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Greene County, Virginia

Recorded hazard history: storm events since 1950, federal disaster declarations since 1953, flood insurance claims since 1978, and FEMA's risk index.

FIPS 51079 · 20,968 residents (2021) · 156 sq mi · dominant hazard Winter

Hail · 19Tornado · 5Flood · 139Wind · 133Winter · 154

Greene County within Virginia. Dots: HailTornadoFloodWind event locations in the kept record. Boundaries: US Census Bureau.

NCEI notes that Storm Data is compiled from a variety of sources including the National Weather Service, other federal, state and local agencies, the media and the public; that property and crop damage figures are estimates; and that some events are recorded by NWS forecast zone rather than by county. FEMA notes that NFIP claim records are redacted and aggregated to protect the privacy of policyholders. NCEI storm records through 30 Jun 2026; OpenFEMA declarations refreshed 1 Oct 2026; NFIP claims as of 8 Sep 2026.

Greene County, Virginia, has 611 weather events in the NCEI Storm Events record since 1950, most of them winter storms and snow.

That is 391.8 events per 100 square miles, above the Virginia figure of 146.4, and 291.4 per 10,000 residents against 66.9 statewide.

16 events fall in the 12 months to 30 Jun 2026. NCEI attributes 1 death and 13 injuries to events in the county, with property damage estimated at $10M and crop damage at $2.3M.

FEMA has designated the county in 26 federal disaster declarations since 1953; the most recent is Severe Winter Storm (emergency, 23 Jan 2026).

National Flood Insurance Program policyholders in the county filed 28 claims since 1978, of which 20 were paid, totalling $231K (about $12K per paid claim). FEMA counts 50 residential flood policies in force.

FEMA's National Risk Index rates the county's overall risk as "Very Low" and its expected annual loss as "Very Low" ($4.7M a year across 18 hazards).

27 tropical storm or hurricane tracks in the HURDAT2 record passed within 100 miles of the county's centre at tropical-storm strength or more, 1 of them within 50 miles at hurricane strength.

16events, last 12 monthsto 30 Jun 2026

611events since 19501 death, 13 injuries recorded

26disaster declarationslast 23 Jan 2026

28NFIP flood claims$231K paid

Compared with Virginia and the United States

Measure	Greene County	Virginia	US
Recorded events since 1950	611	57,789	1,977,440
Events per 100 square miles	391.8	146.4	56.0
Events per 10,000 residents	291.4	66.9	59.6
Events in the last 12 months	16	1,941	62,008
Deaths recorded by NCEI	1	239	26,435
Property damage (NCEI estimates)	$10M	$2.7B	$575B
NFIP claims per 1,000 residents	1.3	5.9	8.1
Average paid NFIP claim	$12K	$19K	$43K
Claims per 100 policies in force, last 10 years	22.0	4.3	16.1

County-recorded events plus zone-recorded events whose forecast zone is named for the county. State and US rows include events recorded only by forecast zone. Rates use 2021 Census population and land area.

Events by decade

Tornado: 1

Hail: 3Tornado: 1Flood: 15Wind: 17Winter: 20Heat: 8Cold: 2Drought: 8Wildfire: 1Other: 1

Hail: 5Tornado: 2Flood: 13Wind: 33Winter: 40Heat: 16Cold: 14Drought: 1Lightning: 1Fog: 12Other: 5

Hail: 6Flood: 65Wind: 54Winter: 66Tropical: 1Heat: 12Cold: 20Fog: 32

Hail: 5Flood: 46Wind: 29Winter: 28Heat: 2Cold: 8Fog: 17

11950s01960s01970s11980s761990s1422000s2562010s1352020s

Recorded events in Greene County by decade and hazard group. HailTornadoFloodWindWinterTropicalHeatColdDroughtWildfireLightningFogOther NCEI recorded only tornadoes, hail and thunderstorm wind before 1996.

Trend: 432 events in the 20 years to 2025 against 170 in the 20 years before. Reporting practice changed in 1996 and again with automated reports in the 2000s, so decade totals measure the record as much as the weather.

