Surry County Storm Activity
Wind, hail, and tornado activity from official NOAA sources (NWS & SPC) · Last 12 months · Updated Sep 12, 2026
Has it hailed in Surry County, Virginia recently? Official National Weather Service (NWS) and Storm Prediction Center (SPC) records say yes: 21 hail reports with hail up to 0.75", among 39 severe weather events logged here in the last 12 months, together with 18 high-wind reports with gusts up to 55 mph. The most recent recorded storm activity was in August 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 Surry 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
1 NWS warning — 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.”
- Wind 50 mph Surry County NWS severe weather mention
Tuesday, July 28, 2026
1 SPC verified storm report · 2 NWS warnings — hail up to 0.25"
“At 1115 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Scotland, or near Surry, moving southeast 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. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. This strong thunderstorm will be near... Smithfield around 1130 PM EDT.”
“At 627 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Hopewell, moving east at 30 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph and pea size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down small trees and blow around unsecured objects. Wind impacting handling of high profile vehicles. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. This strong thunderstorm will be near...”
- Hail 0.25" Surry County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.25" Surry County NWS severe weather mention
- Wind Unknown Cabin Point SPC verified report
Wednesday, July 22, 2026
1 NWS warning — wind gusts up to 50 mph
“At 942 AM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from near Ettrick to near Sutherland to near Dinwiddie. Movement was east at 40 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph, heavy rain, and frequent lightning. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down small trees and blow around unsecured objects. Wind impacting handling of high profile vehicles.”
- Wind 50 mph Surry County NWS severe weather mention
Monday, July 20, 2026
2 NWS warnings — hail up to 0.25"
“At 220 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Baywood, or near Ennice, moving southeast at 5 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... Ennice... Cumberland Knob... Low Gap... Barrett... and Baywood.”
“At 136 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Pipers Gap, or near Galax, moving southeast at 5 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... Galax... Fancy Gap... Bottom... Ennice... Lambsburg... Cumberland Knob... and Low Gap.”
- Hail 0.25" Surry County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.25" Surry County NWS severe weather mention
Saturday, July 18, 2026
3 NWS warnings — hail up to 0.5"
“At 1213 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a cluster of strong thunderstorms near Gladesboro, or near Fancy Gap, moving northeast at 15 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts of 50 to 55 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... Fancy Gap... Cana... Laurel Fork...”
“At 1243 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a cluster of strong thunderstorms over Fancy Gap, moving northeast 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... Hillsville... Fancy Gap... Cana... Willis... Dugspur... Laurel Fork... and Meadows Of Dan.”
- Hail 0.5" Surry County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.25" Surry County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.25" Surry County NWS severe weather mention
Saturday, July 4, 2026
1 NWS warning — hail up to 0.25"
“At 547 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a cluster of strong thunderstorms over White Plains, or near Mount Airy, moving north 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... Mount Airy... Fairview... Flat Rock... Dobson... Ararat... Cana... and Bottom.”
- Hail 0.25" Surry County NWS severe weather mention
Saturday, June 27, 2026
1 NWS warning — wind gusts up to 55 mph
“At 452 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Carson, or 9 miles southwest of Disputanta, moving east at 15 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down small trees and blow around unsecured objects. Wind impacting handling of high profile vehicles. This strong thunderstorm will be near... Waverly around 520 PM EDT.”
- Wind 55 mph Surry County NWS severe weather mention
Tuesday, June 23, 2026
1 NWS warning — hail up to 0.75"
“At 101 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Homeville, or 8 miles south of Waverly, moving northeast at 20 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph and penny size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down small trees and blow around unsecured objects. Wind impacting handling of high profile vehicles. Minor hail damage to outdoor objects is possible.”
- Hail 0.75" Surry County NWS severe weather mention
Monday, June 22, 2026
1 NWS warning — wind gusts up to 50 mph
“At 801 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from near West Point to near Charles City to near McKenney. Movement was east at 45 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down small trees and blow around unsecured objects. Wind impacting handling of high profile vehicles. Strong thunderstorms will be near...”
- Wind 50 mph Surry County NWS severe weather mention
Thursday, June 18, 2026
1 NWS warning — hail up to 0.25"
“At 1109 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Sussex, or 13 miles southwest of Waverly, moving northeast at 40 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph and pea size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down small trees and blow around unsecured objects. Wind impacting handling of high profile vehicles. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible.”
- Hail 0.25" Surry County NWS severe weather mention
Friday, June 12, 2026
1 NWS warning — hail up to 0.25"
“At 657 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from Buffalo Ridge to near Dobson. Movement was 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... Martinsville... Mount Airy... Flat Rock... Stuart... Danbury... Francisco...”
- Hail 0.25" Surry County NWS severe weather mention
Wednesday, June 10, 2026
1 NWS warning — hail up to 0.25"
“At 644 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Flat Rock, moving east at 5 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... Mount Airy... Flat Rock... Pilot Mountain... Francisco... Ararat... Toast... and Woodville.”
- Hail 0.25" Surry County NWS severe weather mention
Tuesday, May 26, 2026
1 NWS warning — wind gusts up to 50 mph
“At 553 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Disputanta, moving east at 20 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down small trees and blow around unsecured objects. Wind impacting handling of high profile vehicles. This strong thunderstorm will be near... Cabin Point around 615 PM EDT.”
- Wind 50 mph Surry County NWS severe weather mention
Thursday, May 21, 2026
1 NWS warning — hail up to 0.5"
“At 431 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Pilot Mountain, 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... Pilot Mountain... Francisco... Sandy Ridge... Woodville... Pinnacle...”
- Hail 0.5" Surry County NWS severe weather mention
Sunday, April 5, 2026
1 NWS warning — hail up to 0.25"
“At 204 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Tabb, or over Patrick Henry Field, moving northeast at 30 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 45 mph and pea size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. This strong thunderstorm will be near... Hampton and Seaford around 210 PM EDT.”
- Hail 0.25" Surry County NWS severe weather mention
Monday, March 16, 2026
4 NWS warnings — hail up to 0.25", 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 Surry County NWS severe weather mention
- Wind 50 mph Surry County NWS severe weather mention
- Wind 50 mph Surry County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.25" Surry 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 Surry 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 Surry 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 Surry County NWS severe weather mention
- Wind 50 mph Surry County NWS severe weather mention
Friday, September 26, 2025
1 NWS warning — hail up to 0.25"
“At 844 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a cluster of strong thunderstorms near Dobson, moving northeast at 20 mph. Hazard: Pea size hail and wind gusts up to 30 mph. Impact: Loose objects may be knocked over due to wind gusts. Locations impacted include... Mount Airy... Fairview... Flat Rock... Dobson... Pilot Mountain... Cana... and Mountain Park.”
- Hail 0.25" Surry County NWS severe weather mention
Today's severe weather outlook
Common questions
When was the last severe storm in Surry County, VA?
The most recent recorded event was in August 2026. Official NWS and SPC records show 39 severe weather events in Surry 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 Surry County recently?
Yes — 21 hail reports in the last 12 months, with hail up to 0.75" recorded.
How do I check whether a specific address was affected?
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