West Virginia

Storms in West Virginia in 2008

733 events in 158 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in West Virginia in 2008, 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 2008 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
733
Deaths
0
Injuries
2
Damage
$9.7 million
Episodes
158

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
Hail23701$721,000
Thunderstorm Wind22700$1.4 million
Winter Weather8600
Heavy Snow4800
High Wind3700$1.2 million
Flood3000$102,000
Flash Flood2000$5.8 million
Winter Storm1300$10,000
Ice Storm1000$20,000
Dense Fog800
Strong Wind500
Funnel Cloud500
Tornado301$421,000
Drought300
Heavy Rain100$5,000

Every episode, month by month

January 2008

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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.