Virginia

Storm History: York County, Virginia

209 episodes, 277 events since 1951

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in York 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
277
Deaths
0
Injuries
6
Damage
$12 million
Episodes
209

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
Hail5801$5.3 million
Thunderstorm Wind5201$209,000
Tornado4604$5.8 million
Flash Flood4400$13,000
Heavy Rain3300
Coastal Flood1000
Winter Weather800$20,000
Flood600$200,000
Winter Storm500$1,000
Tropical Storm400$180,000
Lightning200$6,000
Heavy Snow200$1,000
High Wind200$30,000
Excessive Heat200
Funnel Cloud100
Frost/Freeze100
Blizzard100

The deadliest

None recorded.

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 York County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

More

Tornadoes in York CountyEvery warning in York 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.