Bath County Storm Activity
Wind, hail, and tornado activity from official NOAA sources (NWS & SPC) · Last 12 months · Updated Sep 12, 2026
Looking for storm and wind reports in Bath County, Virginia? Official National Weather Service (NWS) and Storm Prediction Center (SPC) records show 33 severe weather events in the last 12 months — 19 high-wind reports with gusts up to 60 mph, plus 14 hail reports with hail up to 0.88". The most recent recorded storm activity was in September 2026. This page updates daily: every event comes straight from official NOAA data — no estimates, no modeling, just the record.
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Last 30 days in Bath County
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Events older than 30 days, as recorded by the National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center. Excerpts are quoted directly from official warnings and verified reports.
Monday, August 10, 2026
1 SPC verified storm report
“Several trees down on US 220 near the intersection of Route 39. (RNK)”
- Wind Unknown 1 NE Warm Springs SPC verified report
Saturday, August 8, 2026
1 NWS warning — hail up to 0.25"
“At 215 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Neola, moving southeast at 20 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 40 mph and pea size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include... Neola... Hot Springs... Warm Springs... Lake Moomaw... Ingalls Field... Carloover... and Bacova Junction.”
- Hail 0.25" Bath County NWS severe weather mention
Friday, August 7, 2026
1 NWS warning — hail up to 0.25"
“At 608 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Ingalls Field, or over Hot Springs, moving northeast at 20 mph. Hazard: Heavy rain is occurring with these storms and may lead to localized flooding. Wind may gusts up to 30 mph or higher are possible with these storms. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects.”
- Hail 0.25" Bath County NWS severe weather mention
Saturday, July 18, 2026
1 NWS warning — hail up to 0.25"
“At 228 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a cluster of strong thunderstorms near Jordan Mines, moving east at 35 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 40 mph and pea size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include... Alleghany... Covington... Clifton Forge... White Sulphur Springs... Jordan Mines... Oriskany... and Iron Gate.”
- Hail 0.25" Bath County NWS severe weather mention
Monday, July 6, 2026
1 NWS warning — hail up to 0.5"
“At 631 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Mountain Grove, or near Warm Springs, moving northeast at 10 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 40 mph and half inch hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include... Warm Springs... Hot Springs... Millboro...”
- Hail 0.5" Bath County NWS severe weather mention
Sunday, July 5, 2026
1 NWS warning — hail up to 0.25"
“At 900 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Covington, moving northeast at 10 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 40 mph and pea size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include... Covington... Clifton Forge... Iron Gate... Douthat State Park... Natural Well... Selma... and Low Moor.”
- Hail 0.25" Bath County NWS severe weather mention
Saturday, July 4, 2026
1 SPC verified storm report · 1 NWS warning — hail up to 0.25"
“At 456 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Rockbridge Baths, moving northeast at 15 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 40 mph and pea size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include... Lexington... Goshen... Millboro... Rockbridge Baths... Nimrod Hall... Bells Valley... and Fairfield.”
“Numerous trees down across the county. (RNK)”
- Hail 0.25" Bath County NWS severe weather mention
- Wind Unknown 2 NW Ingalls Field SPC verified report
Sunday, June 14, 2026
1 NWS warning — hail up to 0.25"
“At 317 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Alleghany, moving east at 25 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 40 mph and pea size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include... Alleghany... Covington... Clifton Forge... White Sulphur Springs... Iron Gate... Douthat State Park... and Glen Wilton.”
- Hail 0.25" Bath County NWS severe weather mention
Wednesday, May 13, 2026
1 NWS warning — hail up to 0.88"
“At 740 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Burnsville, or 10 miles northeast of Warm Springs, moving east at 40 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 40 mph and nickel size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include... Burnsville... Bells Valley... Yost...”
- Hail 0.88" Bath County NWS severe weather mention
Wednesday, April 29, 2026
2 NWS warnings — hail up to 0.5"
“At 602 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Douthat State Park, or near Clifton Forge, moving east at 35 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph and half inch hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include... Lexington... Buena Vista... Collierstown...”
“At 534 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Natural Well, or near Neola, moving east at 35 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 40 mph and pea size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include... Clifton Forge... Millboro... Hot Springs... Iron Gate... Lake Moomaw... Douthat State Park... and Natural Well.”
- Hail 0.5" Bath County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.25" Bath County NWS severe weather mention
Monday, March 23, 2026
1 NWS warning — wind gusts up to 50 mph
“At 325 AM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from 8 miles south of Marlinton to near Alvon to Glenray. Movement was east at 55 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include... Alleghany... Covington... Clifton Forge... Lewisburg... White Sulphur Springs...”
- Wind 50 mph Bath County NWS severe weather mention
Tuesday, March 17, 2026
1 NWS warning — wind gusts up to 50 mph
“WHAT...West winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 50 mph, especially at the higher elevations. WHERE...Portions of northwest North Carolina, southwest Virginia, and southeast West Virginia. WHEN...Until 5 AM EDT early this morning. IMPACTS...Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result.”
