West Virginia

Storms in West Virginia in 2015

895 events in 152 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in West Virginia in 2015, 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 2015 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
895
Deaths
6
Injuries
3
Damage
$21 million
Episodes
152

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 Wind20000$268,000
Winter Weather12600$25,000
Heavy Snow9900
Cold/Wind Chill8400
Flash Flood6711$7.5 million
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill6520$450,000
Flood6000$8.2 million
Dense Fog5500
Hail5512$560,000
Winter Storm5000$1.0 million
Frost/Freeze1100
Strong Wind800$36,000
Debris Flow310$1.3 million
Lightning300$6,000
Heavy Rain310$2,000
Tornado300$1.3 million
Ice Storm100
Avalanche100
High Wind100

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.