Storm History: Cabell County, West Virginia
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Cabell 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
- 579
- Deaths
- 8
- Injuries
- 5
- Damage
- $19 million
- Episodes
- 434
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 | 130 | 3 | 1 | $6.7 million |
| Hail | 116 | 1 | 3 | $3.7 million |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 78 | 0 | 1 | $1.0 million |
| Flood | 41 | 2 | 0 | $4.7 million |
| Tornado | 37 | 1 | 0 | $1.4 million |
| Heavy Snow | 29 | 0 | 0 | $27,000 |
| Drought | 21 | 0 | 0 | |
| Winter Storm | 19 | 0 | 0 | $581,000 |
| High Wind | 18 | 0 | 0 | $127,000 |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 16 | 0 | 0 | $20,000 |
| Heavy Rain | 16 | 0 | 0 | $51,000 |
| Heat | 12 | 0 | 0 | |
| Strong Wind | 10 | 0 | 0 | $96,000 |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 10 | 0 | 0 | $550,000 |
| Winter Weather | 9 | 0 | 0 | |
| Excessive Heat | 9 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ice Storm | 3 | 1 | 0 | $50,000 |
| Lightning | 2 | 0 | 0 | $10,000 |
| Frost/Freeze | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Northern Lights | 1 | 0 | 0 |
The deadliest
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Hail, June 29, 2012
- Flash Flood, March 2, 1997
- Flood, February 15, 2003
- Flood, September 17, 2004
- Flash Flood, May 6, 2022
- Flash Flood, November 12, 2003
- Tornado, May 24, 1998
- Flood, March 4, 2015
- Flash Flood, June 23, 1996
- Flood, March 2, 1997
- Flood, November 19, 2003
- Flash Flood, July 14, 2016
- Flash Flood, February 18, 2000
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 6, 2014
- Flash Flood, August 22, 2014
- Tornado, August 9, 2000
- Thunderstorm Wind, November 1, 2013
- Winter Storm, February 3, 1998
- Winter Storm, January 27, 2009
- Flash Flood, July 12, 2015
The largest hail
The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.
- Hail, June 16, 1998
- Hail, September 25, 1994
- Flash Flood, August 30, 2006
- Hail, April 14, 2025
- Flash Flood, March 18, 2021
- Hail, March 28, 2012
- Hail, June 22, 2008
- Flash Flood, May 18, 2001
- Hail, June 22, 1979
- Hail, May 19, 2026
- Hail, May 22, 2024
- Flash Flood, April 7, 2020
- Hail, May 3, 2019
- Flash Flood, June 2, 2019
- Flash Flood, March 15, 2012
The strongest tornadoes
Every episode, newest first
- Hail, May 19, 2026
- Drought, May 1, 2026
- Drought, April 1, 2026
- Heavy Snow, March 16, 2026
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 16, 2026
- Strong Wind, March 13, 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
- Winter Weather, December 2, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, November 15, 2025
- Heavy Snow, November 10, 2025
- Flash Flood, September 24, 2025
- Drought, September 1, 2025
- Flash Flood, August 13, 2025
- Flash Flood, July 17, 2025
- Flash Flood, July 14, 2025
- Flash Flood, July 1, 2025
- Flash Flood, June 13, 2025
- Hail, April 29, 2025
- Hail, April 14, 2025
- Flash Flood, April 3, 2025
- Heavy Snow, February 18, 2025
- Heavy Snow, February 16, 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, December 4, 2024
- Winter Weather, December 1, 2024
- Drought, November 1, 2024
- Drought, October 1, 2024
- Drought, September 1, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 29, 2024
- Drought, August 1, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 14, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 29, 2024
- Tornado, May 26, 2024
- Hail, May 22, 2024
- Tornado, April 2, 2024
- Hail, March 30, 2024
- Flash Flood, February 28, 2024
- Heavy Snow, February 16, 2024
- Heavy Snow, January 19, 2024
- Heavy Snow, January 15, 2024
- High Wind, January 12, 2024
- Tornado, August 7, 2023
- Flood, July 24, 2023
- High Wind, April 1, 2023
- High Wind, March 25, 2023
- Flood, February 16, 2023
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 23, 2022
- Winter Weather, December 23, 2022
- Flash Flood, August 10, 2022
- Flash Flood, July 29, 2022
- Hail, July 21, 2022
- Flash Flood, July 17, 2022
- Flash Flood, July 8, 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
- Flood, February 3, 2022
- Winter Storm, January 16, 2022
- Heavy Snow, January 6, 2022
- Flash Flood, January 1, 2022
- Flash Flood, August 30, 2021
- Flash Flood, August 18, 2021
- Flash Flood, July 1, 2021
- Flash Flood, June 9, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 8, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 25, 2021
- Flash Flood, March 18, 2021
- Flood, March 1, 2021
- Flood, February 28, 2021
- Winter Storm, February 17, 2021
- Ice Storm, February 15, 2021
- Winter Storm, February 10, 2021
- Winter Weather, January 19, 2021
- Heavy Snow, December 24, 2020
- Flash Flood, August 25, 2020
- Flash Flood, July 30, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 21, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 10, 2020
