Hail and Damaging Winds in West Virginia, September 25, 1994

Name: Hail and Damaging Winds in West Virginia, September 25, 1994
Start: 1994-09-25T14:00
End: 1994-09-25T17:45
Location: West Virginia

September 25, 1994 · 26 events in 15 counties and zones

21 hail, 5 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 26 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $1.6 million
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 26

Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.

Event by event

21 hail, 5 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Mingo

When: September 25, 2:00 PM EST
Where: Mingo County, Chattaroy
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 37.726, -82.135 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Mingo

When: September 25, 2:00 PM EST
Where: Mingo County, Williamson
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 37.726, -82.135 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Mingo

When: September 25, 2:15 PM EST
Where: Mingo County, Lenore
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 37.726, -82.135 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Mingo

When: September 25, 2:25 PM EST
Where: Mingo County, Dingess
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 37.726, -82.135 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Wood

When: September 25, 2:35 PM EST
Where: Wood County, Parkersburg
Measured: 1 in hail
Property damage: $500,000
Coordinates: 39.211, -81.515 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Lewis

When: September 25, 2:36 PM EST
Where: Lewis County, Camden
Measured: 1 in hail
Coordinates: 38.996, -80.502 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Wood

When: September 25, 2:40 PM EST
Where: Wood County, Pettyville
Measured: 2.25 in hail
Property damage: $500,000
Coordinates: 39.211, -81.515 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Logan

When: September 25, 2:40 PM EST
Where: Logan County, Chapmanville
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Property damage: $5,000
Coordinates: 37.832, -81.935 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Boone

When: September 25, 3:03 PM EST
Where: Boone County, Danville
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 38.023, -81.711 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Lincoln

When: September 25, 3:20 PM EST
Where: Lincoln County, Hamlin
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 38.175, -82.070 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Kanawha

When: September 25, 3:22 PM EST
Where: Kanawha County, Charleston
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Property damage: $5,000
Coordinates: 38.337, -81.528 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Lewis

When: September 25, 3:27 PM EST
Where: Lewis County, Weston
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 38.996, -80.502 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Cabell

When: September 25, 3:31 PM EST
Where: Cabell County, Huntington
Coordinates: 38.420, -82.242 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

,,,,,,,,Hail (0.75)

Hail, Kanawha

When: September 25, 3:40 PM EST
Where: Kanawha County, Elkview
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 38.337, -81.528 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Mason

When: September 25, 4:10 PM EST
Where: Mason County, Leon to to Southside
Measured: 2.75 in hail
Property damage: $500,000
Coordinates: 38.770, -82.026 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Fayette

When: September 25, 4:15 PM EST
Where: Fayette County, Gauley Bridge
Coordinates: 38.029, -81.081 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

,,,,,,,,Hail (1.00)

Hail, Roane

When: September 25, 4:30 PM EST
Where: Roane County, Amma
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 38.714, -81.348 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Marshall

When: September 25, 4:40 PM EST
Where: Marshall County, Countywide
Measured: 1 in hail
Coordinates: 39.861, -80.663 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Taylor

When: September 25, 4:54 PM EST
Where: Taylor County, Grafton
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Coordinates: 39.336, -80.046 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Taylor

When: September 25, 5:15 PM EST
Where: Taylor County, Grafton
Coordinates: 39.336, -80.046 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Taylor

When: September 25, 5:20 PM EST
Where: Taylor County, Thornton
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 39.336, -80.046 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Preston

When: September 25, 5:25 PM EST
Where: Preston County, Arthurdale
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Coordinates: 39.469, -79.668 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Preston

When: September 25, 5:25 PM EST
Where: Preston County, Arthurdale
Property damage: $50,000
Coordinates: 39.469, -79.668 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Preston

When: September 25, 5:35 PM EST
Where: Preston County, Masontown
Measured: 1 in hail
Coordinates: 39.469, -79.668 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Preston

When: September 25, 5:40 PM EST
Where: Preston County, Newburg
Measured: 1 in hail
Coordinates: 39.469, -79.668 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Monongalia

When: September 25, 5:45 PM EST
Where: Monongalia County, Bertha Hill
Coordinates: 39.630, -80.046 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Pulsing thunderstorms ahead of a cold front, produced considerable hail. Hail the size of golf balls to baseballs hit the south side of Parkersburg and the lower Kanawha Valley in Mason County. Windows in vehicles and on homes were shattered. Hundreds of vehicles were also dented. Insurance companies set up "catastrophe" tents to handle the large number of damaged vehicles. The most damage due to the wind was across western Preston County. Three homes sustained minor to moderate damage from fallen trees. One pole barn was destroyed and the roof of a school bus was crushed by a tree. Downed power lines knocked out power to 600 homes. Tree damage covered a one square mile area with Route 92 closed by fallen trees. Golf ball-size hail fell to depths of six to eight inches in Preston County.

What these are

Hail: Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
Thunderstorm Wind: Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in West Virginia in 1994 Every state in 1994 This day in weather history Warnings in West Virginia, September 1994

Sources

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 10358067, 10358068, 10358069, 10358106, 10356247, 10358234, 10356248, 10358270, 10356226, 10358239, 10358210, 10358235, 10356272, 10358218, 10358334, 10356172, 10358348, 10358317, 10357660, 10357661, 10357662, 10358245, 10358246, 10358247, 10358248, 10358118.