Events by type

Winter154

Flood139

Wind133

Fog61

Cold44

Heat38

Hail19

Drought9

Other6

Tornado5

Tropical1

Wildfire1

Lightning1

Hazard	Events	Deaths	Share of state's events
■ Winter	154	—	1.5%	detail
■ Flood	139	—	1.7%	detail
■ Wind	133	—	0.6%	detail
■ Fog	61	—	3.6%
■ Cold	44	—	2.5%
■ Heat	38	—	2.8%
■ Hail	19	—	0.3%	detail
■ Drought	9	—	1.1%
■ Other	6	—	0.2%
■ Tornado	5	1	0.5%
■ Tropical	1	—	0.3%
■ Wildfire	1	—	2.3%
■ Lightning	1	—	0.2%

Hazard pages exist for hail, tornado, flood, wind and winter where the county has at least 10 recorded events. "Other" covers heavy rain, debris flow, dust, funnel clouds and similar reports.

Largest recorded events

Date	Event type	Group	Magnitude	Property damage	Crop damage	Deaths	Injuries	Geography
30 Sep 1959	Tornado	Tornado	F3	$25K	—	1	9	County
17 Sep 2004	Tornado	Tornado	F2	$3.0M	—	—	3	County
1 Jan 2003	Flood	Flood	—	—	—	—	1	Forecast zone
31 May 2018	Flash Flood	Flood	—	$4.1M	—	—	—	County
1 Aug 1999	Drought	Drought	—	—	$1.5M	—	—	Forecast zone
16 Jun 2008	Hail	Hail	3.75 in	$1.0M	—	—	—	County
30 May 2018	Flash Flood	Flood	—	$677K	$312K	—	—	County
18 Sep 2003	High Wind	Wind	58 mph	$500K	$100K	—	—	Forecast zone
25 Jul 1985	Tornado	Tornado	F3	$250K	—	—	—	County
6 Sep 1996	Flood	Flood	—	$200K	$50K	—	—	Forecast zone
6 Sep 1996	High Wind	Wind	—	$5K	$150K	—	—	Forecast zone
10 Apr 1997	Frost/Freeze	Cold	—	—	$100K	—	—	Forecast zone
27 Jun 2006	Flash Flood	Flood	—	$100K	—	—	—	County

Ranked by deaths, then injuries, then NCEI's damage estimate. Deaths and injuries are NCEI counts (direct plus indirect); no personal details are recorded here.

