Tornado History Map

Clarke County, Virginia tornado history

11 tornadoes recorded in or across Clarke County from 1975 to 2024, coloured by rating on the map.

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Years1950 to 2025
Rating (F or EF scale)

Shows tornadoes that started in, or crossed, the chosen state. To see how many have passed near you, search a town or ZIP code, or tap the map.

Key
  • F0 / EF0 Light damage
  • F1 / EF1 Moderate damage
  • F2 / EF2 Considerable damage
  • F3 / EF3 Severe damage
  • F4 / EF4 Devastating damage
  • F5 / EF5 Incredible damage
  • Unknown Not rated (2007 onwards)

How to read the lines. Each line is one tornado, drawn from where it started to where it ended, coloured and sized by its rating. A dot means the record has no end point. Tap a line for its details, or tap anywhere else to see how many tornadoes have passed nearby. Weaker tornadoes appear as you zoom in. Ratings use the Fujita (F) scale before 1 February 2007 and the Enhanced Fujita (EF) scale from then on.

Tornadoes in Clarke County

The Storm Prediction Center records 11 tornadoes whose paths touched Clarke County, Virginia between 1975 and 2024. None of them is recorded as having killed anyone. The busiest month is June, with 3 tornadoes. The strongest was an F2 on 4 August 1975. The most recent was on 8 August 2024.

  • 11tornadoes
  • 0deaths
  • 0injuries
  • 625per 10,000 sq mi of land

A tornado that crossed several counties counts in each one, so county counts add up to more than the state's.

How strong were the tornadoes in Clarke County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF0436%
F1 / EF1655%
F2 / EF219%
F3 / EF300%
F4 / EF400%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating00%

Clarke County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 3 in 1990s.1970s21980s11990s32000s32010s12020s1

The 2020s only run to 2024, so that bar is for a shorter period. The record starts in 1950.

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PeriodCount
1970s2
1980s1
1990s3
2000s3
2010s1
2020s1
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 3 in Jun.Jan0Feb0Mar1Apr1May2Jun3Jul0Aug3Sep1Oct0Nov0Dec0
Show the numbers
PeriodCount
Jan0
Feb0
Mar1
Apr1
May2
Jun3
Jul0
Aug3
Sep1
Oct0
Nov0
Dec0

Records for Clarke County

  • Strongest: Virginia tornado4 August 1975, F2, 0.8 miles long
  • Longest path: Virginia tornado27 May 2001, F1, 5.5 miles long
  • Most recent: Virginia tornado8 August 2024, EF1, 4.8 miles long

Many of these tornadoes killed or injured people. The numbers are the official record's, and they may be revised.

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