Tornado History Map

Middlesex County, Virginia tornado history

12 tornadoes recorded in or across Middlesex County from 1976 to 2025, 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 Middlesex County

The Storm Prediction Center records 12 tornadoes whose paths touched Middlesex County, Virginia between 1976 and 2025. None of them is recorded as having killed anyone. The busiest month is July, with 3 tornadoes. The strongest was an F3 on 6 August 1993. The most recent was on 9 November 2025.

  • 12tornadoes
  • 0deaths
  • 0injuries
  • 921per 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 Middlesex County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF0433%
F1 / EF1542%
F2 / EF2217%
F3 / EF318%
F4 / EF400%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating00%

Middlesex County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 5 in 2010s.1970s11980s11990s22000s22010s52020s1

The 2020s only run to 2025, so that bar is for a shorter period. The record starts in 1950.

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PeriodCount
1970s1
1980s1
1990s2
2000s2
2010s5
2020s1
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 3 in Jul.Jan0Feb2Mar1Apr2May1Jun0Jul3Aug1Sep0Oct1Nov1Dec0
Show the numbers
PeriodCount
Jan0
Feb2
Mar1
Apr2
May1
Jun0
Jul3
Aug1
Sep0
Oct1
Nov1
Dec0

Records for Middlesex County

  • Strongest: Virginia tornado6 August 1993, F3, 2.9 miles long
  • Longest path: Virginia tornado24 February 2016, EF1, 6.1 miles long
  • Most recent: Virginia tornado9 November 2025, EF0, 0.5 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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