Nelson County, Virginia
Tornadoes, hail, floods and severe storms recorded here between 1961 and 2026, from NOAA's Storm Events Database. Search an address to see which tornadoes came closest to it.
3
Tornado reports
46
Hail reports
129
Floods since 1996
700
All events
1
Deaths
$2.8M
Property damage
Tornado paths in Nelson County
The part of each tornado’s path NOAA recorded in this county, 3 in all. Zoom in and the paths widen to their surveyed width.
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NOAA's storm database records tornadoes back to 1950 and hail and thunderstorm wind back to 1955, but floods only from 1996 on. Older floods are missing here. For those, the U.S. Geological Survey's stream gauge records and flood reports are the place to look.
Most significant events
The strongest tornadoes, deadliest events and biggest damage here, up to 50.
Nelson County Sheriff confirmed one person died when thunderstorm winds downed a tree limb onto the vehicle they were sheltering in near Wingina.
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
A tree blew down on 3500 block of James River Road.
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Trees and wires blew down in the 2100 block of VA-693 Salem Road causing a fire.
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A tree blew down on Tillman Lane near VA-617 Rockfish River Road/VA-693 Salem Road.
Flash Flood Flash Flood
Road washed out in the 2000 block of South Powell's Island Road.
Flash Flood Flash Flood
Report of water covering the northbound lanes of US-29, at the 20000th block of Thomas Nelson Hwy. The roadway was partly closed for several hours.
Flash Flood Flash Flood
Parts of Thomas Nelson Highway near Davis Creek Lane closed due to flooding from 6 to 12 inches of water flowing over the water.
Flash Flood Flash Flood
The 1400 block of Thomas Nelson Highway closed due to 2 to 3 feet of standing water.
Flash Flood Flash Flood
Southbound lanes of Thomas Nelson Highway closed between 13000 and 14000 block due to a mudslide. Snow plows used to move debris.
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
A tree blew down on Stagebridge Road at Wild Cherry Lane.
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A tree blew down on Adial Road.
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A tree blew down on Eagle Mountain Drive.
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A tree blew down on VA-151/VA-6 Rockfish Valley Highway/Critzer Shop Road at VA-6/VA-638 Avon Road/Afton Mountain Road.
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A tree blew down in the 100 block of Jonesboro Road.
Flood Flood
Patrick Henry Highway at Jennis Creek Road closed due to high water.
Flash Flood Flash Flood
Lowesville Road at Firehouse Road closed due to high water. Patrick Henry Highway at Lowesville Road also closed due to high water. Streams out of their banks flowing across the roads.
Flash Flood Flash Flood
The Rockfish near Greenfield river gauge reached minor flood stage with a peak crest of 12.95 feet. At 12 feet, water begins to cover a portion of Route 617 near the river. Nearby fields are also flooded.
High Wind High Wind
As a strong cold front moved through, westerly wind gusts intensified across central Virginia. The mesonet observation just northwest of Wintergreen, Virginia recorded a 58 mile per hour wind gust in Nelson County, Virginia.
Hail Hail
Quarter size hail was reported near Lovingston.
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Coating of snow and glaze of ice from freezing drizzle.
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Coldest apparent temperatures/wind chills overnight into morning hours.
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Hail Hail
Quarter size hail was reported off Dutch Creek Lane.
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Quarter size hail was reported off VA-655 Variety Mills Road.
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Flood Flood
Rockfish River Road was closed due to flowing water.
Flood Flood
Starvale Lane was closed due to high water over the road.
Flash Flood Flash Flood
Walkers Mountain Road was washed out due to water flowing over the road from Brown Creek.
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The intersection of Cold Storage Lane and Arrington Road was washed out due to flowing water.
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The intersection of of Craigtown Road and Naked Mountain Road was washed out due to flowing water.
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Mill Pond Road was closed due to high flowing water from Cove Creek being out of its banks.
Flood Flood
The roadway near the intersection of Rockfish River Road and Laurel Road was flooded.
Flood Flood
Slow moving water was reported over the roadway near the intersection of Crabtree Falls Highway and Marwell Drive.
Flood Flood
Williams Creek was out of its banks.
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There were reports of mudslides with several inches of water flowing over US-29 Thomas Nelson Highway around the 20000 block.
Events by year, as a table
| Year | Events | Tornadoes |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 5 | 0 |
| 2025 | 30 | 0 |
| 2024 | 37 | 0 |
| 2023 | 18 | 0 |
| 2022 | 28 | 0 |
| 2021 | 29 | 0 |
| 2020 | 34 | 0 |
| 2019 | 34 | 1 |
| 2018 | 44 | 0 |
| 2017 | 15 | 0 |
| 2016 | 29 | 0 |
| 2015 | 12 | 0 |
| 2014 | 19 | 0 |
| 2013 | 35 | 0 |
| 2012 | 36 | 0 |
| 2011 | 38 | 0 |
| 2010 | 26 | 0 |
| 2009 | 8 | 0 |
| 2008 | 10 | 1 |
| 2007 | 16 | 0 |
| 2006 | 17 | 0 |
| 2005 | 8 | 0 |
| 2004 | 7 | 0 |
| 2003 | 26 | 0 |
| 2002 | 18 | 0 |
| 2001 | 16 | 0 |
| 2000 | 29 | 0 |
| 1999 | 21 | 0 |
| 1998 | 18 | 0 |
| 1997 | 8 | 0 |
| 1996 | 14 | 0 |
| 1995 | 5 | 1 |
| 1994 | 1 | 0 |
| 1992 | 2 | 0 |
| 1989 | 1 | 0 |
| 1983 | 1 | 0 |
| 1982 | 2 | 0 |
| 1980 | 1 | 0 |
| 1968 | 1 | 0 |
| 1961 | 1 | 0 |
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