West Virginia

Storms in West Virginia in 2021

860 events in 150 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in West Virginia in 2021, 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 2021 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
860
Deaths
1
Injuries
2
Damage
$4.0 million
Episodes
150

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 Wind24301$410,000
Winter Weather17500
Flash Flood12000$2.5 million
Flood10400$603,000
Winter Storm6400$127,000
Dense Fog3600
Hail3510$1,000
Heavy Snow1700
Heat1200
Strong Wind1100$47,000
Ice Storm900$189,000
Frost/Freeze900
Heavy Rain800
High Wind700$7,000
Cold/Wind Chill400
Astronomical Low Tide200
Debris Flow200
Tornado201$117,000

Every episode, month by month

January 2021

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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.