Storm History: Boone County, West Virginia
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Boone 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
- 509
- Deaths
- 2
- Injuries
- 2
- Damage
- $13 million
- Episodes
- 364
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flash Flood | 153 | 1 | 0 | $8.2 million |
| Hail | 79 | 0 | 0 | $873,000 |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 44 | 1 | 2 | $250,000 |
| Heavy Snow | 35 | 0 | 0 | $200,000 |
| Tornado | 31 | 0 | 0 | $142,000 |
| Flood | 22 | 0 | 0 | $1.8 million |
| Drought | 21 | 0 | 0 | |
| High Wind | 19 | 0 | 0 | $64,000 |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 18 | 0 | 0 | |
| Winter Storm | 16 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heat | 11 | 0 | 0 | |
| Winter Weather | 11 | 0 | 0 | $75,000 |
| Heavy Rain | 11 | 0 | 0 | $10,000 |
| Strong Wind | 10 | 0 | 0 | $48,000 |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 10 | 0 | 0 | $210,000 |
| Excessive Heat | 9 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wildfire | 4 | 0 | 0 | $25,000 |
| Ice Storm | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Frost/Freeze | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Blizzard | 1 | 0 | 0 | $750,000 |
The deadliest
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Flash Flood, July 8, 2001
- Flash Flood, June 16, 2003
- Flood, April 15, 2007
- Hail, June 29, 2012
- Blizzard, October 29, 2012
- Flash Flood, May 18, 2001
- Flood, February 15, 2003
- Flash Flood, July 29, 2001
- Flood, November 19, 2003
- Flash Flood, April 3, 2015
- Flash Flood, May 15, 1996
- Heavy Snow, December 18, 2009
- Flash Flood, May 30, 2004
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 18, 2015
- Flash Flood, November 12, 2003
- Flash Flood, July 25, 2010
- Flood, March 4, 2015
- Flash Flood, May 17, 2001
- Flash Flood, July 12, 2015
- Tornado, April 2, 2024
The largest hail
The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.
- Hail, July 23, 1962
- Hail, September 25, 1994
- Hail, June 16, 2016
- Hail, May 4, 2025
- Flash Flood, May 1, 2016
- Hail, June 22, 2008
- Flood, April 28, 2002
- Flash Flood, May 18, 2001
- Flash Flood, February 19, 2026
- Flash Flood, April 7, 2020
- Hail, September 29, 2016
- Hail, March 23, 2011
- Hail, May 30, 2009
- Hail, April 11, 2008
- Hail, June 16, 2008
The strongest tornadoes
Every episode, newest first
- Tornado, June 22, 2026
- Flash Flood, June 18, 2026
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 14, 2026
- Flash Flood, June 10, 2026
- Drought, June 1, 2026
- Flash Flood, May 27, 2026
- Drought, May 1, 2026
- Drought, April 1, 2026
- Heavy Snow, March 16, 2026
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 16, 2026
- Strong Wind, March 13, 2026
- Heavy Snow, February 22, 2026
- Strong Wind, February 20, 2026
- Flash Flood, February 19, 2026
- Cold/Wind Chill, February 1, 2026
- Winter Storm, January 24, 2026
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 20, 2026
- High Wind, December 29, 2025
- High Wind, December 19, 2025
- Heavy Snow, December 13, 2025
- Heavy Snow, December 8, 2025
- Strong Wind, November 18, 2025
- Heavy Snow, November 10, 2025
- Drought, October 1, 2025
- Drought, September 1, 2025
- Flash Flood, July 17, 2025
- Flash Flood, July 14, 2025
- Flash Flood, July 9, 2025
- Flash Flood, June 26, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 25, 2025
- Flash Flood, June 13, 2025
- Flood, May 16, 2025
- Flash Flood, May 13, 2025
- Hail, May 8, 2025
