Storms in West Virginia in 1996

867 events in 492 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in West Virginia in 1996, with each episode’s narrative and every event in it. From 1996 the record holds 48 kinds of event with each office’s narrative; before that, tornadoes, hail and thunderstorm wind only, and before 1955 tornadoes alone.

West Virginia in 1996 on the map

Every episode with a place to put it, colored by kind of event.

Tornadoes
Tropical storms and surge
Floods
Wind
Hail
Winter weather
Heat and drought
Cold
Fire, smoke and dust
Marine and coastal
Other

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The year

Events: 867
Deaths: 12
Injuries: 2
Damage: $104 million
Episodes: 492

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.

By kind of event

Kind of event	Events	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
Flash Flood	188	7	0	$43 million
Heavy Snow	182	0	0	$100,000
Thunderstorm Wind	149	0	2	$1.9 million
Cold/Wind Chill	112	0	0	$120,000
Hail	66	0	0	$70,000
Flood	61	0	0	$57 million
Heat	34	0	0
Winter Weather	20	0	0
High Wind	16	0	0	$855,000
Heavy Rain	9	5	0	$5,000
Winter Storm	8	0	0
Blizzard	8	0	0
Lightning	6	0	0	$66,000
Funnel Cloud	4	0	0
Tornado	3	0	0	$78,000
Strong Wind	1	0	0	$10,000

Every episode, month by month

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September 1996

October 1996

High Wind in West Virginia, October 30, 1996$35,000 · 52 kt wind · 2 events

November 1996

December 1996

Every year in West Virginia Every state in 1996 Tornadoes in West Virginia in 1996 Warnings in West Virginia in 1996 1995 1997

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.