Tornado History Map

Pittsylvania County, Virginia tornado history

25 tornadoes recorded in or across Pittsylvania County from 1953 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 Pittsylvania County

The Storm Prediction Center records 25 tornadoes whose paths touched Pittsylvania County, Virginia between 1953 and 2024. None of them is recorded as having killed anyone. The busiest month is September, with 5 tornadoes. The strongest was an EF2 on 27 September 2024. The most recent was on 27 September 2024.

  • 25tornadoes
  • 0deaths
  • 5injuries
  • 258per 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 Pittsylvania County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF0728%
F1 / EF11560%
F2 / EF2312%
F3 / EF300%
F4 / EF400%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating00%

Pittsylvania County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 8 in 2000s.1950s11960s11970s31980s11990s42000s82010s42020s3

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

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PeriodCount
1950s1
1960s1
1970s3
1980s1
1990s4
2000s8
2010s4
2020s3
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 5 in Sep.Jan0Feb2Mar1Apr3May4Jun4Jul3Aug0Sep5Oct2Nov1Dec0
Show the numbers
PeriodCount
Jan0
Feb2
Mar1
Apr3
May4
Jun4
Jul3
Aug0
Sep5
Oct2
Nov1
Dec0

Records for Pittsylvania County

  • Strongest: Virginia tornado27 September 2024, EF2, 1 injury, 6.9 miles long
  • Longest path: North Carolina tornado15 April 2018, EF1, 16.4 miles long
  • Most recent: Virginia tornado27 September 2024, EF1, 0.2 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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