Storm History: Berkeley County, West Virginia
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Berkeley County, West Virginia: floods, hail, damaging wind, tornadoes, winter storms, heat and the rest, with the most serious on record. Events filed by forecast zone count for every county the zone covers.
The record
- Events
- 954
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 10
- Damage
- $9.3 million
- Episodes
- 716
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.
Every year
By kind of event
Counted under the kind that heads each episode.
| Kind of event | Events | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thunderstorm Wind | 169 | 0 | 0 | $744,000 |
| Hail | 158 | 0 | 0 | $212,000 |
| Winter Storm | 105 | 0 | 0 | $52,000 |
| Dense Fog | 85 | 0 | 0 | |
| Winter Weather | 84 | 0 | 0 | |
| Flood | 75 | 0 | 0 | |
| Flash Flood | 62 | 0 | 0 | $585,000 |
| Frost/Freeze | 37 | 0 | 0 | $4.0 million |
| Tornado | 35 | 0 | 7 | $1.3 million |
| Heat | 32 | 0 | 3 | |
| High Wind | 26 | 0 | 0 | $160,000 |
| Strong Wind | 15 | 0 | 0 | $73,000 |
| Drought | 13 | 0 | 0 | $2.1 million |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 13 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ice Storm | 12 | 0 | 0 | $15,000 |
| Heavy Snow | 9 | 0 | 0 | |
| Excessive Heat | 9 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 7 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heavy Rain | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| Blizzard | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lightning | 1 | 0 | 0 | $4,000 |
The deadliest
None recorded.
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Frost/Freeze, April 10, 1997
- Drought, July 1, 1997
- Tornado, August 17, 1994
- Tornado, October 2, 1979
- Flash Flood, September 18, 2003
- Flash Flood, September 6, 1996
- Tornado, July 30, 1998
- Tornado, June 16, 1998
- Tornado, June 5, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 21, 1998
- High Wind, January 14, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 20, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 27, 2006
- Flash Flood, March 21, 2001
- Flash Flood, September 3, 2003
- Tornado, August 8, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 4, 2008
- Hail, May 25, 1995
- High Wind, September 6, 1996
- Hail, July 28, 2023
The largest hail
The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.
- Flash Flood, May 26, 2002
- Hail, May 14, 2018
- Flash Flood, July 18, 2006
- Hail, May 13, 2014
- Hail, May 3, 2012
- Hail, September 14, 2011
- Hail, June 9, 2009
- Hail, May 25, 2004
- Hail, June 4, 2002
- Hail, September 21, 1993
- Hail, September 18, 1991
- Hail, May 16, 1988
- Hail, June 8, 1969
- Hail, June 3, 1968
- Hail, July 2, 1968
The strongest tornadoes
Every episode, newest first
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 14, 2026
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 6, 2026
- Hail, May 18, 2026
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 13, 2026
- Winter Weather, March 2, 2026
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 7, 2026
- High Wind, February 7, 2026
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 1, 2026
- Winter Storm, January 24, 2026
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 23, 2026
- Winter Storm, January 1, 2026
- Winter Weather, December 26, 2025
- Winter Weather, December 2, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, November 5, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 31, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 26, 2025
- Hail, July 18, 2025
- Flash Flood, July 14, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 28, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 25, 2025
- Excessive Heat, June 24, 2025
- Excessive Heat, June 23, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 19, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 14, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 16, 2025
- Flood, May 14, 2025
- Hail, May 3, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 19, 2025
- Hail, March 16, 2025
- Winter Weather, February 17, 2025
- High Wind, February 16, 2025
- Winter Weather, February 15, 2025
- Winter Storm, February 11, 2025
- Winter Weather, February 8, 2025
- Ice Storm, February 5, 2025
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 20, 2025
- Winter Weather, January 20, 2025
- Winter Storm, January 19, 2025
- Winter Storm, January 5, 2025
- Winter Storm, December 15, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 31, 2024
- Tornado, August 8, 2024
- Flash Flood, August 8, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 3, 2024
- Excessive Heat, July 16, 2024
- Excessive Heat, July 15, 2024
- Tornado, June 5, 2024
- Hail, May 27, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 26, 2024
- Winter Storm, February 16, 2024
- Winter Storm, February 13, 2024
- Flood, January 28, 2024
- Winter Storm, January 19, 2024
- Winter Storm, January 15, 2024
- Flood, January 10, 2024
- Winter Storm, January 6, 2024
- Hail, September 7, 2023
- Flash Flood, August 7, 2023
- Hail, August 7, 2023
- Hail, July 28, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 24, 2023
- High Wind, April 1, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 23, 2023
- Winter Weather, January 25, 2023
- Cold/Wind Chill, December 23, 2022
- Flood, December 23, 2022
- Winter Weather, December 21, 2022
- Ice Storm, December 14, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 25, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 4, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 18, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 2, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 1, 2022
- Hail, June 22, 2022
- Flood, May 6, 2022
- Winter Weather, April 18, 2022
- Winter Storm, March 12, 2022
- Winter Weather, February 24, 2022
- Winter Storm, January 16, 2022