- Hail, May 4, 2025
- Flash Flood, April 3, 2025
- Heavy Snow, February 18, 2025
- Flash Flood, February 15, 2025
- Winter Storm, February 11, 2025
- Flash Flood, February 6, 2025
- Heavy Snow, January 19, 2025
- Heavy Snow, January 10, 2025
- Winter Storm, January 5, 2025
- Strong Wind, December 29, 2024
- Heavy Snow, November 21, 2024
- Strong Wind, November 20, 2024
- Drought, November 1, 2024
- Drought, October 1, 2024
- Drought, September 1, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 31, 2024
- Drought, August 1, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 14, 2024
- Hail, June 26, 2024
- Tornado, May 26, 2024
- Flash Flood, April 11, 2024
- Tornado, April 2, 2024
- High Wind, March 20, 2024
- Heavy Snow, January 19, 2024
- Heavy Snow, January 15, 2024
- High Wind, January 12, 2024
- High Wind, January 9, 2024
- Heavy Snow, December 18, 2023
- Flash Flood, August 28, 2023
- Flash Flood, August 25, 2023
- Tornado, August 7, 2023
- Flash Flood, July 27, 2023
- Hail, July 2, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 28, 2023
- High Wind, April 1, 2023
- High Wind, March 25, 2023
- High Wind, March 3, 2023
- Flood, February 16, 2023
- Strong Wind, January 19, 2023
- Winter Weather, January 13, 2023
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 23, 2022
- Winter Weather, December 23, 2022
- Flash Flood, August 21, 2022
- Hail, July 1, 2022
- Flash Flood, June 22, 2022
- Flash Flood, June 13, 2022
- Flash Flood, May 6, 2022
- Heavy Snow, March 11, 2022
- Winter Weather, February 3, 2022
- Winter Storm, January 16, 2022
- Heavy Snow, January 6, 2022
- Flash Flood, August 19, 2021
- Flash Flood, August 13, 2021
- Flash Flood, August 11, 2021
- Flash Flood, June 30, 2021
- Flash Flood, June 13, 2021
- Flood, March 1, 2021
- Winter Storm, February 17, 2021
- Ice Storm, February 15, 2021
- Winter Storm, February 10, 2021
- Heavy Snow, December 24, 2020
- Flash Flood, August 25, 2020
- Flash Flood, August 15, 2020
- Flash Flood, June 3, 2020
- Flood, April 12, 2020
- Flash Flood, April 7, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, January 11, 2020
- Winter Weather, January 7, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, October 31, 2019
- Flash Flood, July 21, 2019
- Hail, May 29, 2019
- Hail, May 17, 2019
- Flash Flood, May 4, 2019
- Hail, April 19, 2019
- Hail, April 14, 2019
- Flood, February 24, 2019
- Flood, December 20, 2018
- Strong Wind, October 20, 2018
- Flash Flood, July 4, 2018
- Heavy Snow, March 24, 2018
- Heavy Snow, March 12, 2018
- Heavy Snow, January 16, 2018
- Winter Storm, January 12, 2018
- Tornado, June 23, 2017
- Flash Flood, June 19, 2017
- Flash Flood, May 24, 2017
- Flash Flood, May 20, 2017
- Flash Flood, March 1, 2017
- Winter Weather, January 5, 2017
- Hail, September 29, 2016
- Flash Flood, July 14, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 8, 2016
- Hail, June 16, 2016
- Flash Flood, May 1, 2016
- Wildfire, April 6, 2016
- High Wind, April 2, 2016
- Winter Weather, March 3, 2016
- Strong Wind, March 1, 2016
- Winter Storm, February 14, 2016
- Heavy Snow, January 22, 2016
- Flash Flood, July 12, 2015
- Flash Flood, July 10, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 9, 2015
- Flash Flood, July 5, 2015
- Hail, June 8, 2015
- Flood, April 14, 2015
- Flash Flood, April 3, 2015
- Flood, March 4, 2015
- Winter Storm, February 21, 2015
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 18, 2015
- Heavy Snow, February 16, 2015
