Storms in West Virginia in 2014

1,056 events in 170 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in West Virginia in 2014, 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 2014 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: 1,056
Deaths: 8
Injuries: 9
Damage: $10 million
Episodes: 170

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	256	0	0	$911,000
Winter Weather	222	1	0	$175,000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill	122	0	0	$3.3 million
Heavy Snow	110	1	0	$88,000
Winter Storm	104	0	0	$16,000
Hail	55	0	0	$212,000
Flash Flood	44	0	1	$1.9 million
Strong Wind	43	0	0	$433,000
Dense Fog	37	0	0
Flood	13	0	0	$74,000
Tornado	11	0	5	$2.6 million
Cold/Wind Chill	9	0	0
Lightning	9	0	0	$600,000
High Wind	7	0	0	$18,000
Heavy Rain	5	5	2	$30,000
Wildfire	3	1	1	$25,000
Debris Flow	2	0	0	$20,000
Funnel Cloud	2	0	0
Ice Storm	1	0	0
Frost/Freeze	1	0	0

Every episode, month by month

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December 2014

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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.