# Tornadoes in Virginia since 1950: 828, #27 in the US (Map + Data) | InstaMaps

> Virginia has 828 tornadoes (1.1% of the US), #27 by count and #31 per person. From NOAA Storm Prediction Center Severe Weather Database. Map to embed, CSV download.

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# Tornadoes in Virginia since 1950

Virginia has recorded **828 tornadoes since 1950**: 1.1% of the US total of 73,424\. That ranks **#27 by count** and **#31 per person** (9.4 per 100,000 residents) of 51.

## Key takeaways

* Virginia has recorded 828 tornadoes since 1950, 1.1% of the US total of 73,424.
* That ranks #27 of 51 by count and #31 per person (9.4 per 100,000 residents).
* Texas has the most, with 9,610.
* Virginia’s busiest year was 2004, with 83 tornadoes; it averages 10.9 a year.
* 2 were rated F4/EF4 or stronger.
* Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center Severe Weather Database, 1950–2025.

#31

national rank (per capita)

828

tornadoes

9.4

per 100k residents

## The data

Source: [NOAA Storm Prediction Center Severe Weather Database](https://www.spc.noaa.gov/wcm/), 1950–2025\. Each tornado at its touchdown point, in the state NOAA records for it. The rating is F-scale before February 2007 and EF-scale after. The 2025 figures can still be revised.

Licence: U.S. government data: no copyright, free to reuse

[Virginia: 828 rows (CSV)](/downloads/tornadoes/virginia.csv)[All of the US (CSV)](/downloads/tornadoes/us.csv)

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## Virginia tornado history, 1950–2025

### By decade

1950s41

1960s41

1970s81

1980s54

1990s126

2000s243

2010s178

2020s64

### By strength

| F0/EF0  | 340 |
| ------- | --- |
| F1/EF1  | 351 |
| F2/EF2  | 100 |
| F3/EF3  | 35  |
| F4/EF4  | 2   |
| F5/EF5  | 0   |
| Unrated | 0   |

F-scale before February 2007, Enhanced Fujita (EF) after. Busiest year: 2004 (83).

### The strongest: every F4/EF4 and F5/EF5 in Virginia, newest first

2001-09-24 · F41993-08-06 · F4

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