Storms in West Virginia in 1998

780 events in 164 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in West Virginia in 1998, 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 1998 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: 780
Deaths: 7
Injuries: 16
Damage: $85 million
Episodes: 164

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
Thunderstorm Wind	194	0	1	$813,000
Heat	118	0	0
Hail	112	0	0	$3.9 million
Flash Flood	107	2	2	$37 million
Cold/Wind Chill	40	0	0
Winter Storm	39	0	4	$5.6 million
Drought	38	0	0	$346,000
Heavy Rain	32	2	0	$80,000
Heavy Snow	27	3	2	$14 million
Winter Weather	18	0	0
Tornado	17	0	7	$22 million
Ice Storm	12	0	0	$13,000
Strong Wind	9	0	0	$25,000
Lightning	7	0	0	$592,000
Flood	6	0	0
High Wind	2	0	0	$20,000
Dust Devil	1	0	0	$1,000
Funnel Cloud	1	0	0

Every episode, month by month

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Every year in West Virginia Every state in 1998 Tornadoes in West Virginia in 1998 Warnings in West Virginia in 1998 1997 1999

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.