Tornadoes · United States · Virginia
1950 tornadoes in Virginia
No tornado was recorded in Virginia in 1950. The state averages 11.0 a year over the 75 years it has any in the record.
What Virginia usually sees
The record has 828 tornadoes in Virginia since 1950, 38 deaths. Every year in Virginia.
Nearby
Every tornado in Virginia since 1950Warnings in force in VirginiaThe live radar over Virginia
What this means
Ratings are the survey's, read off the damage rather than measured; the rating scale is above. Tornado counts rise through the record as reporting improved, so a year in the 1950s is not comparable with one today except for the strongest tornadoes, which were always noticed.
Sources
NOAA Storm Prediction Center tornado database, 1950-2025, the official record kept by NOAA's Storm Prediction Center.