Virginia Hazards

No active National Weather Service alerts in Virginia.

• Forecast: Near flood stageAtlantic Coast near Anheuser Busch Coastal Res. Center (MLLW)VAStage 4.95 ft at 10/26/2026, 10:24 PM EDT · forecast crest 6.9 ft around 10/27/2026, 10:00 AM EDT · NWS office AKQ
• Forecast: Near flood stageChesapeake Bay at Port Isobel/Tangier Island (IN MLLW)VAStage 1.7 ft at 10/26/2026, 10:05 PM EDT · forecast crest 3.1 ft around 10/28/2026, 2:00 PM EDT · NWS office AKQ
• Forecast: Near flood stageChesapeake Bay at Windmill Point (IN MLLW)VAStage 2.01 ft at 10/26/2026, 11:00 PM EDT · forecast crest 2.5 ft around 10/28/2026, 1:00 PM EDT · NWS office AKQ
• Forecast: Near flood stageChincoteague Channel near Chincoteague Bay Inlet (IN MLLW)VAStage 2.59 ft at 10/26/2026, 10:00 PM EDT · forecast crest 3.6 ft around 10/27/2026, 9:00 AM EDT · NWS office AKQ
• Near flood stageKnitting Mill Creek at North Colley (IN MLLW)VAStage 3.55 ft at 10/26/2026, 10:00 PM EDT · NWS office AKQ
• Forecast: Near flood stageNansemond River at Suffolk (IN MLLW)VAStage 4.04 ft at 10/26/2026, 11:12 PM EDT · forecast crest 5.1 ft around 10/27/2026, 12:00 PM EDT · NWS office AKQ
• Forecast: Near flood stageNassawadox Creek near Bayford (IN MLLW)VAStage 2.3 ft at 10/26/2026, 11:06 PM EDT · forecast crest 2.9 ft around 10/27/2026, 12:00 PM EDT · NWS office AKQ
• Forecast: Near flood stagePotomac River at AlexandriaVAStage 1.73 ft at 10/26/2026, 11:12 PM EDT · forecast crest 2.9 ft around 10/28/2026, 10:00 PM EDT · NWS office LWX
• Forecast: Near flood stagePotomac River at Lewisetta (IN MLLW)VAStage 1.5 ft at 10/26/2026, 11:00 PM EDT · forecast crest 2.6 ft around 10/27/2026, 3:00 PM EDT · NWS office AKQ
• Forecast: Near flood stageUpper Machodoc Creek near Dahlgren (IN MLLW)VAStage 0.94 ft at 10/26/2026, 11:00 PM EDT · forecast crest 3.3 ft around 10/28/2026, 5:00 PM EDT · NWS office LWX
• Forecast: Near flood stageYork River near West Point (IN MLLW)VAStage 3.37 ft at 10/26/2026, 10:00 PM EDT · forecast crest 4.8 ft around 10/28/2026, 1:00 PM EDT · NWS office AKQ

No active wildfires reported in Virginia.

Drought statistics for Virginia are temporarily unavailable.

Drought by county (44 of 133 counties in drought)

No earthquakes of magnitude 2.5 or more in Virginia in the last 30 days.

Hurricanes and tropical storms

• Chantal (2025)
• Debby (2024), Category 1 at peak
• Ophelia (2023)
• Ida (2021), Category 4 at peak
• Fred (2021)
• Elsa (2021), Category 1 at peak

Notable storms in the last 10 years

• Flash Flood, Washington (09/27/2024)
• High Wind, Grayson (09/27/2024), 1 death
• Flash Flood, Grayson (09/27/2024), 1 death
• Thunderstorm Wind, Norfolk (C) (07/26/2022)
• Lightning, Chesapeake (C) (07/15/2017), 3 deaths
• High Wind, Smyth (09/27/2024)