Virginia

Storm History: Stafford County, Virginia

577 episodes, 817 events since 1960

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Stafford 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
817
Deaths
3
Injuries
5
Damage
$30 million
Episodes
577

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
Hail17500$2.0 million
Thunderstorm Wind12112$401,000
Dense Fog6800
Flash Flood6600$124,000
Heat6000
Winter Storm5700$5,000
Flood5400$100,000
Tornado5100$12 million
Winter Weather4121
Frost/Freeze3200
Excessive Heat1600
Drought1200$1.0 million
Strong Wind1100$8,000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill1100
Ice Storm700$20,000
Heavy Snow601$30,000
Tropical Storm601$14 million
Cold/Wind Chill500
High Wind500$70,000
Blizzard400$5,000
Heavy Rain400
Storm Surge/Tide200$250,000
Lightning100$1,000
Waterspout100
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 Stafford County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Stafford CountyEvery warning in Stafford 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.