Virginia

Storm History: Warren County, Virginia

664 episodes, 881 events since 1958

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Warren 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
881
Deaths
1
Injuries
9
Damage
$59 million
Episodes
664

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
Winter Weather14400
Winter Storm12500$1.3 million
Flash Flood9811$9.3 million
Hail9000$448,000
Dense Fog8100
Thunderstorm Wind7200$139,000
Frost/Freeze5300$400,000
Flood3601$44 million
Heat2500
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill2400
Tornado2202$142,000
High Wind2005$695,000
Ice Storm1700$205,000
Cold/Wind Chill1700
Excessive Heat1300
Strong Wind1000$4,000
Drought1000$2.7 million
Blizzard600$10,000
Heavy Snow600$1,000
Heavy Rain500
Lightning300$55,000
Tropical Storm200$5,000
Storm Surge/Tide100
Wildfire100

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 Warren County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Warren CountyEvery warning in Warren 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.