Tornado History Map

Fauquier County, Virginia tornado history

29 tornadoes recorded in or across Fauquier County from 1953 to 2017, 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 Fauquier County

The Storm Prediction Center records 29 tornadoes whose paths touched Fauquier County, Virginia between 1953 and 2017. None of them is recorded as having killed anyone. The busiest month is September, with 10 tornadoes. The strongest was an F4 on 24 September 2001. The most recent was on 11 August 2017.

  • 29tornadoes
  • 0deaths
  • 43injuries
  • 448per 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 Fauquier County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF01241%
F1 / EF11034%
F2 / EF2414%
F3 / EF327%
F4 / EF413%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating00%

Fauquier County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 13 in 2000s.1950s21970s11980s11990s62000s132010s6

The 2010s only run to 2017, so that bar is for a shorter period. The record starts in 1950.

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PeriodCount
1950s2
1970s1
1980s1
1990s6
2000s13
2010s6
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 10 in Sep.Jan0Feb0Mar1Apr6May2Jun3Jul1Aug3Sep10Oct3Nov0Dec0
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PeriodCount
Jan0
Feb0
Mar1
Apr6
May2
Jun3
Jul1
Aug3
Sep10
Oct3
Nov0
Dec0

Records for Fauquier County

  • Strongest: Culpeper, Virginia tornado24 September 2001, F4, 2 injuries, 10 miles long
  • Longest path: Virginia tornado17 September 2004, F2, 13 miles long
  • Most recent: Virginia tornado11 August 2017, EF0, 1.4 miles long

Notable tornadoes in Fauquier County

Many of these tornadoes killed or injured people. The numbers are the official record's, and they may be revised.

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