Storm History: Wise County, Virginia
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Wise 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
- 377
- Deaths
- 1
- Injuries
- 5
- Damage
- $5.2 million
- Episodes
- 279
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.
Every year
By kind of event
Counted under the kind that heads each episode.
| Kind of event | Events | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thunderstorm Wind | 122 | 0 | 0 | $856,000 |
| Heavy Snow | 102 | 0 | 0 | $416,000 |
| Hail | 44 | 0 | 0 | $78,000 |
| Flash Flood | 37 | 1 | 0 | $806,000 |
| Winter Storm | 25 | 0 | 0 | |
| Flood | 14 | 0 | 0 | $1.0 million |
| Tornado | 12 | 0 | 5 | $1.9 million |
| Ice Storm | 10 | 0 | 0 | |
| High Wind | 5 | 0 | 0 | $53,000 |
| Winter Weather | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Blizzard | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 1 | 0 | 0 |
The deadliest
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Tornado, March 4, 2008
- Flood, February 14, 2003
- Flash Flood, February 16, 2003
- Heavy Snow, December 18, 2009
- Flood, February 6, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, November 9, 2000
- Tornado, June 16, 2009
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 18, 2009
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 8, 2001
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 21, 2010
- Tornado, February 11, 2009
- Hail, April 28, 2014
- Tornado, April 5, 1957
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 24, 1998
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 26, 2004
- High Wind, December 9, 2009
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 23, 1999
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 20, 1998
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 22, 1998
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 8, 2001
The largest hail
The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.
- Hail, May 10, 1995
- Hail, February 29, 2012
- Hail, June 9, 2008
- Hail, May 1, 2002
- Hail, May 24, 1996
- Hail, May 24, 1996
- Hail, July 1, 2012
- Hail, April 28, 2014
- Hail, June 9, 2011
- Flash Flood, March 27, 2021
- Hail, August 20, 2019
- Hail, March 17, 2018
- Flash Flood, May 27, 2017
- Hail, March 14, 2016
- Hail, June 22, 2016
The strongest tornadoes
Every episode, newest first
- Flash Flood, June 18, 2026
- Heavy Snow, March 16, 2026
- Winter Weather, February 22, 2026
- Heavy Snow, January 30, 2026
- Winter Weather, December 11, 2025
- Heavy Snow, November 10, 2025
- Flash Flood, August 2, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 20, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 16, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 15, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 31, 2025
- Heavy Snow, February 19, 2025
- Flash Flood, February 15, 2025
- Heavy Snow, February 11, 2025
- Heavy Snow, January 19, 2025
- Heavy Snow, January 10, 2025
- Winter Storm, January 5, 2025
- Winter Weather, December 11, 2024
- Heavy Snow, November 21, 2024
- Flash Flood, September 26, 2024
- Flood, July 18, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 26, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, February 12, 2024
- Heavy Snow, January 18, 2024
- Heavy Snow, January 15, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 1, 2023
- Tornado, May 16, 2023
- Flood, February 17, 2023
- Heavy Snow, January 13, 2023
- Cold/Wind Chill, December 23, 2022
- Flash Flood, July 28, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 22, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 17, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 2, 2022
- Heavy Snow, March 12, 2022
- Heavy Snow, January 6, 2022
- Heavy Snow, January 3, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 28, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 21, 2021
- Flash Flood, March 27, 2021
- Flood, March 1, 2021
- Heavy Snow, February 6, 2021
- Heavy Snow, February 1, 2021
- Heavy Snow, December 24, 2020
- Flood, February 6, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, October 31, 2019
- Hail, August 20, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 29, 2019
- Heavy Snow, December 9, 2018
- Flash Flood, June 26, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 25, 2018
- Flash Flood, May 26, 2018
- High Wind, April 23, 2018
- Hail, March 17, 2018
- Heavy Snow, March 12, 2018
- Flood, February 10, 2018
- Flash Flood, May 27, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 19, 2017
- Flood, April 22, 2017
- Heavy Snow, January 6, 2017
- Flash Flood, July 27, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 23, 2016
- Hail, June 22, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 12, 2016
- Hail, March 14, 2016
- Heavy Snow, February 14, 2016
- Heavy Snow, February 8, 2016
- Heavy Snow, January 22, 2016
- Heavy Snow, January 20, 2016
- High Wind, November 18, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 13, 2015
- Hail, June 21, 2015
- Blizzard, March 4, 2015
- Flood, March 4, 2015
- Heavy Snow, February 26, 2015
- Heavy Snow, February 21, 2015
- Ice Storm, February 16, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 10, 2014
- Hail, April 28, 2014
- Ice Storm, March 3, 2014
- Thunderstorm Wind, February 21, 2014
- Heavy Snow, February 12, 2014
- Heavy Snow, November 26, 2013
- Hail, July 18, 2013
- Hail, June 13, 2013
- Heavy Snow, March 25, 2013
- Heavy Snow, March 5, 2013
- Heavy Snow, January 17, 2013
- Heavy Snow, October 28, 2012
- Hail, August 1, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 31, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 24, 2012
- Hail, July 1, 2012
- Hail, May 18, 2012
- Hail, April 4, 2012
- Hail, February 29, 2012
- Flash Flood, February 22, 2012
- Heavy Snow, February 19, 2012
- Hail, August 18, 2011
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 11, 2011
- Hail, July 3, 2011
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 21, 2011
- Hail, June 9, 2011
- Tornado, May 24, 2011
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 10, 2011
- Tornado, April 27, 2011
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 4, 2011
