Halifax County Storm Activity
Wind, hail, and tornado activity from official NOAA sources (NWS & SPC) · Last 180 days · Updated Sep 11, 2026
Has it hailed in Halifax County, Virginia recently? Official National Weather Service (NWS) and Storm Prediction Center (SPC) records say yes: 31 hail reports with hail up to 0.5", among 59 severe weather events logged here in the last 180 days, together with 28 high-wind reports with gusts up to 62 mph. 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.
What the radar showed
Last 30 days in Halifax County
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Storm activity from the last 30 days is summarized at the county level on this page. Exact locations, radar snapshots, and official warning boundaries for recent events are available with a free account.
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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.
Tuesday, August 11, 2026
2 NWS warnings — wind gusts up to 50 mph
“At 411 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from near Gretna to near Cumberland Knob. Movement was southeast at 35 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include... Danville... Eden... Martinsville... Mount Airy... Flat Rock... Pilot Mountain... and Stuart.”
“At 332 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from near Roanoke Mountain to Fort Chiswell. Movement was southeast at 50 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include... Martinsville... Rocky Mount... Hillsville... Stuart... Chatham... Gretna... and Floyd.”
- Wind 50 mph Halifax County NWS severe weather mention
- Wind 50 mph Halifax County NWS severe weather mention
Monday, August 10, 2026
2 SPC verified storm reports
“Social media report of multiple trees down on Bill Tuck Highway near Herbert Allen Trail in South Boston... VA. (RNK)”
“Social media report of a power line down... across Maple Avenue in Halifax... VA. Time is estimated from radar. (RNK)”
- Wind Unknown 5 ESE South Boston SPC verified report
- Wind Unknown Halifax SPC verified report
Friday, August 7, 2026
1 SPC verified storm report · 1 NWS warning — wind gusts up to 50 mph
“At 539 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Mt Laurel, or near Nathalie, moving east at 30 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include... Halifax... Keysville... Charlotte Court House... Phenix... Redoak... Clover... and Nathalie.”
“Thunderstorm winds blew down one tree limb on to the 7000 block of Hunting Creek Road. (RNK)”
- Wind 50 mph Halifax County NWS severe weather mention
- Wind Unknown 3 NW Mt Laurel SPC verified report
Tuesday, July 28, 2026
1 NWS warning — hail up to 0.25"
“At 920 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a cluster of strong thunderstorms over Hitesburg, or near Virgilina, moving southeast 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... South Boston... Turbeville... Hitesburg... Cluster Springs... Staunton River State Park...”
- Hail 0.25" Halifax County NWS severe weather mention
Sunday, July 26, 2026
1 NWS warning — hail up to 0.25"
“At 1024 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Mt Airy, moving east at 20 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph and pea size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include... Mt Airy... Nathalie... Cody... Leda... Crystal Hill... Straightstone... and Java.”
- Hail 0.25" Halifax County NWS severe weather mention
Wednesday, July 22, 2026
1 SPC verified storm report
“Tree down at James D Hagood Hwy across from the South Boston Speedway. (RNK)”
- Wind Unknown 2 ENE South Boston SPC verified report
Monday, July 20, 2026
2 NWS warnings — hail up to 0.25"
“At 737 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from Dry Fork to near Yanceyville to near Jericho. Movement was east 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... Danville... Yanceyville... Bethel... Chatham... Jericho...”
“At 631 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near South Boston, moving northeast at 20 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph and pea size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include... South Boston... Virgilina... Clover... Scottsburg... Hitesburg... Staunton River State Park... and Dryburg.”
- Hail 0.25" Halifax County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.25" Halifax County NWS severe weather mention
Saturday, July 18, 2026
1 SPC verified storm report · 8 NWS warnings — hail up to 0.5", wind gusts up to 62 mph
“A 62 mile per hour wind gust from a thunderstorm was measured at the William M Tuck Airport near the town of South Boston... VA. (RNK)”
“At 253 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Virgilina, moving northeast at 20 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... Hitesburg... Cluster Springs... and Virgilina.”
- Wind 62 mph 3 ENE South Boston SPC verified report
- Hail 0.5" Halifax County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.25" Halifax County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.25" Halifax County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.25" Halifax County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.25" Halifax County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.25" Halifax County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.25" Halifax County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.25" Halifax County NWS severe weather mention
Friday, July 10, 2026
3 NWS warnings — hail up to 0.25"
“At 301 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Leda, or 8 miles northeast of Ingram, moving east 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... South Boston... Halifax... Clover... Scottsburg... Mt Laurel... Leda... and Crystal Hill.”
“At 255 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Westover Hills, or near Mayfield, moving east at 30 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... Danville... Providence... Mayfield... Milton... Blanch... Hamer... and Elmo.”
- Hail 0.25" Halifax County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.25" Halifax County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.25" Halifax County NWS severe weather mention
Tuesday, July 7, 2026
2 SPC verified storm reports · 2 NWS warnings — hail up to 0.25", wind gusts up to 50 mph
“At 535 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Halifax, moving southeast at 25 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include... South Boston... Halifax... Redoak... Clover... Ingram... Scottsburg... and Hitesburg.”
“At 450 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Chalk Level, or near Mt Airy, 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... Altavista... Hurt... Gretna... Brookneal... Mt Airy... Nathalie... and Cody.”
- Wind 50 mph Halifax County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.25" Halifax County NWS severe weather mention
- Wind Unknown 4 E Crystal Hill SPC verified report
- Wind Unknown 4 WSW Mt Laurel SPC verified report
Sunday, July 5, 2026
2 NWS warnings — hail up to 0.25"
“At 259 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a cluster of strong thunderstorms near Dryburg, or near Clover, moving northeast 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... Redoak... Clover... Drakes Branch... Scottsburg... Mt Laurel... Staunton River State Park...”
