West Virginia

Storm History: Braxton County, West Virginia

343 episodes, 415 events since 1960

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Braxton 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
415
Deaths
0
Injuries
4
Damage
$9.3 million
Episodes
343

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.

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Every year

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.

By kind of event

Counted under the kind that heads each episode.

Kind of eventEventsDeathsInjuriesDamage
Hail9101$2.9 million
Flash Flood7200$3.4 million
Heavy Snow4300$52,000
Thunderstorm Wind3001$71,000
Flood2300$774,000
Tornado2101$419,000
Drought1900
Cold/Wind Chill1800
Winter Weather1801$83,000
High Wind1600$26,000
Winter Storm1400
Heat1100
Excessive Heat900
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill900$45,000
Strong Wind700$26,000
Heavy Rain600
Ice Storm400$500,000
Frost/Freeze300
Blizzard100$1.0 million

The deadliest

None recorded.

The costliest

Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.

The largest hail

The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.

The strongest tornadoes

Every tornado in Braxton County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Braxton CountyEvery warning in Braxton 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.