Federal disaster declarations

Declared	Number	Type	Incident	Title	Programs
23 Jan 2026	EM-3631	Emergency	Winter Storm	Severe Winter Storm	Public assistance
1 Oct 2024	DR-4831	Major disaster	Tropical Storm	Tropical Storm Helene	Public assistance
11 Mar 2022	DR-4644	Major disaster	Severe Storm	Severe Winter Storm And Snowstorm	Public assistance
2 Apr 2020	DR-4512	Major disaster	Biological	Covid-19 Pandemic	Individual assistance, Public assistance
13 Mar 2020	EM-3448	Emergency	Biological	Covid-19	Public assistance
11 Sep 2018	EM-3403	Emergency	Hurricane	Hurricane Florence	Public assistance
7 Mar 2016	DR-4262	Major disaster	Snowstorm	Severe Winter Storm And Snowstorm	Public assistance
26 Nov 2012	DR-4092	Major disaster	Hurricane	Hurricane Sandy	Public assistance
29 Oct 2012	EM-3359	Emergency	Hurricane	Hurricane Sandy	Public assistance
27 Jul 2012	DR-4072	Major disaster	Severe Storm	Severe Storms And Straight-Line Winds	Public assistance
27 Apr 2010	DR-1905	Major disaster	Snowstorm	Severe Winter Storms And Snowstorms	Public assistance
16 Feb 2010	DR-1874	Major disaster	Snowstorm	Severe Winter Storm And Snowstorm	Public assistance
12 Sep 2005	EM-3240	Emergency	Hurricane	Hurricane Katrina Evacuation	Public assistance
18 Sep 2003	DR-1491	Major disaster	Hurricane	Hurricane Isabel	Individual assistance, Public assistance
28 Feb 2000	DR-1318	Major disaster	Severe Storm	Severe Winter Storms	Public assistance
6 Sep 1996	DR-1135	Major disaster	Hurricane	Hurricane Fran And Associated Severe Storm Cond	Individual assistance, Public assistance
27 Jan 1996	DR-1098	Major disaster	Flood	Flooding, High Winds, And Wind Driven Rain	Public assistance
13 Jan 1996	DR-1086	Major disaster	Snowstorm	Blizzard Of 96 (Severe Snow Storm)	Public assistance
1 Jul 1995	DR-1059	Major disaster	Severe Storm	Severe Storms And Flooding	Individual assistance, Public assistance
11 Apr 1994	DR-1021	Major disaster	Severe Storm	Severe Winter Ice Storm	Public assistance
25 Mar 1993	EM-3112	Emergency	Snowstorm	Severe Winter Storm	Public assistance
19 May 1992	DR-944	Major disaster	Flood	Severe Storms & Flooding	Individual assistance, Public assistance
9 Nov 1985	DR-755	Major disaster	Flood	Severe Storms & Flooding	Public assistance
23 Jul 1977	EM-3046	Emergency	Drought	Drought	Public assistance
10 Oct 1972	DR-359	Major disaster	Flood	Severe Storms & Flooding	Individual assistance, Public assistance
23 Jun 1972	DR-339	Major disaster	Flood	Tropical Storm Agnes	Individual assistance, Public assistance

Declarations in which FEMA designated this county, from the OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations Summaries (v2). DR: major disaster; EM: emergency; FM: fire management assistance. Programs show whether individual or public assistance was made available.

Flood insurance claims

197820022026

NFIP claims by year of loss in Greene County, 1978 to 2026 (hover for the amount paid).

Claims since 197828

Paid claims20

Total paid$231K

Average paid claim$12K

Repetitive-loss properties11 severe

Residential policies in force500.6% of 8,302 structures

Year of loss	Claims	Paid claims	Amount paid	Average paid
2024	2	1	$46,346	$46,346
2020	1	1	$25,409	$25,409
2018	7	5	$68,664	$13,733
2017	1	1	$20,706	$20,706
2015	1	1	$7,665	$7,665
2014	1	0	$0	—
2013	2	2	$13,108	$6,554
2009	1	0	$0	—
1996	4	3	$22,330	$7,443
1995	6	4	$24,755	$6,189
1979	2	2	$1,842	$921

OpenFEMA NFIP claims (v3, as of 8 Sep 2026), aggregated by year of loss; amounts are building, contents and increased-cost-of-compliance payments as recorded. Repetitive-loss counts from the NFIP Multiple Loss Properties file (2 Aug 2026); policies in force from the NFIP Residential Penetration Rates file (3 Aug 2026).

National Risk Index

Overall riskVery Lowscore 9.3 of 100

Expected annual loss$4.7MVery Low

Social vulnerabilityRelatively Low

Community resilienceRelatively Low

Hazard (NRI)	Risk rating	Expected annual loss
Inland flooding	Very Low	$3,026,216
Strong wind	Relatively Low	$376,363
Hurricane	Relatively Low	$309,354
Drought	Relatively Low	$205,393
Earthquake	Very Low	$176,890
Heat wave	Very Low	$150,181
Tornado	Very Low	$130,238
Lightning	Relatively Low	$129,024
Hail	Very Low	$95,021
Cold wave	Very Low	$65,911
Wildfire	Very Low	$31,862
Winter weather	Very Low	$17,907
Ice storm	Very Low	$9,380
Landslide	Very Low	$1,116
Avalanche	Very Low	$675

FEMA National Risk Index, December 2025 release. Ratings are FEMA's relative comparison of counties; expected annual loss is FEMA's modelled estimate of average yearly building, population and agriculture loss. See how to read the NRI.

