Tornado History Map

Mecklenburg County, Virginia tornado history

12 tornadoes recorded in or across Mecklenburg County from 1978 to 2019, 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 Mecklenburg County

The Storm Prediction Center records 12 tornadoes whose paths touched Mecklenburg County, Virginia between 1978 and 2019. None of them is recorded as having killed anyone. The busiest month is July, with 3 tornadoes. The strongest was an F2 on 29 August 1988. The most recent was on 31 October 2019.

  • 12tornadoes
  • 0deaths
  • 1injury
  • 192per 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 Mecklenburg County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF0433%
F1 / EF1758%
F2 / EF218%
F3 / EF300%
F4 / EF400%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating00%

Mecklenburg County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 5 in 2010s.1970s11980s11990s32000s22010s5

The 2010s only run to 2019, so that bar is for a shorter period. The record starts in 1950.

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PeriodCount
1970s1
1980s1
1990s3
2000s2
2010s5
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 3 in Jul.Jan2Feb1Mar0Apr0May1Jun0Jul3Aug1Sep1Oct3Nov0Dec0
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PeriodCount
Jan2
Feb1
Mar0
Apr0
May1
Jun0
Jul3
Aug1
Sep1
Oct3
Nov0
Dec0

Records for Mecklenburg County

  • Strongest: Virginia tornado29 August 1988, F2, 1 injury, 4 miles long
  • Longest path: Virginia tornado5 May 2017, EF1, 14.8 miles long
  • Most recent: Virginia tornado31 October 2019, EF1, 4.5 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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