Storms in West Virginia in 1997

784 events in 190 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in West Virginia in 1997, 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 1997 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: 784
Deaths: 8
Injuries: 5
Damage: $42 million
Episodes: 190

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
Cold/Wind Chill	238	0	0	$25,000
Thunderstorm Wind	131	0	0	$604,000
Flash Flood	90	3	4	$16 million
Heat	72	0	0
Winter Weather	57	0	0
Heavy Snow	46	0	0
Drought	41	0	0	$12 million
Hail	31	1	0	$260,000
Winter Storm	14	0	0	$1,000
Strong Wind	13	0	0	$83,000
Heavy Rain	12	0	0
Flood	10	3	0	$3.3 million
Lightning	10	1	1	$375,000
Frost/Freeze	8	0	0	$9.4 million
Ice Storm	7	0	0	$22,000
High Wind	3	0	0	$10,000
Tornado	1	0	0	$17,000

Every episode, month by month

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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.