Virginia Tropical Storms and Hurricanes

Posted: 09-Aug-2006; Updated: 31-Jul-2007

Virginia also receives severe weather systems that are remnants of tropical storms and hurricanes that make landfall in other states. The table below lists the tropical storms and hurricanes that have had a direct impact on Virginia since 1996.

See a map of hurricane storm tracks in Virginia since 1970 »

Year	Name	Impacts
1996	Hurricane Bertha Cat. 3 Cat. 2 before landfall in North Carolina Tropical storm over Virginia	Storm surge as high as 6 feet in North Carolina 7 tornadoes across the Southeast 8 deaths $270 million in total U.S. damages
1996	Hurricane Fran Cat. 3 Landfall in North Carolina Tropical storm over Virginia	8- to 12-foot storm surge in North Carolina Up to 12 inches of rain 34 deaths 4.5 million people in the Carolinas and Virginia were left without power
1997	Hurricane Danny Cat. 1 Tropical storm over Virginia	4 deaths $100 million in damages nationwide
1999	Hurricane Dennis Cat. 2 Tropical storm over Virginia	The eye of this hurricane never made landfall Agricultural losses in North Carolina and Virginia were $37 million; damages nationwide were estimated to be $157 million
1999	Hurricane Floyd Cat. 2 Landfall in North Carolina Tropical storm over Virginia	9- to 10-foot storm surge Excessive rainfall across Carolinas and Virginia 56 deaths $3-6 billion in damages nationwide
2001	Tropical Storm Allison	Excessive rain—up to 30 inches in places 23 tornadoes 41 deaths $5 billion in damages nationwide
2003	Hurricane Isabel Cat. 5 Cat. 2 before landfall in North Carolina Tropical storm over Virginia	8-foot storm surge 17 deaths $3.4 billion in damages nationwide
2004	Hurricane Charley Cat. 4 upon landfall in Florida Cat. 1 upon landfall in South Carolina Tropical system over Virginia	7-foot storm surge 16 tornadoes 10 deaths $15 billion in damages nationwide
2004	Hurricane Gaston Cat. 1 Began as tropical storm over Carolinas	Up to 12 inches of rain reported in the Carolinas and Virginia 15 tornadoes across the Carolinas and Virginia 8 deaths $130 million in damages nationwide; $60 million in Virginia
2004	Hurricane Ivan Cat. 4 Tropical storm across the East Coast and looped back to the Gulf	10- to 15-foot storm surge 10-15 inches of rain 25 deaths in United States $14.2 billion in damages nationwide
2004	Hurricane Jeanne Cat. 3 Landfall in Florida Tropical system over Virginia	6-foot storm surge 5 deaths in United States; 3 deaths in Florida, 1 death in South Carolina, 1 death in Virginia $6.9 billion in damages nationwide

Source: National Hurricane Center, Tropical Prediction Center, Archive of Hurricane Seasons

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