Tornado History Map

Amelia County, Virginia tornado history

11 tornadoes recorded in or across Amelia County from 1983 to 2018, 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 Amelia County

The Storm Prediction Center records 11 tornadoes whose paths touched Amelia County, Virginia between 1983 and 2018. None of them is recorded as having killed anyone. The busiest month is September, with 4 tornadoes. The strongest was an F3 on 4 May 1990. The most recent was on 11 October 2018.

  • 11tornadoes
  • 0deaths
  • 2injuries
  • 310per 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 Amelia County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF0327%
F1 / EF1655%
F2 / EF219%
F3 / EF319%
F4 / EF400%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating00%

Amelia County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 5 in 2000s.1980s21990s12000s52010s3

The 2010s only run to 2018, so that bar is for a shorter period. The record starts in 1950.

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PeriodCount
1980s2
1990s1
2000s5
2010s3
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 4 in Sep.Jan1Feb0Mar0Apr0May2Jun1Jul0Aug0Sep4Oct2Nov1Dec0
Show the numbers
PeriodCount
Jan1
Feb0
Mar0
Apr0
May2
Jun1
Jul0
Aug0
Sep4
Oct2
Nov1
Dec0

Records for Amelia County

  • Strongest and Longest path: Virginia tornado4 May 1990, F3, 8 miles long
  • Most recent: Virginia tornado11 October 2018, EF2, 1.6 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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