West Virginia

Storms in West Virginia in 2023

846 events in 131 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in West Virginia in 2023, 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 2023 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
846
Deaths
1
Injuries
0
Damage
$8.5 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 Wind35700$544,000
Winter Weather17200
High Wind8100$197,000
Flood5310$176,000
Hail5200$458,000
Flash Flood4700$7.1 million
Strong Wind3300$5,000
Winter Storm2000
Heavy Rain1100
Heavy Snow500
Cold/Wind Chill400
Lightning300
Ice Storm200
Debris Flow200
Funnel Cloud200
Excessive Heat100
Tornado100$33,000

Every episode, month by month

January 2023

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December 2023

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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.