Tornado History Map

Accomack County, Virginia tornado history

9 tornadoes recorded in or across Accomack County from 1962 to 2015, 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 Accomack County

The Storm Prediction Center records 9 tornadoes whose paths touched Accomack County, Virginia between 1962 and 2015. None of them is recorded as having killed anyone. The busiest month is May, with 2 tornadoes. The strongest was an F2 on 2 October 1973. The most recent was on 4 August 2015.

  • 9tornadoes
  • 0deaths
  • 1injury
  • 200per 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 Accomack County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF0556%
F1 / EF1333%
F2 / EF2111%
F3 / EF300%
F4 / EF400%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating00%

Accomack County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 3 in 2010s.1960s21970s21990s12000s12010s3

The 2010s only run to 2015, so that bar is for a shorter period. The record starts in 1950.

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PeriodCount
1960s2
1970s2
1990s1
2000s1
2010s3
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 2 in May.Jan0Feb0Mar0Apr1May2Jun0Jul2Aug2Sep0Oct1Nov1Dec0
Show the numbers
PeriodCount
Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr1
May2
Jun0
Jul2
Aug2
Sep0
Oct1
Nov1
Dec0

Records for Accomack County

  • Strongest: Virginia tornado2 October 1973, F2, 0.1 miles long
  • Longest path: Virginia tornado11 November 1995, F1, 2 miles long
  • Most recent: Virginia tornado4 August 2015, EF0, 1.8 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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