Nottoway County

Every recorded tornado

1. Injuries and deaths are for the tornado’s whole path, which may extend beyond the county. Deaths recorded within Nottoway County: 0.
2. Weak tornadoes were under-recorded before Doppler radar coverage became national in the early 1990s, so earlier decades read low. Ratings use the Fujita scale before February 2007 and the Enhanced Fujita scale after.

Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, 1950 to 2025.

Every storm within 100 miles

1. Tropical storms and hurricanes (34 kt or more, still tropical) at closest approach. Post-tropical remnants with gale-force winds are listed but not counted. Direct: track within 50 miles; near: within 100 miles. Distance is measured to the county boundary for counties and to the city centre for cities, using positions interpolated hourly between HURDAT2 fixes.

National Hurricane Center HURDAT2, 1851 to 2025.

Smoke overhead

1. A smoke day is a date on which a smoke plume traced by NOAA Hazard Mapping System analysts from satellite imagery covered this place's point (the county's population centre or the city centre). Counts here are of medium or heavy smoke. Since 2018 analysts have often drawn light smoke as one area over most of the continent, so light-smoke counts are not comparable from year to year. The plumes show smoke anywhere in the air above, not air quality at the ground, and smoke hidden by cloud is missed.

NOAA Hazard Mapping System smoke analysis, 2011 to 2026, retrieved October 30, 2026.

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OpenFEMA NFIP Redacted Claims v3, refreshed August 4, 2026. NOAA Storm Events through 2026.

1. The Palmer Drought Severity Index is computed by NOAA each month from the county's average temperature and precipitation, relative to the county's own climate. Zero is normal; -3 or lower is severe drought and -4 or lower extreme drought. It describes the long-term balance of moisture, not water supply or crop losses.

NOAA NCEI nClimDiv county Palmer Drought Severity Index, 1895 to September 2026, issued October 6, 2026.

Every earthquake of magnitude 4 or more within 50 miles

1. Earthquakes of magnitude 2.5 or more in the USGS Comprehensive Catalog since 1900. Within 50 miles means the epicentre lies within 50 miles of the county boundary (or inside the county).
2. Small earthquakes were under-recorded before the modern seismic networks of the 1970s and are still missed in remote areas, so early decades read low. Magnitudes are as the catalogue reports them and mix scales (moment, local and body-wave).

USGS ANSS Comprehensive Earthquake Catalog, 1900 to present, retrieved October 30, 2026.

More event types since 1996

Costliest events since 1996

1. Oct 11, 2018Tornado$150,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   A tornado touched down by the Nottoway Correctional Center as an EF0. It then crossed Lewiston Plank Road, paralleling Route 360/460 where trees were snapped. The tornado did minor damage to Mimmo's Restaurant before crossing Business Route 360/460 into Burkeville, where the roof was blown off of Paris Inn Restaurant and a concrete block outbuilding collapsed. The tornado did its worst damage to a local auto repair shop on Cauthorne Street, where the roof was blown off and a portion of the back and side concrete block walls collapsed. There was extensive tree damage, as well as some damage to mobile homes at the same location on Cauthorne Street. The tornado then snapped some…

2. Jun 29, 2012Thunderstorm Wind$98,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   Numerous trees and power lines were downed. Structural damage also occurred.

3. Jan 30, 2000Ice Storm, Nottoway$50,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   A significant ice storm affected portions of central and eastern Virginia with ice accumulations up to three-quarters of an inch. Precipitation began as a mixture of freezing rain, sleet, and snow, but then changed to all freezing rain during the morning hours. Freezing rain fell moderate to heavily at times. Tens of thousands of power outages were reported due to the weight of the ice snapping trees and power lines. Between 0.25 and 0.75 inches of ice were reported from Nottoway, Amelia, Powhatan, and Goochland counties.

4. Feb 13, 2021Ice Storm, Nottoway$50,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   Freezing rain or freezing drizzle resulted in significant ice accretion between 0.30 inch and 0.50 inch across the county. Numerous trees and power lines were downed, with widespread power outages reported due to the ice accretion.

