Storms in West Virginia in 2000

1,123 events in 157 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in West Virginia in 2000, 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 2000 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: 1,123
Deaths: 4
Injuries: 3
Damage: $13 million
Episodes: 157

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	170	0	0	$251,000
High Wind	158	0	0	$130,000
Excessive Heat	143	0	0
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill	118	0	0
Flash Flood	94	3	0	$11 million
Heavy Snow	80	0	0
Heavy Rain	74	1	0
Cold/Wind Chill	68	0	0
Hail	60	0	3	$914,000
Winter Storm	57	0	0
Heat	32	0	0
Winter Weather	19	0	0
Flood	13	0	0
Ice Storm	12	0	0	$20,000
Strong Wind	11	0	0
Wildfire	6	0	0
Tornado	4	0	0	$748,000
Frost/Freeze	3	0	0
Lightning	1	0	0

Every episode, month by month

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September 2000

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November 2000

December 2000

Every year in West Virginia Every state in 2000 Tornadoes in West Virginia in 2000 Warnings in West Virginia in 2000 1999 2001

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.