Virginia

Storm History: Spotsylvania County, Virginia

540 episodes, 799 events since 1973

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Spotsylvania 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
799
Deaths
1
Injuries
22
Damage
$12 million
Episodes
540

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
Thunderstorm Wind17313$2.0 million
Hail15307$431,000
Tornado8605$892,000
Flash Flood6200$7.9 million
Heat6105
Winter Storm5700$80,000
Dense Fog4800
Winter Weather3400
Frost/Freeze3200
Flood1500$100,000
Excessive Heat1300
Drought1200
Strong Wind1100$3,000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill900
Ice Storm700$20,000
Heavy Snow600$20,000
Tropical Storm500$40,000
Blizzard300$10,000
Lightning302$21,000
Cold/Wind Chill300
Heavy Rain200
High Wind200$75,000
Storm Surge/Tide100
Freezing Fog100

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 Spotsylvania County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Spotsylvania CountyEvery warning in Spotsylvania 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.