West Virginia

Storm History: Calhoun County, West Virginia

280 episodes, 310 events since 1969

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Calhoun 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
310
Deaths
1
Injuries
3
Damage
$5.5 million
Episodes
280

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
Flash Flood5700$2.9 million
Hail4303$930,000
Heavy Snow3700$27,000
Thunderstorm Wind2100$118,000
Cold/Wind Chill1900
Drought1800
Flood1810$867,000
Winter Storm1500$2,000
Winter Weather1300
High Wind1300$29,000
Heat1100
Tornado1000$111,000
Heavy Rain800
Excessive Heat800
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill800$45,000
Strong Wind500$14,000
Ice Storm300$400,000
Frost/Freeze300

The deadliest

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 Calhoun County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Calhoun CountyEvery warning in Calhoun 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.