Tornado History Map

Southampton County, Virginia tornado history

20 tornadoes recorded in or across Southampton County from 1961 to 2023, 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 Southampton County

The Storm Prediction Center records 20 tornadoes whose paths touched Southampton County, Virginia between 1961 and 2023. None of them is recorded as having killed anyone. The busiest month is April, with 4 tornadoes. The strongest was an EF2 on 4 August 2020. The most recent was on 4 January 2023.

  • 20tornadoes
  • 0deaths
  • 0injuries
  • 334per 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 Southampton County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF01260%
F1 / EF1525%
F2 / EF2315%
F3 / EF300%
F4 / EF400%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating00%

Southampton County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 6 in 2000s.1960s11980s21990s12000s62010s52020s5

The 2020s only run to 2023, so that bar is for a shorter period. The record starts in 1950.

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PeriodCount
1960s1
1980s2
1990s1
2000s6
2010s5
2020s5
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 4 in Apr.Jan1Feb0Mar0Apr4May3Jun2Jul2Aug4Sep1Oct1Nov2Dec0
Show the numbers
PeriodCount
Jan1
Feb0
Mar0
Apr4
May3
Jun2
Jul2
Aug4
Sep1
Oct1
Nov2
Dec0

Records for Southampton County

  • Strongest and Longest path: Virginia tornado4 August 2020, EF2, 15.9 miles long
  • Most recent: Virginia tornado4 January 2023, EF0, 2.2 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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