Storms in West Virginia in 2016
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in West Virginia in 2016, 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 2016 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
The year
- Events
- 894
- Deaths
- 26
- Injuries
- 14
- Damage
- $173 million
- Episodes
- 175
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 | 243 | 1 | 0 | $195,000 |
| Winter Weather | 141 | 0 | 12 | $356,000 |
| Hail | 138 | 0 | 0 | $4.4 million |
| Heavy Snow | 68 | 1 | 0 | $440,000 |
| Strong Wind | 61 | 0 | 0 | $510,000 |
| Flash Flood | 49 | 17 | 0 | $43 million |
| High Wind | 38 | 0 | 0 | $668,000 |
| Dense Fog | 30 | 0 | 0 | |
| Flood | 29 | 0 | 0 | $1.3 million |
| Winter Storm | 28 | 0 | 0 | $17,000 |
| Frost/Freeze | 24 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 10 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ice Storm | 10 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 8 | 7 | 2 | $122 million |
| Lightning | 5 | 0 | 0 | $38,000 |
| Heat | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heavy Rain | 4 | 0 | 0 | $6,000 |
| Wildfire | 1 | 0 | 0 | $25,000 |
| Funnel Cloud | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Every episode, month by month
January 2016
- Winter Weather in West Virginia, January 4, 2016
- Winter Weather in West Virginia, January 8, 2016
- Winter Weather in West Virginia, January 8 to 9, 2016
- Dense Fog in West Virginia, January 8 to 9, 2016
- Dense Fog in West Virginia, January 9, 2016
- Winter Weather in West Virginia, January 12, 2016
- High Wind in West Virginia, January 12, 2016
- Heavy Snow in West Virginia, January 22 to 23, 2016
- Heavy Snow in West Virginia, January 22 to 23, 2016
- Winter Storm in West Virginia, January 22 to 24, 2016
- Heavy Snow and Winter Weather in West Virginia, January 22 to 23, 2016
- Dense Fog in West Virginia, January 24, 2016
- Winter Weather in West Virginia, January 26, 2016
- Winter Weather in West Virginia, January 29, 2016
February 2016
- Dense Fog in West Virginia, February 1 to 2, 2016
- Flood in West Virginia, February 2, 2016
- Dense Fog in West Virginia, February 3 to 4, 2016
- Flooding in West Virginia, February 4 to 5, 2016
- Winter Storm in West Virginia, February 8 to 11, 2016
- Heavy Snow in West Virginia, February 8 to 9, 2016
- Winter Weather in West Virginia, February 8 to 9, 2016
- Cold in West Virginia, February 13, 2016
- Winter Storm in West Virginia, February 14 to 16, 2016
- Winter Storm and Flooding in West Virginia, February 14 to 17, 2016
- Ice Storm and Winter Weather in West Virginia, February 14 to 16, 2016
- Winter Weather in West Virginia, February 15 to 16, 2016
- Damaging Wind and High Wind in West Virginia, February 24 to 26, 2016
- Dense Fog in West Virginia, February 24, 2016
March 2016
- Strong Wind in West Virginia, March 1 to 2, 2016
- Winter Weather in West Virginia, March 3, 2016
- Winter Weather in West Virginia, March 3, 2016
- Flash Flood and Hail in West Virginia, March 14, 2016
- Dense Fog in West Virginia, March 16, 2016
- Winter Storm in West Virginia, March 19, 2016
- Winter Weather in West Virginia, March 19, 2016
- High Wind in West Virginia, March 28, 2016
April 2016
- High Wind and Strong Wind in West Virginia, April 2 to 3, 2016
- High Wind and Strong Wind in West Virginia, April 2 to 3, 2016
- High Wind in West Virginia, April 2 to 3, 2016
- High Wind in West Virginia, April 2 to 3, 2016
- Winter Weather in West Virginia, April 2 to 3, 2016
- Winter Weather in West Virginia, April 2 to 3, 2016
- Frost and Freeze in West Virginia, April 3, 2016
- Frost and Freeze in West Virginia, April 5, 2016