- High Wind, February 1, 2011
- Heavy Snow, December 25, 2010
- Heavy Snow, December 12, 2010
- Heavy Snow, December 6, 2010
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 5, 2010
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 4, 2010
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 21, 2010
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 14, 2010
- Heavy Snow, February 15, 2010
- Heavy Snow, February 9, 2010
- Heavy Snow, January 29, 2010
- Heavy Snow, December 18, 2009
- High Wind, December 9, 2009
- Flash Flood, September 26, 2009
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 28, 2009
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 18, 2009
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 17, 2009
- Tornado, June 16, 2009
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 11, 2009
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 3, 2009
- Tornado, May 8, 2009
- Hail, April 10, 2009
- Heavy Snow, April 7, 2009
- Tornado, February 11, 2009
- Heavy Snow, February 3, 2009
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 28, 2008
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 26, 2008
- Hail, June 16, 2008
- Hail, June 9, 2008
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 19, 2008
- Tornado, March 4, 2008
- Heavy Snow, February 27, 2008
- Heavy Snow, January 16, 2008
- Hail, August 25, 2007
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 24, 2007
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 25, 2007
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 13, 2007
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 12, 2007
- Heavy Snow, February 18, 2007
- High Wind, December 1, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 7, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 23, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 11, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 26, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 17, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 7, 2006
- Heavy Snow, February 17, 2006
- Heavy Snow, February 11, 2006
- Heavy Snow, January 14, 2006
- Hail, December 28, 2005
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 16, 2005
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 27, 2005
- Flood, July 7, 2005
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 1, 2005
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 1, 2005
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 14, 2005
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 14, 2005
- Hail, May 13, 2005
- Heavy Snow, February 28, 2005
- Ice Storm, January 29, 2005
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 13, 2004
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 13, 2004
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 5, 2004
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 12, 2004
- Hail, June 2, 2004
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 31, 2004
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 30, 2004
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 26, 2004
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 26, 2004
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 10, 2004
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 10, 2004
- Heavy Snow, February 26, 2004
- Heavy Snow, February 15, 2004
- Ice Storm, January 25, 2004
- Winter Storm, January 9, 2004
- Heavy Snow, December 19, 2003
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 12, 2003
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 5, 2003
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 9, 2003
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 9, 2003
- Flood, April 10, 2003
- Hail, April 8, 2003
- Flood, February 21, 2003
- Flash Flood, February 16, 2003
- Flood, February 14, 2003
- Heavy Snow, February 9, 2003
- Heavy Snow, February 7, 2003
- Winter Storm, January 22, 2003
- Winter Storm, January 16, 2003
- Heavy Snow, January 5, 2003
- Winter Storm, December 4, 2002
- Thunderstorm Wind, November 11, 2002
- Hail, November 10, 2002
- Thunderstorm Wind, November 10, 2002
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 2, 2002
- Hail, July 2, 2002
- Hail, July 2, 2002
- Hail, May 2, 2002
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 2, 2002
- Hail, May 2, 2002
- Hail, May 1, 2002
- Flood, March 17, 2002
- Flash Flood, March 17, 2002
- Winter Storm, January 5, 2002
- Flash Flood, August 30, 2001
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 23, 2001
- Flash Flood, July 29, 2001
- Flash Flood, July 29, 2001
- Flash Flood, July 29, 2001
- Flash Flood, July 29, 2001
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 8, 2001
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 8, 2001
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 25, 2001
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 25, 2001
- Flash Flood, May 19, 2001
- Winter Storm, March 20, 2001
- Winter Storm, March 5, 2001
- Winter Storm, January 20, 2001
- Winter Storm, January 1, 2001
- Winter Storm, December 18, 2000
- Winter Storm, December 2, 2000
- Thunderstorm Wind, November 9, 2000
- Hail, July 14, 2000
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 14, 2000
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 19, 2000
- Winter Storm, January 22, 2000
- Winter Storm, January 17, 2000
- Hail, August 19, 1999
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 23, 1999
- Winter Storm, March 26, 1999
- Winter Storm, March 14, 1999
- Winter Storm, March 3, 1999
- Ice Storm, December 22, 1998
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 24, 1998
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 24, 1998
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 22, 1998
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 16, 1998
- Hail, June 16, 1998
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 20, 1998
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 20, 1998
- Hail, April 15, 1998
- Thunderstorm Wind, February 17, 1998
- Winter Storm, February 4, 1998
Earlier years, state by state:
More
Tornadoes in Wise CountyEvery warning in Wise 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.