Storm History: Southampton County, Virginia
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Southampton 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
- 373
- Deaths
- 1
- Injuries
- 5
- Damage
- $19 million
- Episodes
- 289
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 | 83 | 0 | 0 | $82,000 |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 73 | 0 | 4 | $224,000 |
| Tornado | 58 | 0 | 0 | $9.1 million |
| Flash Flood | 41 | 0 | 0 | $1.1 million |
| Winter Storm | 31 | 0 | 0 | $1,000 |
| Winter Weather | 27 | 0 | 0 | $35,000 |
| Heavy Rain | 26 | 0 | 0 | |
| Flood | 11 | 1 | 1 | $1.5 million |
| Frost/Freeze | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Strong Wind | 3 | 0 | 0 | $22,000 |
| Excessive Heat | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tropical Storm | 3 | 0 | 0 | $7.1 million |
| Heavy Snow | 3 | 0 | 0 | $1,000 |
| Heat | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| High Wind | 2 | 0 | 0 | $5,000 |
| Ice Storm | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hurricane (Typhoon) | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Blizzard | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lightning | 1 | 0 | 0 | $10,000 |
The deadliest
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Tornado, August 4, 2020
- Tropical Storm, August 27, 2011
- Flood, October 8, 2016
- Flash Flood, October 6, 2006
- Tornado, May 26, 1994
- Tornado, November 28, 1988
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 4, 2024
- Tornado, August 6, 1993
- Tornado, October 27, 2010
- Tornado, September 29, 2020
- Tornado, January 4, 2023
- Tornado, April 16, 2011
- Tornado, July 10, 2014
- Tornado, June 26, 1961
- Strong Wind, January 25, 2010
- Winter Weather, February 13, 2021
- Winter Weather, February 18, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 12, 1996
- Hail, May 22, 2000
- Tornado, May 9, 2003
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
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 27, 2026
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 22, 2026
- Hail, June 14, 2026
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 25, 2026
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 16, 2026
- Heavy Snow, February 1, 2026
- Winter Storm, January 30, 2026
- Hail, July 27, 2025
- Flash Flood, July 27, 2025
- Excessive Heat, July 27, 2025
- Flash Flood, July 18, 2025
- Flash Flood, July 15, 2025
- Excessive Heat, June 23, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 19, 2025
- Hail, June 8, 2025
- Hail, May 22, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 16, 2025
- Hail, May 5, 2025
- Tornado, March 5, 2025
- Heavy Snow, February 19, 2025
- Winter Storm, January 10, 2025
- Flash Flood, September 27, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 1, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 4, 2024
- Heavy Rain, July 24, 2024
- Hail, July 18, 2024
- Flash Flood, September 23, 2023
- Tropical Storm, September 22, 2023
- Heavy Rain, September 22, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 9, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 8, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 15, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 3, 2023
- Tornado, January 4, 2023
- Hail, October 17, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 10, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 6, 2022
- Hail, June 17, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 21, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 16, 2022
- Hail, May 6, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 7, 2022
- Winter Weather, January 28, 2022
- Winter Storm, January 21, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 30, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 14, 2021
- Tornado, August 7, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 18, 2021
- Flash Flood, July 8, 2021
- Heavy Rain, June 11, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 28, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 4, 2021
- Tornado, March 18, 2021
- Winter Weather, February 18, 2021
- Lightning, February 16, 2021
- Winter Weather, February 13, 2021
- Winter Weather, January 30, 2021
- Winter Weather, January 28, 2021
- Tornado, December 24, 2020
- Heavy Rain, December 24, 2020
- Flood, November 12, 2020
- Heavy Rain, November 11, 2020
- Tornado, September 29, 2020
- Heavy Rain, September 17, 2020
- Heavy Rain, September 9, 2020
- Flash Flood, September 9, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 19, 2020
- Flash Flood, August 15, 2020
- Heavy Rain, August 15, 2020
- Heavy Rain, August 6, 2020
- Tornado, August 4, 2020
- Heavy Rain, August 3, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 22, 2020
- Winter Storm, February 20, 2020
- Heavy Rain, October 20, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 22, 2019
- Hail, August 7, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 22, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 20, 2019
- Flash Flood, June 7, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 5, 2019
- Hail, May 31, 2019
- Tornado, April 19, 2019
- Tornado, April 15, 2019
- Winter Storm, December 9, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 11, 2018
- Hail, June 22, 2018
- Flash Flood, June 22, 2018