- Frost and Freeze in West Virginia, April 5 to 6, 2016
- Wildfire in West Virginia, April 6 to 7, 2016
- Winter Weather in West Virginia, April 7 to 9, 2016
- Winter Weather in West Virginia, April 7 to 8, 2016
- Heavy Snow in West Virginia, April 8 to 9, 2016
- Heavy Snow in West Virginia, April 8 to 9, 2016
- Winter Storm in West Virginia, April 9, 2016
- Frost and Freeze in West Virginia, April 9 to 10, 2016
- Frost and Freeze in West Virginia, April 13, 2016
- Frost and Freeze in West Virginia, April 14 to 15, 2016
- Hail in West Virginia, April 22, 2016
- Flash Flood and Hail in West Virginia, April 26, 2016
- Flash Flood in West Virginia, April 27, 2016
- Hail and Damaging Wind in West Virginia, April 28, 2016
- Hail in West Virginia, April 28, 2016
May 2016
- Flash Flooding and Hail in West Virginia, May 1 to 2, 2016
- Hail in West Virginia, May 1, 2016
- Hail and Damaging Winds in West Virginia, May 1, 2016
- Hail in West Virginia, May 2, 2016
- Hail in West Virginia, May 2, 2016
- Flash Flood in West Virginia, May 10, 2016
- Damaging Wind and Lightning Strike in West Virginia, May 10 to 11, 2016
- Flood in West Virginia, May 11, 2016
- Heavy Rain in West Virginia, May 22, 2016
- Dense Fog in West Virginia, May 31, 2016
June 2016
- Flooding in West Virginia, June 2 to 3, 2016
- Dense Fog in West Virginia, June 4, 2016
- Hail and Damaging Winds in West Virginia, June 4, 2016
- Damaging Winds in West Virginia, June 4, 2016
- Damaging Wind in West Virginia, June 5, 2016
- Damaging Winds in West Virginia, June 6, 2016
- Heavy Rain in West Virginia, June 12, 2016
- Damaging Winds in West Virginia, June 15, 2016
- Lightning Strike in West Virginia, June 15, 2016
- Hail and Damaging Wind in West Virginia, June 16, 2016
- Hail and Damaging Winds in West Virginia, June 16, 2016
- Hail and Damaging Winds in West Virginia, June 16, 2016
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in West Virginia, June 16, 2016
- Damaging Winds in West Virginia, June 16, 2016
- Hail and Damaging Winds in West Virginia, June 21, 2016
- Tornadoes and Flash Flood in West Virginia, June 21, 2016
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in West Virginia, June 21, 2016
- Hail and Damaging Wind in West Virginia, June 21, 2016
- Flash Flood in West Virginia, June 21, 2016
- Damaging Wind in West Virginia, June 22, 2016
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in West Virginia, June 23 to 24, 2016
- Hail and Damaging Winds in West Virginia, June 23, 2016
- Flash Flooding in West Virginia, June 23, 2016
- Hail and Damaging Winds in West Virginia, June 24, 2016
- Dense Fog in West Virginia, June 26, 2016
- Flash Flooding in West Virginia, June 27, 2016
- Flash Flooding in West Virginia, June 27, 2016
- Flash Flood in West Virginia, June 27, 2016
- Damaging Wind in West Virginia, June 28, 2016
July 2016
- Tornadoes and Flash Flood in West Virginia, July 4, 2016
- Damaging Winds in West Virginia, July 4, 2016
- Lightning Strike in West Virginia, July 5, 2016
- Flash Flood in West Virginia, July 6, 2016
- Flash Flood and Damaging Winds in West Virginia, July 6 to 7, 2016
- Damaging Winds in West Virginia, July 7, 2016
- Damaging Winds in West Virginia, July 8, 2016
- Hail and Damaging Winds in West Virginia, July 8, 2016
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in West Virginia, July 14, 2016
- Hail and Damaging Winds in West Virginia, July 15, 2016
- Damaging Wind in West Virginia, July 15, 2016
- Damaging Winds in West Virginia, July 18, 2016
- Damaging Winds in West Virginia, July 24, 2016
- Heat in West Virginia, July 25, 2016