- Winter Weather, January 9, 2022
- Winter Storm, January 6, 2022
- Flood, September 22, 2021
- Dense Fog, August 30, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 28, 2021
- Flash Flood, August 28, 2021
- Dense Fog, August 21, 2021
- Heat, August 12, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 11, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 17, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 30, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 21, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 26, 2021
- Tornado, May 3, 2021
- Frost/Freeze, April 23, 2021
- Dense Fog, March 24, 2021
- Dense Fog, February 28, 2021
- Winter Weather, February 22, 2021
- Winter Storm, February 18, 2021
- Winter Weather, February 13, 2021
- Winter Storm, February 10, 2021
- Winter Weather, February 7, 2021
- Winter Storm, January 31, 2021
- Dense Fog, January 26, 2021
- Winter Storm, January 25, 2021
- Dense Fog, January 3, 2021
- Winter Storm, January 1, 2021
- Winter Storm, December 16, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, November 15, 2020
- Dense Fog, October 22, 2020
- Frost/Freeze, October 19, 2020
- Dense Fog, September 26, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 28, 2020
- Heat, July 20, 2020
- Heat, July 19, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 25, 2020
- Hail, June 23, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 4, 2020
- Dense Fog, May 23, 2020
- Frost/Freeze, May 9, 2020
- Frost/Freeze, April 18, 2020
- Frost/Freeze, April 16, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 13, 2020
- Dense Fog, March 29, 2020
- Dense Fog, March 29, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 3, 2020
- Dense Fog, February 26, 2020
- Dense Fog, February 7, 2020
- Winter Weather, January 18, 2020
- Dense Fog, January 14, 2020
- Winter Weather, January 7, 2020
- Dense Fog, January 3, 2020
- Dense Fog, December 30, 2019
- Dense Fog, December 17, 2019
- Ice Storm, December 16, 2019
- Winter Weather, December 13, 2019
- High Wind, November 27, 2019
- Dense Fog, October 22, 2019
- Frost/Freeze, October 19, 2019
- Hail, August 18, 2019
- Excessive Heat, July 21, 2019
- Excessive Heat, July 20, 2019
- Excessive Heat, July 19, 2019
- Dense Fog, July 9, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 29, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 27, 2019
- Hail, June 2, 2019
- Flood, May 5, 2019
- Hail, May 3, 2019
- Dense Fog, May 2, 2019
- Flood, April 20, 2019
- Flood, March 22, 2019
- Winter Storm, March 3, 2019
- Winter Weather, March 1, 2019
- Winter Weather, March 1, 2019
- High Wind, February 24, 2019
- Winter Storm, February 20, 2019
- Winter Weather, February 17, 2019
- Flood, February 13, 2019
- Winter Storm, February 10, 2019
- Winter Storm, February 1, 2019
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 30, 2019
- Winter Weather, January 29, 2019
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 21, 2019
- Flood, January 20, 2019
- Winter Weather, January 19, 2019
- Winter Storm, January 12, 2019
- Dense Fog, December 28, 2018
- Flood, December 15, 2018
- Dense Fog, December 2, 2018
- Flood, November 25, 2018
- Winter Storm, November 24, 2018
- Winter Storm, November 15, 2018
- Frost/Freeze, October 19, 2018
- Dense Fog, October 8, 2018
- Dense Fog, October 7, 2018
- Flood, September 26, 2018
- Flood, September 9, 2018
- Heat, September 4, 2018
- Flood, August 31, 2018
- Flash Flood, August 21, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 21, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 17, 2018
- Dense Fog, August 13, 2018
- Flood, August 4, 2018
- Dense Fog, July 26, 2018
- Heat, July 4, 2018
- Heat, July 3, 2018
- Heat, July 2, 2018
- Heat, July 1, 2018
- Flood, June 22, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 20, 2018
- Heat, June 18, 2018
- Flood, June 2, 2018
- Flash Flood, June 1, 2018
- Flood, May 31, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 31, 2018
- Flood, May 16, 2018
- Hail, May 14, 2018
- Frost/Freeze, April 21, 2018
- Flash Flood, April 16, 2018
- Winter Storm, March 20, 2018
- High Wind, March 1, 2018
- Winter Weather, February 17, 2018
- Winter Storm, February 4, 2018
- Winter Storm, February 3, 2018
- Winter Weather, January 16, 2018
- Winter Weather, January 8, 2018
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 4, 2018
- Frost/Freeze, October 27, 2017
- Hail, September 5, 2017
- Hail, August 12, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 4, 2017
- Flash Flood, July 28, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 22, 2017
- Heat, July 20, 2017
- Dense Fog, May 27, 2017
- Flood, May 5, 2017
- Winter Weather, March 24, 2017
- Winter Storm, March 13, 2017
- High Wind, February 12, 2017
- Flood, January 24, 2017
- Winter Weather, January 13, 2017
- Winter Weather, January 10, 2017
- Winter Weather, January 5, 2017
- Winter Weather, December 29, 2016
- Winter Storm, December 17, 2016
- Winter Weather, December 11, 2016
- High Wind, November 20, 2016
- Frost/Freeze, October 26, 2016
- Dense Fog, October 6, 2016
- Flood, September 29, 2016
- Dense Fog, September 20, 2016
- Heat, August 13, 2016
- Heat, July 25, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 18, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 28, 2016
- Hail, June 21, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 5, 2016
- Frost/Freeze, April 14, 2016
- Frost/Freeze, April 13, 2016
- Frost/Freeze, April 9, 2016
- Frost/Freeze, April 5, 2016
- Frost/Freeze, April 5, 2016
- Frost/Freeze, April 3, 2016
- High Wind, April 2, 2016
- Dense Fog, March 16, 2016
- Dense Fog, February 24, 2016
- Ice Storm, February 14, 2016
- Winter Weather, February 8, 2016
- Flood, February 4, 2016
Earlier years, state by state:
More
Tornadoes in Berkeley CountyEvery warning in Berkeley County since 1986Every county in West Virginia
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.