- Winter Weather, March 12, 2018
- Winter Storm, January 17, 2018
- Blizzard, January 3, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 14, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 19, 2017
- Hail, May 27, 2017
- Tornado, May 5, 2017
- Tornado, March 31, 2017
- Heavy Snow, January 6, 2017
- Flood, October 8, 2016
- Heavy Rain, October 8, 2016
- Flood, September 21, 2016
- Heavy Rain, September 19, 2016
- Tropical Storm, September 2, 2016
- Hail, July 19, 2016
- Frost/Freeze, April 10, 2016
- Frost/Freeze, April 5, 2016
- Winter Weather, February 14, 2016
- Winter Storm, January 22, 2016
- Heavy Rain, November 9, 2015
- Flood, June 25, 2015
- Winter Storm, February 25, 2015
- Winter Storm, February 16, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, February 2, 2015
- Winter Weather, January 26, 2015
- Winter Weather, January 14, 2015
- Heavy Rain, September 8, 2014
- Flood, July 24, 2014
- Tornado, July 24, 2014
- Tornado, July 10, 2014
- Winter Storm, March 3, 2014
- Winter Storm, February 12, 2014
- Winter Storm, January 28, 2014
- Winter Storm, January 21, 2014
- Flash Flood, June 9, 2013
- Winter Weather, February 16, 2013
- Winter Weather, January 25, 2013
- Winter Weather, January 17, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 2, 2012
- Flood, August 28, 2012
- Heavy Rain, August 28, 2012
- Heat, July 5, 2012
- Tornado, June 30, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 29, 2012
- Tornado, June 1, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 1, 2012
- Winter Weather, February 19, 2012
- Flood, September 9, 2011
- Tropical Storm, August 27, 2011
- Flood, August 27, 2011
- Excessive Heat, July 21, 2011
- Hail, July 4, 2011
- Hail, May 24, 2011
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 14, 2011
- Tornado, April 16, 2011
- Winter Storm, December 25, 2010
- Winter Weather, December 16, 2010
- Winter Weather, December 13, 2010
- Thunderstorm Wind, November 16, 2010
- Tornado, October 27, 2010
- Heavy Rain, September 29, 2010
- Hail, August 12, 2010
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 4, 2010
- Hail, May 12, 2010
- Heavy Rain, March 28, 2010
- Winter Weather, March 2, 2010
- Winter Weather, February 13, 2010
- Winter Storm, January 29, 2010
- Strong Wind, January 25, 2010
- Heavy Rain, November 11, 2009
- Flash Flood, August 5, 2009
- Hail, July 17, 2009
- Hail, May 6, 2009
- Winter Weather, March 1, 2009
- Strong Wind, December 31, 2008
- Heavy Rain, December 10, 2008
- Tornado, September 26, 2008
- Heavy Rain, September 6, 2008
- Hail, July 8, 2008
- Hail, May 20, 2008
- Tornado, April 28, 2008
- Strong Wind, February 10, 2008
- Winter Weather, January 19, 2008
- Heavy Rain, October 24, 2007
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 10, 2007
- Hail, July 27, 2007
- Winter Weather, January 28, 2007
- Flash Flood, October 6, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 24, 2006
- Flash Flood, September 1, 2006
- Hail, July 3, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 25, 2006
- Hail, April 3, 2006
- Tornado, July 8, 2005
- Tornado, July 2, 2005
- Hail, April 23, 2005
- Winter Weather, March 17, 2005
- Winter Weather, February 3, 2005
- Winter Weather, January 20, 2005
- Winter Weather, January 19, 2005
- Winter Storm, December 26, 2004
- Winter Weather, December 19, 2004
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 18, 2004
- Hail, July 14, 2004
- Hail, July 7, 2004
- Tornado, June 25, 2004
- Tornado, June 11, 2004
- Flash Flood, May 22, 2004
- Winter Storm, February 15, 2004
- Winter Storm, January 25, 2004
- Winter Storm, January 9, 2004
- Frost/Freeze, November 10, 2003
- Hurricane (Typhoon), September 18, 2003
- Hail, August 18, 2003
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 11, 2003
- Tornado, May 9, 2003
- Tornado, February 22, 2003
- Winter Weather, January 23, 2003
- Winter Storm, January 16, 2003
- Winter Weather, January 6, 2003
- Winter Storm, December 4, 2002
- Heavy Rain, July 14, 2002
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 13, 2002
- Tornado, May 2, 2002
- Tornado, April 28, 2002
- Winter Storm, January 2, 2002
- Flash Flood, August 18, 2001
- Winter Storm, February 22, 2001
- Winter Storm, December 3, 2000
- Flood, September 5, 2000
- Flash Flood, September 1, 2000
- Hail, August 16, 2000
- Flash Flood, August 3, 2000
- Flash Flood, July 24, 2000
- Hail, July 16, 2000
- Hail, May 27, 2000
- Hail, May 22, 2000
- Hail, April 17, 2000
- High Wind, April 8, 2000
- Winter Storm, January 25, 2000
- Winter Storm, January 19, 2000
- Flash Flood, October 17, 1999
- High Wind, September 16, 1999
- Flash Flood, September 15, 1999
- Heavy Rain, September 1, 1999
- Flash Flood, August 14, 1999
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 28, 1999
- Flash Flood, July 24, 1999
- Hail, July 7, 1999
- Ice Storm, December 23, 1998
- Hail, September 28, 1998
- Hail, September 8, 1998
- Hail, September 1, 1998
- Hail, June 16, 1998
- Hail, June 13, 1998
- Hail, May 8, 1998
- Hail, May 4, 1998
- Heavy Rain, February 4, 1998
- Heavy Rain, January 27, 1998
- Hail, July 16, 1997
- Hail, May 1, 1997
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 20, 1996
Earlier years, state by state:
More
Tornadoes in Southampton CountyEvery warning in Southampton 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.