 21, 2019
- Flash Flood, July 21, 2019
- Excessive Heat, July 21, 2019
- Excessive Heat, July 20, 2019
- Excessive Heat, July 19, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 11, 2019
- Flood, July 5, 2019
- Hail, June 27, 2019
- Hail, May 25, 2019
- Dense Fog, May 4, 2019
- Winter Weather, March 3, 2019
- Winter Weather, March 1, 2019
- Winter Weather, March 1, 2019
- Winter Storm, February 20, 2019
- Winter Weather, February 17, 2019
- Winter Storm, February 10, 2019
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 30, 2019
- Winter Weather, January 29, 2019
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 21, 2019
- Dense Fog, January 18, 2019
- Winter Storm, January 12, 2019
- Dense Fog, December 2, 2018
- Winter Weather, November 24, 2018
- Frost/Freeze, October 19, 2018
- Dense Fog, October 10, 2018
- Dense Fog, October 8, 2018
- Dense Fog, October 7, 2018
- Dense Fog, September 29, 2018
- Flood, September 27, 2018
- Dense Fog, September 20, 2018
- Flood, September 17, 2018
- Flood, September 9, 2018
- Dense Fog, September 2, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 21, 2018
- Flood, August 18, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 17, 2018
- Dense Fog, August 13, 2018
- Dense Fog, August 4, 2018
- Flash Flood, August 3, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 1, 2018
- Dense Fog, July 25, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 4, 2018
- Flood, July 4, 2018
- Excessive Heat, July 3, 2018
- Heat, July 2, 2018
- Flash Flood, June 21, 2018
- Flood, June 3, 2018
- Flash Flood, May 21, 2018
- Flood, May 16, 2018
- Hail, May 14, 2018
- Frost/Freeze, April 21, 2018
- Frost/Freeze, April 20, 2018
- Frost/Freeze, April 17, 2018
- Winter Storm, March 20, 2018
- High Wind, March 1, 2018
- Winter Weather, February 17, 2018
- Winter Weather, February 7, 2018
- Winter Storm, February 4, 2018
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 4, 2018
- Frost/Freeze, October 18, 2017
- Tornado, August 11, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 21, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 14, 2017
- Hail, May 18, 2017
- Frost/Freeze, May 9, 2017
- Flood, May 5, 2017
- Winter Storm, March 13, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 1, 2017
- Winter Weather, January 14, 2017
- Winter Weather, January 10, 2017
- Winter Weather, January 5, 2017
- Winter Weather, December 29, 2016
- Winter Weather, December 17, 2016
- Frost/Freeze, October 26, 2016
- Dense Fog, October 14, 2016
- Dense Fog, October 6, 2016
- Dense Fog, October 4, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 29, 2016
- Excessive Heat, August 13, 2016
- Hail, July 18, 2016
- Dense Fog, June 26, 2016
- Flood, June 23, 2016
- Hail, June 16, 2016
- Dense Fog, June 4, 2016
- Flash Flood, June 4, 2016
- Dense Fog, May 31, 2016
- Flash Flood, May 27, 2016
- Frost/Freeze, April 14, 2016
- Frost/Freeze, April 9, 2016
- Frost/Freeze, April 8, 2016
- Frost/Freeze, April 5, 2016
- Frost/Freeze, April 5, 2016
- Frost/Freeze, April 2, 2016
- Winter Weather, March 19, 2016
- Dense Fog, February 24, 2016
- Ice Storm, February 14, 2016
- Winter Weather, February 9, 2016
- Dense Fog, February 2, 2016
- Blizzard, January 22, 2016
- Dense Fog, December 31, 2015
- Dense Fog, December 25, 2015
- Dense Fog, December 17, 2015
Earlier years, state by state:
More
Tornadoes in Shenandoah CountyEvery warning in Shenandoah 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.