West Virginia

Storms in West Virginia in 2009

636 events in 125 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in West Virginia in 2009, 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 2009 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
636
Deaths
2
Injuries
4
Damage
$51 million
Episodes
125

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 Wind15800$1.4 million
Hail11812$1.2 million
Winter Weather7300
Heavy Snow7200$5.8 million
Winter Storm6600$400,000
High Wind5701$402,000
Flash Flood3100$1.2 million
Flood1611$41 million
Heavy Rain1300$21,000
Ice Storm1200
Cold/Wind Chill500
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill400
Strong Wind400$13,000
Blizzard400
Debris Flow100$100,000
Funnel Cloud100
Lightning100

Every episode, month by month

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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.