Tornado History Map

Richmond County, Virginia tornado history

11 tornadoes recorded in or across Richmond County from 1966 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 Richmond County

The Storm Prediction Center records 11 tornadoes whose paths touched Richmond County, Virginia between 1966 and 2024. None of them is recorded as having killed anyone. The busiest month is January, with 2 tornadoes. The strongest was an EF3 on 24 February 2016. The most recent was on 3 April 2024.

  • 11tornadoes
  • 0deaths
  • 27injuries
  • 574per 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 Richmond County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF0436%
F1 / EF1327%
F2 / EF2218%
F3 / EF3218%
F4 / EF400%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating00%

Richmond County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 4 in 2010s.1960s11970s11980s11990s12000s22010s42020s1

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

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PeriodCount
1960s1
1970s1
1980s1
1990s1
2000s2
2010s4
2020s1
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 2 in Jan.Jan2Feb2Mar0Apr2May0Jun2Jul0Aug2Sep0Oct0Nov1Dec0
Show the numbers
PeriodCount
Jan2
Feb2
Mar0
Apr2
May0
Jun2
Jul0
Aug2
Sep0
Oct0
Nov1
Dec0

Records for Richmond County

  • Strongest and Longest path: Virginia tornado24 February 2016, EF3, 25 injuries, 30.3 miles long
  • Most recent: Virginia tornado3 April 2024, EF1, 5.8 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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