Tornado History Map

Nottoway County, Virginia tornado history

14 tornadoes recorded in or across Nottoway County from 1966 to 2018, 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 Nottoway County

The Storm Prediction Center records 14 tornadoes whose paths touched Nottoway County, Virginia between 1966 and 2018. None of them is recorded as having killed anyone. The busiest month is May, with 3 tornadoes. The strongest was an F3 on 22 May 1983. The most recent was on 11 October 2018.

  • 14tornadoes
  • 0deaths
  • 0injuries
  • 445per 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 Nottoway County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF0321%
F1 / EF1750%
F2 / EF2321%
F3 / EF317%
F4 / EF400%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating00%

Nottoway County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 6 in 2000s.1960s11970s21980s31990s12000s62010s1

The 2010s only run to 2018, so that bar is for a shorter period. The record starts in 1950.

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PeriodCount
1960s1
1970s2
1980s3
1990s1
2000s6
2010s1
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 3 in May.Jan0Feb0Mar0Apr0May3Jun0Jul3Aug3Sep2Oct2Nov1Dec0
Show the numbers
PeriodCount
Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr0
May3
Jun0
Jul3
Aug3
Sep2
Oct2
Nov1
Dec0

Records for Nottoway County

  • Strongest: Virginia tornado22 May 1983, F3, 3.5 miles long
  • Longest path: Virginia tornado6 August 1993, F2, 38 miles long
  • Most recent: Virginia tornado11 October 2018, EF1, 1.4 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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