Virginia

Storm History: Southampton County, Virginia

289 episodes, 373 events since 1955

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.

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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
Hail8300$82,000
Thunderstorm Wind7304$224,000
Tornado5800$9.1 million
Flash Flood4100$1.1 million
Winter Storm3100$1,000
Winter Weather2700$35,000
Heavy Rain2600
Flood1111$1.5 million
Frost/Freeze300
Strong Wind300$22,000
Excessive Heat300
Tropical Storm300$7.1 million
Heavy Snow300$1,000
Heat200
High Wind200$5,000
Ice Storm100
Hurricane (Typhoon)100
Blizzard100
Lightning100$10,000

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 Southampton County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

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.