Tornado History Map

Bedford County, Virginia tornado history

14 tornadoes recorded in or across Bedford County from 1976 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 Bedford County

The Storm Prediction Center records 14 tornadoes whose paths touched Bedford County, Virginia between 1976 and 2024. None of them is recorded as having killed anyone. The busiest month is April, with 5 tornadoes. The strongest was an EF3 on 15 April 2018. The most recent was on 27 September 2024.

  • 14tornadoes
  • 0deaths
  • 27injuries
  • 184per 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 Bedford County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF017%
F1 / EF1857%
F2 / EF2429%
F3 / EF317%
F4 / EF400%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating00%

Bedford County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 5 in 2010s.1970s11990s32000s32010s52020s2

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

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PeriodCount
1970s1
1990s3
2000s3
2010s5
2020s2
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 5 in Apr.Jan0Feb0Mar0Apr5May4Jun1Jul2Aug0Sep2Oct0Nov0Dec0
Show the numbers
PeriodCount
Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr5
May4
Jun1
Jul2
Aug0
Sep2
Oct0
Nov0
Dec0

Records for Bedford County

  • Strongest and Longest path: Virginia tornado15 April 2018, EF3, 12 injuries, 20.4 miles long
  • Most recent: Virginia tornado27 September 2024, EF1, 1.2 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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