- Flash Flood, June 3, 2020
- Flood, April 12, 2020
- Flash Flood, April 7, 2020
- Flood, February 11, 2020
- Heavy Snow, February 7, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, January 11, 2020
- Flood, December 16, 2019
- High Wind, November 27, 2019
- Flash Flood, August 7, 2019
- Flash Flood, July 21, 2019
- Tornado, June 24, 2019
- Flash Flood, June 2, 2019
- Hail, May 3, 2019
- Hail, April 14, 2019
- Flood, February 24, 2019
- Flood, December 20, 2018
- Strong Wind, November 6, 2018
- Strong Wind, October 20, 2018
- Flash Flood, September 9, 2018
- Flash Flood, September 1, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 31, 2018
- Flash Flood, July 1, 2018
- Flash Flood, May 26, 2018
- Flood, May 6, 2018
- Flood, February 24, 2018
- Flood, February 16, 2018
- Winter Weather, February 6, 2018
- Heavy Snow, January 16, 2018
- Winter Storm, January 12, 2018
- High Wind, November 18, 2017
- Flash Flood, July 28, 2017
- Flash Flood, July 22, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 7, 2017
- Tornado, June 23, 2017
- Flash Flood, May 20, 2017
- Hail, April 11, 2017
- Flash Flood, March 1, 2017
- Winter Weather, January 5, 2017
- Strong Wind, November 30, 2016
- Flash Flood, August 17, 2016
- Flash Flood, July 14, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 8, 2016
- Flash Flood, July 6, 2016
- Flash Flood, April 27, 2016
- High Wind, April 2, 2016
- Strong Wind, March 1, 2016
- Winter Storm, February 14, 2016
- Heavy Snow, January 22, 2016
- Flash Flood, July 21, 2015
- Flash Flood, July 12, 2015
- Flash Flood, July 7, 2015
- Tornado, June 26, 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
- Strong Wind, November 1, 2014
- Flash Flood, August 22, 2014
- Flash Flood, August 2, 2014
- Tornado, July 8, 2014
- Lightning, June 24, 2014
- Flash Flood, June 10, 2014
- Tornado, June 3, 2014
- Flash Flood, April 28, 2014
- Heavy Snow, March 16, 2014
- Winter Storm, March 2, 2014
- Thunderstorm Wind, February 21, 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
- Thunderstorm Wind, December 22, 2013
- Ice Storm, December 8, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, November 17, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, November 1, 2013
- Heavy Rain, July 21, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 10, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 16, 2013
- Flood, January 30, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 19, 2012
- Hail, July 8, 2012
- Hail, June 29, 2012
- Hail, March 28, 2012
- Flash Flood, March 15, 2012
- Heavy Snow, March 5, 2012
- Hail, September 26, 2011
- Heavy Rain, August 19, 2011
- Heat, July 28, 2011
- Flash Flood, July 24, 2011
- Heat, July 20, 2011
- Heat, July 12, 2011
- Hail, June 23, 2011
- Hail, June 21, 2011
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 23, 2011
- Flash Flood, May 10, 2011
- Hail, April 25, 2011
- Hail, April 4, 2011
- Hail, March 21, 2011
- Flood, March 10, 2011
- Flood, February 28, 2011
- Winter Storm, December 16, 2010
- Thunderstorm Wind, October 26, 2010
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 14, 2010
- Flash Flood, August 11, 2010
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 5, 2010
- Flash Flood, July 20, 2010
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 27, 2010
- Flash Flood, June 21, 2010
- Flood, May 1, 2010
- Winter Storm, February 5, 2010
- Heavy Snow, December 18, 2009
- Heavy Rain, September 26, 2009
- Flash Flood, August 10, 2009
- Heavy Rain, July 31, 2009
- Heavy Rain, June 10, 2009
- Hail, May 30, 2009
- Hail, February 11, 2009
- Winter Storm, January 27, 2009
- Winter Weather, December 23, 2008
- Hail, July 20, 2008
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 28, 2008
- Hail, June 22, 2008
- Hail, June 16, 2008
- Flash Flood, June 3, 2008
- Hail, June 1, 2008
- Hail, May 11, 2008
- Hail, May 9, 2008
- Flood, April 4, 2008
- Thunderstorm Wind, February 6, 2008
- Thunderstorm Wind, January 29, 2008
- Flood, December 10, 2007
- Drought, November 1, 2007
- Drought, October 1, 2007
- Drought, September 1, 2007
- Hail, August 16, 2007
- Excessive Heat, August 16, 2007
- Drought, August 1, 2007
- Hail, July 19, 2007
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 17, 2007
- Drought, July 1, 2007
- Tornado, June 27, 2007
- Drought, June 8, 2007
- Flood, April 15, 2007
- Heavy Snow, February 7, 2007
- Flood, September 1, 2006
- Flash Flood, August 30, 2006
- Hail, July 21, 2006
- Flash Flood, July 14, 2006
- Hail, July 3, 2006
- Hail, June 22, 2006
- Hail, April 20, 2006
- Flash Flood, July 27, 2005
- Flood, July 25, 2005
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 14, 2005
- Hail, May 13, 2005
- Flood, January 5, 2005
Earlier years, state by state:
More
Tornadoes in Cabell CountyEvery warning in Cabell 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.