“At 246 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Leda, or near Nathalie, 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... South Boston... Halifax... Brookneal... Clover... Nathalie... Scottsburg... and Cody.”
- Hail 0.25" Halifax County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.25" Halifax County NWS severe weather mention
Saturday, June 27, 2026
1 NWS warning — hail up to 0.25"
“At 343 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Charlotte Court House, 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... Keysville... Charlotte Court House... Phenix... Drakes Branch... Mt Laurel... Abilene... and Cullen.”
- Hail 0.25" Halifax County NWS severe weather mention
Monday, June 22, 2026
2 SPC verified storm reports
“911 Call Center reported a tree down at the 2000 block of east Hyco road in Halifax County Virginia. (RNK)”
“911 Call Center reported a tree down at the 3000 block of hackberry road in Halifax County Virginia. (RNK)”
- Wind Unknown 2 SSE South Boston SPC verified report
- Wind Unknown 5 SW Elmo SPC verified report
Sunday, June 21, 2026
1 SPC verified storm report
“911 Call Center reported a tree down at the 3100 block of south Terrys bridge road in Halifax County Virginia. (RNK)”
- Wind Unknown 1 WSW Scottsburg SPC verified report
Thursday, June 18, 2026
5 SPC verified storm reports
“Large tree branches down. Roofing metal torn off building and in the road. Community is outside clearing the streets. (RNK)”
“Thunderstorm winds downed a tree on Clover Road near the Charlotte County border. (RNK)”
- Wind Unknown Clover SPC verified report
- Wind Unknown 4 E Clover SPC verified report
- Wind Unknown 2 S Halifax SPC verified report
- Wind Unknown 6 ESE Ringgold SPC verified report
- Wind Unknown 2 NE Vernon Hill SPC verified report
Sunday, June 14, 2026
1 SPC verified storm report · 2 NWS warnings — hail up to 0.25"
“At 455 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Cluster Springs, or near Virgilina, 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... Turbeville... Hitesburg... Cluster Springs... Staunton River State Park... Alton... Dryburg...”
“At 426 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Lawsonville, or near Camp Springs, 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... Danville... Yanceyville... Bethel... Providence... Camp Springs... Milton... and Quick.”
- Hail 0.25" Halifax County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.25" Halifax County NWS severe weather mention
- Wind Unknown 1 WNW Turbeville SPC verified report
Wednesday, June 10, 2026
2 SPC verified storm reports · 3 NWS warnings — hail up to 0.25"
“At 229 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a cluster of strong thunderstorms along a line extending from near Charlotte Court House to near Mountain Valley. Movement was 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... South Boston... Halifax... Chatham... Keysville...”
“At 157 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a cluster of strong thunderstorms along a line extending from near Hurt to Bassett. Movement was 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... Chatham... Gretna... Mt Airy... Blairs... Callands... Sydnorsville...”
- Hail 0.25" Halifax County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.25" Halifax County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.25" Halifax County NWS severe weather mention
- Wind Unknown 2 WSW Scottsburg SPC verified report
- Wind Unknown 4 WNW Halifax SPC verified report
Wednesday, May 27, 2026
2 SPC verified storm reports · 4 NWS warnings — hail up to 0.25"
“At 348 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Crystal Hill, or near Halifax, 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... Halifax... Clover... Scottsburg... Mt Laurel... and Crystal Hill.”
“At 331 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Nathalie, 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... Nathalie... and Crystal Hill.”
- Hail 0.25" Halifax County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.25" Halifax County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.25" Halifax County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.25" Halifax County NWS severe weather mention
- Wind Unknown 1 NW Turbeville SPC verified report
- Wind Unknown 3 ENE Crystal Hill SPC verified report
Monday, May 25, 2026
1 NWS warning — hail up to 0.25"
“At 910 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Turbeville, moving east 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... South Boston... Turbeville... Elmo... Cluster Springs... Alton... and John H Kerr Reservoir.”
- Hail 0.25" Halifax County NWS severe weather mention
Thursday, May 21, 2026
1 SPC verified storm report · 1 NWS warning — hail up to 0.25"
“At 502 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Mt Laurel, or near Clover, moving east 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... Charlotte Court House... Clover... Drakes Branch... Mt Laurel... Wylliesburg... and Saxe.”
“Multiple downed trees reported throughout the county after storms came through. One was reported in northern Halifax County. (RNK)”
- Hail 0.25" Halifax County NWS severe weather mention
- Wind Unknown 1 NW Nathalie SPC verified report
Tuesday, April 28, 2026
1 SPC verified storm report
“Six to ten trees down. Time estimated by radar. (RNK)”
- Wind Unknown 2 W Alton SPC verified report
Monday, March 16, 2026
1 NWS warning — wind gusts up to 50 mph
“WHAT...West winds 10 to 20 mph with gusts up to 50 mph. WHERE...In North Carolina, Caswell, Rockingham, Stokes, and Yadkin Counties. In Virginia, Appomattox, Buckingham, Campbell, Charlotte, Halifax, and Pittsylvania Counties. WHEN...Until midnight EDT tonight. IMPACTS...Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result.”
- Wind 50 mph Halifax County NWS severe weather mention
Today's severe weather outlook
Common questions
When was the last severe storm in Halifax County, VA?
The most recent recorded event was in September 2026. Official NWS and SPC records show 59 severe weather events in Halifax County over the last 180 days. Exact dates and locations for recent storms are available in the app with a free account.
Has there been hail in Halifax County recently?
Yes — 31 hail reports in the last 180 days, with hail up to 0.5" recorded.
How do I check whether a specific address was affected?
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