Storms in West Virginia in 1999

951 events in 129 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in West Virginia in 1999, 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 1999 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: 951
Deaths: 3
Injuries: 12
Damage: $11 million
Episodes: 129

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
Drought	263	0	0	$7.0 million
Thunderstorm Wind	122	0	3	$287,000
Winter Storm	100	0	1	$278,000
Heat	89	0	6
Heavy Snow	85	0	0	$4,000
Hail	56	0	2	$2.3 million
Heavy Rain	48	0	0
Winter Weather	48	0	0
Strong Wind	41	0	0
Cold/Wind Chill	34	0	0
Flash Flood	21	1	0	$377,000
Ice Storm	17	1	0	$80,000
Wildfire	12	1	0	$13,000
High Wind	8	0	0	$65,000
Frost/Freeze	4	0	0
Lightning	2	0	0
Tornado	1	0	0	$269,000

Every episode, month by month

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September 1999

October 1999

November 1999

December 1999

Every year in West Virginia Every state in 1999 Tornadoes in West Virginia in 1999 Warnings in West Virginia in 1999 1998 2000

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.