- Wind 50 mph Bath County NWS severe weather mention
Monday, March 16, 2026
3 NWS warnings — wind gusts up to 50 mph
“WHAT...West winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 50 mph. WHERE...Portions of north central and northwest North Carolina, central, south central, southwest, and west central Virginia, and southeast West Virginia. WHEN...Until 2 AM EDT Tuesday. IMPACTS...Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result.”
“WHAT...West winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 50 mph expected. WHERE...Portions of north central and northwest North Carolina, central, south central, southwest, and west central Virginia, and southeast West Virginia. WHEN...Until 2 AM EDT Tuesday. IMPACTS...Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result.”
- Wind 50 mph Bath County NWS severe weather mention
- Wind 50 mph Bath County NWS severe weather mention
- Wind 50 mph Bath County NWS severe weather mention
Sunday, March 15, 2026
1 NWS warning — wind gusts up to 50 mph
“WHAT...West winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 50 mph expected. WHERE...Portions of north central and northwest North Carolina, central, south central, southwest, and west central Virginia, and southeast West Virginia. WHEN...From 11 AM Monday to 2 AM EDT Tuesday. IMPACTS...Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result.”
- Wind 50 mph Bath County NWS severe weather mention
Saturday, March 7, 2026
1 NWS warning — hail up to 0.25"
“At 237 PM EST, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Natural Well, or 7 miles southwest of Hot Springs, moving northeast at 35 mph. Hazard: Pea size hail and wind gusts up to 30 mph. Impact: Gusty winds may knock over loose objects. Locations impacted include... Warm Springs... Hot Springs... Lake Moomaw... Douthat State Park... Ingalls Field... Carloover... and Bacova Junction.”
- Hail 0.25" Bath County NWS severe weather mention
Wednesday, March 4, 2026
1 NWS warning — hail up to 0.25"
“At 758 PM EST, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Alvon, or near Neola, moving east at 40 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 40 mph and pea size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include... Neola... Lake Moomaw... Mountain Grove... Carloover... Bacova Junction... Natural Well... and Alvon.”
- Hail 0.25" Bath County NWS severe weather mention
Monday, February 23, 2026
1 NWS warning — wind gusts up to 50 mph
“WHAT...Northwest winds 15 to 30 mph with gusts up to 50 mph expected. WHERE...Portions of north central and northwest North Carolina, central, south central, southwest, and west central Virginia, and southeast West Virginia. WHEN...Until 7 PM EST this evening. IMPACTS...Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result.”
- Wind 50 mph Bath County NWS severe weather mention
Sunday, February 22, 2026
2 NWS warnings — wind gusts up to 50 mph
“WHAT...Northwest winds 15 to 30 mph with gusts up to 50 mph expected. WHERE...Portions of north central and northwest North Carolina, central, south central, southwest, and west central Virginia, and southeast West Virginia. WHEN...Until 7 PM EST Monday. IMPACTS...Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result.”
“WHAT...Northwest winds 15 to 30 mph with gusts up to 50 mph expected. WHERE...Portions of north central and northwest North Carolina, central, south central, southwest, and west central Virginia, and southeast West Virginia. WHEN...From 7 PM this evening to 7 PM EST Monday. IMPACTS...Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result.”
- Wind 50 mph Bath County NWS severe weather mention
- Wind 50 mph Bath County NWS severe weather mention
Friday, February 6, 2026
2 NWS warnings — wind gusts up to 60 mph
“WHAT...For the High Wind Warning, northwest winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 55 to 60 mph expected. For the Extreme Cold Warning, dangerously cold wind chills as low as 15 below expected. WHERE...Bath County. WHEN...For the High Wind Warning, from 7 PM this evening to 7 PM EST Saturday. For the Extreme Cold Warning, from 1 AM Saturday to 7 AM EST Sunday.”
“WHAT...For the High Wind Warning, northwest winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 55 to 60 mph expected. For the Extreme Cold Warning, dangerously cold wind chills as low as 15 below expected. WHERE...Bath County. WHEN...For the High Wind Warning, from 7 PM this evening to 7 PM EST Saturday. For the Extreme Cold Warning, from 1 AM Saturday to 7 AM EST Sunday.”
- Wind 60 mph Bath County NWS severe weather mention
- Wind 60 mph Bath County NWS severe weather mention
Friday, December 19, 2025
2 NWS warnings — wind gusts up to 50 mph
“At 339 AM EST, Doppler radar was tracking heavy rain showers along a line extending from 8 miles northeast of Burnsville to near Laymantown. Movement was east at 55 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include... Lexington... Buena Vista... Bedford... Buchanan... Glasgow... Troutville...”
“At 259 AM EST, Doppler radar was tracking heavy rain showers along a line extending from near Marlinton to Newport. Movement was east at 40 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include... Alleghany... Covington... Clifton Forge... White Sulphur Springs... Troutville... New Castle...”
- Wind 50 mph Bath County NWS severe weather mention
- Wind 50 mph Bath County NWS severe weather mention
Today's severe weather outlook
Common questions
When was the last severe storm in Bath County, VA?
The most recent recorded event was in September 2026. Official NWS and SPC records show 33 severe weather events in Bath County over the last 12 months. Exact dates and locations for recent storms are available in the app with a free account.
Has there been hail in Bath County recently?
Yes — 14 hail reports in the last 12 months, with hail up to 0.88" recorded.
How do I check whether a specific address was affected?
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