West Virginia

Storms in West Virginia in 2017

631 events in 131 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in West Virginia in 2017, 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 2017 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
631
Deaths
3
Injuries
2
Damage
$6.9 million
Episodes
131

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 Wind24800$318,000
Winter Weather14200$100,000
Flash Flood5400$5.6 million
Flood3800$102,000
Hail3100$35,000
Strong Wind2500$11,000
Frost/Freeze2100
Winter Storm1800
Cold/Wind Chill1710
Heavy Snow1200
High Wind800$200,000
Dense Fog500
Heavy Rain420
Tornado400$504,000
Heat300
Lightning102

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.