Storms in West Virginia in 2026

1,168 events in 95 episodes, still being filed

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in West Virginia in 2026, 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 2026 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: 1,168
Deaths: 0
Injuries: 5
Damage: $1.2 million
Episodes: 95

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	Injuries	Damage
Thunderstorm Wind	416	5	$356,000
Winter Weather	138	0	$8,000
Drought	115	0
Cold/Wind Chill	88	0
Winter Storm	85	0
Strong Wind	76	0	$98,000
Flash Flood	76	0	$326,000
Heavy Snow	54	0	$4,000
Hail	43	0	$59,000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill	39	0
Flood	30	0	$20,000
High Wind	4	0
Tornado	4	0	$321,000

Every episode, month by month

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June 2026

Every year in West Virginia Every state in 2026 Tornadoes in West Virginia in 2026 Warnings in West Virginia in 2026 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.