- Damaging Wind in West Virginia, July 25, 2016
- Damaging Wind in West Virginia, July 25, 2016
- Flash Flood and Damaging Wind in West Virginia, July 26, 2016
- Flash Flood and Lightning Strike in West Virginia, July 27 to 28, 2016
- Flood in West Virginia, July 28, 2016
- Flood in West Virginia, July 28, 2016
- Flood in West Virginia, July 30, 2016
August 2016
- Flash Flood in West Virginia, August 2, 2016
- Flash Flood in West Virginia, August 5, 2016
- Damaging Wind in West Virginia, August 5, 2016
- Flash Flooding in West Virginia, August 10, 2016
- Heat in West Virginia, August 13, 2016
- Damaging Winds in West Virginia, August 13, 2016
- Damaging Wind in West Virginia, August 13, 2016
- Damaging Winds in West Virginia, August 14, 2016
- Damaging Wind in West Virginia, August 15, 2016
- Damaging Winds in West Virginia, August 15, 2016
- Hail and Damaging Winds in West Virginia, August 15, 2016
- Lightning Strike in West Virginia, August 15, 2016
- Damaging Winds in West Virginia, August 16, 2016
- Damaging Winds in West Virginia, August 16, 2016
- Damaging Winds in West Virginia, August 16, 2016
- Damaging Wind in West Virginia, August 16, 2016
- Flash Flood and Damaging Wind in West Virginia, August 17, 2016
- Damaging Winds in West Virginia, August 17, 2016
- Flood and Damaging Winds in West Virginia, August 28, 2016
September 2016
- Damaging Winds in West Virginia, September 7, 2016
- Dense Fog in West Virginia, September 20, 2016
- Damaging Wind in West Virginia, September 26, 2016
- Damaging Winds in West Virginia, September 26, 2016
- Damaging Wind in West Virginia, September 26, 2016
- Hail and Damaging Winds in West Virginia, September 29, 2016
- Hail and Damaging Wind in West Virginia, September 29, 2016
- Flood in West Virginia, September 29, 2016
- Hail and Heavy Rain in West Virginia, September 30, 2016
October 2016
- Dense Fog in West Virginia, October 4, 2016
- Dense Fog in West Virginia, October 6, 2016
- Dense Fog in West Virginia, October 14, 2016
- Hail and Damaging Winds in West Virginia, October 20, 2016
- Hail and Damaging Winds in West Virginia, October 20, 2016
- Frost and Freeze in West Virginia, October 26, 2016
November 2016
- Heavy Snow in West Virginia, November 19 to 21, 2016
- Winter Weather in West Virginia, November 19 to 20, 2016
- High Wind in West Virginia, November 19, 2016
- High Wind in West Virginia, November 20, 2016
- Strong Wind in West Virginia, November 30, 2016
December 2016
- Winter Weather in West Virginia, December 2 to 3, 2016
- Winter Weather in West Virginia, December 4 to 5, 2016
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in West Virginia, December 6, 2016
- Winter Weather in West Virginia, December 6, 2016
- Winter Weather in West Virginia, December 6, 2016
- Winter Weather in West Virginia, December 11 to 12, 2016
- Winter Weather in West Virginia, December 13, 2016
- Extreme Cold and Cold in West Virginia, December 15 to 16, 2016
- Cold in West Virginia, December 15 to 16, 2016
- Ice Storm and Winter Weather in West Virginia, December 17, 2016
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in West Virginia, December 17, 2016
- Flooding in West Virginia, December 18, 2016
- Winter Weather in West Virginia, December 18, 2016
- Winter Weather in West Virginia, December 29, 2016
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in West Virginia, December 29 to 30, 2016
- Heavy Snow and Winter Weather in West Virginia, December 29 to 30, 2016
- Winter Weather in West Virginia, December 29 to 30, 2016
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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.