Storms in West Virginia in 2005

422 events in 153 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in West Virginia in 2005, 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 2005 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: 422
Deaths: 5
Injuries: 4
Damage: $15 million
Episodes: 153

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	104	0	0	$372,000
Heavy Snow	66	0	0	$135,000
Hail	45	0	0	$23,000
Drought	44	0	0
Winter Storm	33	0	0	$92,000
Flash Flood	33	1	1	$2.6 million
Flood	32	2	0	$12 million
Ice Storm	19	0	0	$9,000
Winter Weather	17	0	0
Dense Fog	8	0	0
Frost/Freeze	7	0	0
High Wind	6	1	2
Lightning	3	0	1	$25,000
Heavy Rain	3	0	0
Cold/Wind Chill	1	1	0
Strong Wind	1	0	0	$100,000

Every episode, month by month

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November 2005

December 2005

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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.