West Virginia

Storms in West Virginia in 2004

618 events in 195 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in West Virginia in 2004, 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 2004 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
618
Deaths
5
Injuries
10
Damage
$141 million
Episodes
195

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 eventEventsDeathsInjuriesDamage
Thunderstorm Wind19524$401,000
Flood11220$119 million
Hail6700$40,000
Winter Storm6200
Frost/Freeze6200
Flash Flood3310$21 million
Heavy Snow2400
Ice Storm2100$120,000
High Wind1700$20,000
Cold/Wind Chill1000
Winter Weather900
Tornado406$324,000
Heavy Rain100
Lightning100

Every episode, month by month

January 2004

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December 2004

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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.