Tornado in Virginia
Every tornado event the National Weather Service has filed in Virginia, year by year, with the most significant episodes. A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.
The most significant on the map
The most significant tornado episodes in Virginia.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The record
- Events
- 913
- Deaths
- 39
- Injuries
- 952
- Damage
- $557 million
Every year
The most significant
Ranked by deaths, injuries, damage and size together.
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Virginia, August 6, 1993The tornado first touched down 1 mile northeast of Kenbridge in Lunenburg County at 1243 EDT, where roofs were blown off of a briquet plant and a furniture company building. Damage estimates in Lunenburg County were $300,000.
- Tornadoes in Virginia, September 30, 1959
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Virginia, April 28, 2008Severe thunderstorms in advance of a cold front produced numerous tornadoes across central and eastern Virginia.
- Tornadoes and Hail in Virginia, April 27 to 28, 2011Favorable atmospheric conditions resulted in a deadly tornado outbreak across southwest Virginia on the 27th. The tornadoes produced from light to heavy damage to many homes and businesses across southeast Virginia.
- Tornadoes and Hail in Virginia, February 24, 2016Scattered severe thunderstorms in advance of a cold front produced damaging winds, large hail, and six tornadoes across portions of central and eastern Virginia.
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Virginia, September 26 to 30, 2024Hurricane Helene made landfall in Florida as a powerful Category 4 hurricane late Thursday, September 26, and moved quickly northward into the southeastern states, and then turned slightly northwestward towards the southern Appalachian Mountains overnight into Friday morning,…
- Tornadoes and Hail in Virginia, April 16, 2011Scattered severe thunderstorms in advance of a cold front produced damaging winds, large hail, and numerous tornadoes across portions of central and eastern Virginia.
- Tornado and Hail in Virginia, July 24, 2014Scattered severe thunderstorms associated with a cold front produced damaging winds, large hail, and one tornado across portions of southeast Virginia.
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Virginia, May 8, 1984
- Tornadoes and Hail in Virginia, May 4, 1990
- Tornadoes and Hail in Virginia, April 1, 1973
- Tornadoes in Virginia, September 5, 1979
- Tornadoes and Hail in Virginia, April 1, 1998Several trees down.
- Tornadoes and Hail in Virginia, February 24, 2016A strong surface low was located over Western TN in the morning. A wedge was in place over the region and expected to be eroded by a strong low level jet.
- Tornadoes and Hail in Virginia, April 4, 1974
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Virginia, September 24, 2001Five tornadoes touched down in Northern Virginia during the afternoon and early evening of the 24th. The thunderstorms which spawned them were created when a strong cold front moved through the region.
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Virginia, October 18, 1990
- Tornadoes and Hail in Virginia, January 26, 1978
- Tornadoes and Hail in Virginia, April 15, 2018A strong cold front with a negatively-tilted upper level trough approached southwest Virginia. Plenty of wind shear with modest instability made conditions ripe for large hail, damaging winds, and tornadoes.
- Tornadoes in Virginia, March 24, 1969
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Virginia, April 27 to 28, 2011Widespread severe weather impacted the area. A strong upper level trough approaching from the west provided strong winds aloft, and a weak upper level low pressure system moved across during the afternoon hours setting off scattered thunderstorms.
- Tornadoes in Virginia, September 17, 2004Brief touch down of a weak tornado recorded and reported by broadcast media.
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Virginia, April 15 to 16, 2011A strong closed upper level low pressure moved across the Ohio valley, producing a variety of extreme weather across southwest Virginia. In advance of this system,|strong southeast winds produced wind damage across the higher elevations.
- Tornadoes and Flood in Virginia, June 4, 2008A stalled front resided across the Mid Atlantic during the afternoon and evening of June 4th, allowing moisture and instability to pool along the boundary.
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Virginia, September 17, 2018Scattered severe thunderstorms associated with tropical cyclone Florence produced damaging winds and ten tornadoes across portions of central and south central Virginia.
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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.