York County, Virginia tornado history

9 tornadoes recorded in or across York County from 1951 to 2019, coloured by rating on the map.

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Years1950 to 2025
Rating (F or EF scale)

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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 York County

The Storm Prediction Center records 9 tornadoes whose paths touched York County, Virginia between 1951 and 2019. They killed 2 people and injured 24. The busiest month is August, with 5 tornadoes. The strongest was an EF3 on 16 April 2011. The most recent was on 19 April 2019.

  • 9tornadoes
  • 2deaths
  • 24injuries
  • 860per 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 York County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF0444%
F1 / EF1444%
F2 / EF200%
F3 / EF3111%
F4 / EF400%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating00%

York County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 4 in 2000s.1950s11990s22000s42010s2

The 2010s only run to 2019, so that bar is for a shorter period. The record starts in 1950.

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PeriodCount
1950s1
1990s2
2000s4
2010s2
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 5 in Aug.Jan0Feb0Mar0Apr2May0Jun0Jul1Aug5Sep0Oct0Nov1Dec0
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PeriodCount
Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr2
May0
Jun0
Jul1
Aug5
Sep0
Oct0
Nov1
Dec0

Records for York County

Notable tornadoes in York 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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