Tornado History Map

Caroline County, Virginia tornado history

17 tornadoes recorded in or across Caroline County from 1975 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 Caroline County

The Storm Prediction Center records 17 tornadoes whose paths touched Caroline County, Virginia between 1975 and 2024. None of them is recorded as having killed anyone. The busiest month is September, with 5 tornadoes. The strongest was an F2 on 1 April 1998. The most recent was on 8 August 2024.

  • 17tornadoes
  • 0deaths
  • 3injuries
  • 322per 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 Caroline County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF0741%
F1 / EF1953%
F2 / EF216%
F3 / EF300%
F4 / EF400%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating00%

Caroline County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 6 in 2000s.1970s31980s21990s12000s62010s32020s2

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

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PeriodCount
1970s3
1980s2
1990s1
2000s6
2010s3
2020s2
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 5 in Sep.Jan0Feb0Mar1Apr3May0Jun3Jul2Aug2Sep5Oct0Nov1Dec0
Show the numbers
PeriodCount
Jan0
Feb0
Mar1
Apr3
May0
Jun3
Jul2
Aug2
Sep5
Oct0
Nov1
Dec0

Records for Caroline County

  • Strongest: Virginia tornado1 April 1998, F2, 1 injury, 4 miles long
  • Longest path: Virginia tornado8 September 2004, F1, 17.8 miles long
  • Most recent: Virginia tornado8 August 2024, EF1, 1.7 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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