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 14, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, December 24, 2014
- Strong Wind, November 1, 2014
- Tornado, June 3, 2014
- Heavy Snow, March 16, 2014
- Winter Storm, March 2, 2014
- Thunderstorm Wind, February 21, 2014
- Heavy Snow, February 12, 2014
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 27, 2014
- Winter Storm, January 25, 2014
- Heavy Snow, January 21, 2014
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 6, 2014
- Winter Weather, January 2, 2014
- Flood, December 6, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 24, 2013
- Heavy Rain, June 5, 2013
- Blizzard, October 29, 2012
- Hail, July 8, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 5, 2012
- Hail, June 29, 2012
- Hail, March 24, 2012
- Heavy Snow, March 5, 2012
- Flash Flood, February 29, 2012
- Heat, July 28, 2011
- Heat, July 20, 2011
- Hail, June 23, 2011
- Hail, June 21, 2011
- Hail, March 23, 2011
- Winter Weather, December 25, 2010
- Winter Storm, December 16, 2010
- Thunderstorm Wind, October 26, 2010
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 5, 2010
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 4, 2010
- Flash Flood, July 25, 2010
- Flash Flood, June 21, 2010
- Flash Flood, May 16, 2010
- Flood, March 13, 2010
- Heavy Snow, February 24, 2010
- Heavy Snow, January 29, 2010
- Heavy Snow, December 18, 2009
- Flash Flood, August 12, 2009
- Hail, May 30, 2009
- Hail, February 11, 2009
- Hail, July 22, 2008
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 28, 2008
- Hail, June 22, 2008
- Hail, June 16, 2008
- Hail, June 10, 2008
- Hail, May 11, 2008
- Hail, April 11, 2008
- Thunderstorm Wind, February 6, 2008
- Drought, November 1, 2007
- Drought, October 1, 2007
- Drought, September 1, 2007
- Excessive Heat, August 16, 2007
- Drought, August 1, 2007
- Hail, July 26, 2007
- Hail, July 19, 2007
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 17, 2007
- Hail, June 13, 2007
- Flood, April 15, 2007
- Heavy Snow, February 7, 2007
- Hail, October 11, 2006
- Hail, July 4, 2006
- Hail, May 31, 2006
- Hail, April 7, 2006
- Flash Flood, July 27, 2005
- Hail, March 23, 2005
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 11, 2004
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 1, 2004
- Flash Flood, May 30, 2004
- Hail, May 25, 2004
- Frost/Freeze, May 4, 2004
- Winter Storm, January 25, 2004
- Flood, November 19, 2003
- Flash Flood, November 12, 2003
- Frost/Freeze, October 3, 2003
- Flood, September 4, 2003
- Tornado, July 10, 2003
- Hail, July 9, 2003
- Flash Flood, June 16, 2003
- Hail, February 22, 2003
- Flood, February 22, 2003
- Winter Storm, February 16, 2003
- Flood, February 15, 2003
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 14, 2003
- Winter Storm, December 4, 2002
- Heavy Rain, October 1, 2002
- Drought, September 1, 2002
- Heavy Rain, August 1, 2002
- Flash Flood, July 19, 2002
- Flash Flood, July 2, 2002
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, May 19, 2002
- High Wind, May 13, 2002
- Flash Flood, May 2, 2002
- Flood, April 28, 2002
- Excessive Heat, April 16, 2002
- High Wind, March 9, 2002
- Heavy Rain, February 1, 2002
- Excessive Heat, January 31, 2002
- Excessive Heat, January 28, 2002
- Heavy Snow, January 19, 2002
- Heavy Snow, January 6, 2002
- High Wind, December 14, 2001
- Heat, December 1, 2001
Earlier years, state by state:
More
Tornadoes in Boone CountyEvery warning in Boone 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.