Virginia

Storm History: Shenandoah County, Virginia

672 episodes, 917 events since 1965

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.

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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
Flash Flood13306$35 million
Thunderstorm Wind13210$347,000
Hail12700$903,000
Winter Storm8900$1.5 million
Winter Weather8300
Dense Fog7800
Flood7100$27 million
Frost/Freeze5200$250,000
Tornado3302$2.0 million
Heat2500
Ice Storm1300$85,000
High Wind1200$3.4 million
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill1200
Strong Wind1000$40,000
Excessive Heat1000
Drought900$15 million
Heavy Rain800
Heavy Snow700$51,000
Wildfire500$984,000
Blizzard400$20,000
Cold/Wind Chill300
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 Shenandoah County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

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.