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NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database

Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Evington, VA

Every tropical system within 75 miles since 1851 and every tornado within 25 miles since 1950.

21 tropical systems have passed within 75 miles of Evington, Virginia since 1851, 3 of them at hurricane strength; the most recent was Zeta in 2020. Since 1950, 31 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 2 of them rated EF3 or stronger.

Hurricanes
3

within 75 mi, since 1851

Tropical storms
18

below hurricane strength

Tornadoes
31

within 25 mi, since 1950

EF3 or stronger
2

1 deaths in all

Tropical storms and hurricanes near Evington

Tropical systems that passed within 75 miles of Evington, Virginia, newest first
YearStormClosestStrength when closestPeak
2020ZetaOct 294 miTropical storm (52 mph)Category 3
2003IsabelSep 1961 miTropical storm (67 mph)Category 5
1996FranSep 66 miTropical storm (41 mph)Category 3
1979DavidSep 519 miTropical storm (46 mph)Category 5
1955DianeAug 1829 miTropical storm (54 mph)Category 2
1954HazelOct 1570 miCategory 1 (90 mph)Category 4
1952AbleSep 13 miTropical storm (48 mph)Category 2
1949Unnamed 1949 stormAug 2917 miTropical storm (58 mph)Category 4
1945Unnamed 1945 stormSep 1853 miTropical storm (46 mph)Category 4
1944Unnamed 1944 stormAug 274 miTropical storm (40 mph)Category 1
1928Unnamed 1928 stormAug 1260 miTropical storm (40 mph)Category 2
1915Unnamed 1915 stormAug 42 miTropical storm (46 mph)Category 1
1902Unnamed 1902 stormOct 1215 miTropical storm (40 mph)Category 2
1896Unnamed 1896 stormSep 3020 miCategory 1 (76 mph)Category 3
1893Unnamed 1893 stormOct 1354 miCategory 1 (82 mph)Category 3
1893Unnamed 1893 stormAug 293 miTropical storm (68 mph)Category 3
1886Unnamed 1886 stormJun 2265 miTropical storm (40 mph)Category 2
1885Unnamed 1885 stormOct 1341 miTropical storm (46 mph)Tropical storm
1882Unnamed 1882 stormSep 1161 miTropical storm (46 mph)Category 3
1878Unnamed 1878 stormSep 1322 miTropical storm (58 mph)Category 2
1859Unnamed 1859 stormSep 1770 miTropical storm (53 mph)Category 1

Strength is the sustained wind on the track at the closest point, which is not the wind felt in Evington: a hurricane's worst winds sit within a few dozen miles of its centre, and inland cities are usually past that.

Tornadoes within 25 miles of Evington

By decade

  • 2020s2
  • 2010s9(2 EF3+)
  • 2000s10
  • 1990s4
  • 1980s2
  • 1970s3
  • 1960s1
Strongest tornadoes near Evington, Virginia
DateRatingDistancePathKilled / injured
Feb 24, 2016EF323 mi16.89 mi1 / 7
Apr 15, 2018EF37 mi20.4 mi0 / 12
May 27, 2022EF211 mi6.3 mi0 / 3
Apr 28, 2002F24 mi10 mi0 / 12
Jul 15, 1996F217 mi0.5 mi0 / 0
Jun 25, 1977F212 mi3.6 mi0 / 0
Jul 12, 1964F216 mi4.9 mi0 / 0
Sep 27, 2024EF116 mi1.24 mi0 / 0
May 11, 2019EF122 mi4.1 mi0 / 0
Apr 19, 2019EF121 mi2.22 mi0 / 0
May 19, 2018EF116 mi1 mi0 / 0
Apr 15, 2018EF115 mi1.7 mi0 / 0

The strongest 12 of 31, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.

How to read this page

A storm is listed when the centre of its track passed within 75 miles of Evington while it was at least a tropical storm, which is the reach of damaging wind and rain for a typical hurricane. Being on the list does not mean the city took a direct hit; the "closest" column says how near the centre came. Tornadoes are counted when any part of the path came within 25 miles.

Tornado records before the 1990s are thinner, because weak tornadoes in open country often went unreported before Doppler radar and mobile phones. A rise in the decade counts is mostly better reporting, not a change in the weather.

Tracks come from the National Hurricane Center's HURDAT2 database, tornadoes from the Storm Prediction Center's database. Both are the official federal records and both are revised as old storms are re-analysed.

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