Tornado History Map

Buckingham County, Virginia tornado history

6 tornadoes recorded in or across Buckingham County from 1959 to 2004, 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 Buckingham County

The Storm Prediction Center records 6 tornadoes whose paths touched Buckingham County, Virginia between 1959 and 2004. None of them is recorded as having killed anyone. The busiest month is September, with 2 tornadoes. The strongest was an F3 on 16 June 1966. The most recent was on 8 September 2004.

  • 6tornadoes
  • 0deaths
  • 0injuries
  • 104per 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 Buckingham County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF0233%
F1 / EF1233%
F2 / EF2117%
F3 / EF3117%
F4 / EF400%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating00%

Buckingham County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 2 in 1960s.1950s11960s21970s12000s2

The 2000s only run to 2004, so that bar is for a shorter period. The record starts in 1950.

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PeriodCount
1950s1
1960s2
1970s1
2000s2
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 2 in Sep.Jan0Feb0Mar0Apr0May1Jun1Jul0Aug1Sep2Oct1Nov0Dec0
Show the numbers
PeriodCount
Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr0
May1
Jun1
Jul0
Aug1
Sep2
Oct1
Nov0
Dec0

Records for Buckingham County

  • Strongest: Virginia tornado16 June 1966, F3, 1 mile long
  • Longest path: Virginia tornado9 May 2003, F0, 15 miles long
  • Most recent: Virginia tornado8 September 2004, F0, 0.8 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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