Storms in West Virginia in 2024

1,575 events in 166 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in West Virginia in 2024, 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 2024 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: 1,575
Deaths: 3
Injuries: 7
Damage: $19 million
Episodes: 166

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	481	0	1	$1.1 million
Drought	210	0	0
Winter Weather	194	0	0
Strong Wind	187	0	0	$121,000
Flash Flood	122	1	0	$9.9 million
Flood	103	1	0	$23,000
Heavy Snow	79	0	0	$51,000
Winter Storm	52	0	0
Hail	49	0	0	$172,000
High Wind	43	0	2	$5.8 million
Tornado	21	1	4	$2.3 million
Cold/Wind Chill	18	0	0
Blizzard	6	0	0
Excessive Heat	5	0	0
Heavy Rain	2	0	0
Ice Storm	1	0	0
Wildfire	1	0	0
Lightning	1	0	0

Every episode, month by month

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Every year in West Virginia Every state in 2024 Tornadoes in West Virginia in 2024 Warnings in West Virginia in 2024 2023 2025

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.