Hurricane and tropical storm passes

Tracks within 100 miles27

Tracks within 50 miles7

Hurricane strength within 50 miles1

Storm	Year	Closest approach	Max wind while within 100 mi
Isaias	2020	100 mi	69 mph
Zeta	2020	37 mi	52 mph
Ernesto	2006	96 mi	46 mph
Isabel	2003	31 mi	58 mph
David	1979	62 mi	46 mph
Diane	1955	39 mi	52 mph
Able	1952	15 mi	52 mph
Unnamed Atlantic storm	1949	25 mi	58 mph
Unnamed Atlantic storm	1945	80 mi	40 mph
Unnamed Atlantic storm	1944	68 mi	40 mph
Unnamed Atlantic storm	1934	76 mi	46 mph
Unnamed Atlantic storm	1933	74 mi	63 mph
Unnamed Atlantic storm	1929	80 mi	58 mph
Unnamed Atlantic storm	1928	77 mi	40 mph
Unnamed Atlantic storm	1928	57 mi	58 mph
Unnamed Atlantic storm	1915	50 mi	46 mph
Unnamed Atlantic storm	1902	55 mi	40 mph
Unnamed Atlantic storm	1899	76 mi	58 mph
Unnamed Atlantic storm	1896	83 mi	69 mph
Unnamed Atlantic storm	1893	16 mi	63 mph
Unnamed Atlantic storm	1893	34 mi	75 mph
Unnamed Atlantic storm	1888	98 mi	40 mph
Unnamed Atlantic storm	1885	55 mi	46 mph
Unnamed Atlantic storm	1883	95 mi	46 mph
Unnamed Atlantic storm	1878	70 mi	58 mph

HURDAT2 best-track positions at tropical-storm strength (34 kt) or more, measured from the county's Census centre point; through the 2025 season. Distance from a track is not the same as the extent of the storm's wind, rain or surge.

ZIP codes with flood claims

22973 18
22968 9

ZIP codes whose NFIP claims carry this county's code, with the number of claims. Five or more claims are needed for a ZIP page to be indexed.

Questions and answers

How often does it hail in Greene County, VA?

NCEI records 19 hail events in Greene County since 1950, in 14 different years; that is about 0.2 recorded events a year. 3 reports were golf-ball size (1.75 in) or larger.

Has Greene County had a tornado?

Yes. NCEI records 5 tornadoes in Greene County since 1950, 3 of them rated (E)F2 or stronger. Tornado deaths recorded: 1.

When was the last federal disaster declaration for Greene County?

23 Jan 2026: Severe Winter Storm, a emergency declaration for winter storm. The county appears in 26 declarations since 1953.

How many flood insurance claims have been filed in Greene County, and how much was paid?

28 NFIP claims since 1978, 20 of them paid, for $231K in total. FEMA publishes these figures redacted and aggregated; individual properties are not identified.

Is Greene County in the National Risk Index's high-risk band?

FEMA's National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the county "Very Low" for overall risk, "Very Low" for expected annual loss, "Relatively Low" for social vulnerability and "Relatively Low" for community resilience. These ratings are FEMA's relative comparison across all US counties.

How does Greene County compare with the rest of Virginia?

391.8 recorded events per 100 square miles against 146.4 statewide, and 1.3 NFIP claims per 1,000 residents against 5.9. The comparison table on this page shows each measure beside the state and national figures.

Provenance

Storm events: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, yearly details files through 30 Jun 2026 (public domain). Declarations: OpenFEMA DisasterDeclarationsSummaries v2, refreshed 1 Oct 2026. Flood claims: OpenFEMA NfipClaims v3 as of 8 Sep 2026; NfipMultipleLossProperties v1 (2 Aug 2026); NfipResidentialPenetrationRates v1 (3 Aug 2026). Risk index: FEMA National Risk Index, December 2025. Hurricane tracks: NHC HURDAT2 through 2025. Population and area: US Census Bureau, 2021 vintage. Built 1 Oct 2026; see the methodology and corrections pages. Hazard hubs: Hail · Tornado · Flood · Wind · Winter.