5. Mar 16, 2026Thunderstorm Wind$50,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   A roof was blown off of a business in Crewe. Additionally, broadcast media shared pictures from and individual claiming that five roofs were flown off with debris extending for around two blocks.

6. Feb 18, 2021Winter Storm, Nottoway$30,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   Ice accretions between 0.20 inch and 0.25 inch were reported. Several trees and power lines were downed, with numerous power outages reported.

7. Feb 11, 2025Winter Storm, Nottoway$25,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   Snowfall totals generally ranged from 2 to 3 inches across Nottoway County. A snowfall total of 2.5 inches was reported 1 mile (SSW) from Fergusonville. Snow changed over to a wintry mix with a period of sleet and a prolonged period of freezing rain occurring. Total ice accretion from freezing rain ranged from 0.25 to 0.5 inches. An ice accretion of 0.5 inches was reported 3 miles (N) from Jennings Ordinary. Additionally, widespread power outages were reported across the county (due mainly to the freezing rain) with more than 60 percent of the county without power during the peak of the event.

8. Mar 16, 2026Thunderstorm Wind$20,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   Roof damage was reported to Winn Furniture Warehouse.

9. May 2, 2002Tornado$20,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   Mobile home severely damaged. Trees down.

10. Sep 16, 1999Flash Flood$18,000
    National Weather Service narrative

    Very heavy rain from Hurricane Floyd produced widespread flooding and flash flooding across much of central and eastern Virginia, and northeast North Carolina. Rainfall amounts generally ranged from near 7 inches from eastern Caroline county to Richmond City to Brunswick, Lunenburg and Mecklenburg counties, to 12 to 18 inches in much of the Virginia Tidewater. Numerous roads were washed out due to flooding. Many areas normally prone only to flooding of poor drainage and low lying areas experienced significant flash flooding. Primary routes out of service included US 460 near Wakefield, US 58 near Emporia and Franklin, and Interstate 95 south of Petersburg to Emporia. River…

1. Storm Events records before 1996 cover only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail. Damage figures are as reported by the National Weather Service at the time, not adjusted for inflation.

NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, 1950 to 2026, issued October 26, 2026.

All-time high

103°F5 times, most recently Jun 30, 2012

All-time low

−13°F2 times, most recently Jan 8, 2018

Warmest night

78°F2 times, most recently Jul 26, 2010

Coldest day

13°F2 times, most recently Jan 20, 1994

Wettest day

5.91 inSep 19, 2003

Snowiest day

10.0 inFeb 11, 1983

Hottest year

2019mean 59.5°F

Coldest year

1988mean 53.4°F

Wettest year

200374.18 in

Driest year

198833.48 in

Snowiest season

37.0 in1979-80

Station Fort Pickett (USC00441322), 330 ft elevation, 10.5 miles from the population centre. Daily records from 1972 to September 30, 2026; 96.5% of days in the last 30 years are complete. Records at a single station can differ from a city’s official threaded record, which may combine several stations.

NOAA NCEI Global Historical Climatology Network Daily.

This product uses the Federal Emergency Management Agency's OpenFEMA API, but is not endorsed by FEMA. The Federal Government or FEMA cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from the Agency's website(s).

OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations Summaries, retrieved October 30, 2026. Statewide declarations are not listed.

Neighbouring counties

• Tornadoes NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, through 2025.
• Tropical cyclones NOAA National Hurricane Center HURDAT2 (Atlantic; Northeast and Central Pacific), through 2025.
• Wildfire USGS/USFS Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity, through 2026.
• Storm events NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, through 2026.
• Flood insurance OpenFEMA NFIP Redacted Claims v3, refreshed August 4, 2026.
• Declarations OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations Summaries v2, retrieved October 30, 2026.
• Weather records NOAA NCEI Global Historical Climatology Network Daily, station USC00441322.
• River crests NOAA National Weather Service, National Water Prediction Service river gauges, retrieved October 30, 2026.
• Drought NOAA NCEI nClimDiv county Palmer Drought Severity Index, through September 2026.
• Smoke NOAA NESDIS Hazard Mapping System smoke analysis, retrieved October 30, 2026.
• Earthquakes USGS ANSS Comprehensive Earthquake Catalog (ComCat), retrieved October 30, 2026.

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