Storm History: Clay County, West Virginia
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Clay 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
- 354
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Damage
- $22 million
- Episodes
- 304
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 | 75 | 0 | 0 | $2.3 million |
| Hail | 53 | 0 | 0 | $1.1 million |
| Heavy Snow | 38 | 0 | 0 | $105,000 |
| Drought | 20 | 0 | 0 | |
| Flood | 20 | 0 | 0 | $559,000 |
| Tornado | 19 | 0 | 0 | $17 million |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 17 | 0 | 0 | |
| Winter Storm | 16 | 0 | 0 | |
| High Wind | 15 | 0 | 0 | $24,000 |
| Winter Weather | 14 | 0 | 0 | |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 13 | 0 | 0 | $23,000 |
| Heat | 11 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heavy Rain | 11 | 0 | 0 | |
| Excessive Heat | 9 | 0 | 0 | |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 9 | 0 | 0 | $70,000 |
| Strong Wind | 6 | 0 | 0 | $19,000 |
| Frost/Freeze | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ice Storm | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wildfire | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Northern Lights | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Blizzard | 1 | 0 | 0 | $750,000 |
The deadliest
None recorded.
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Tornado, June 23, 2016
- Hail, June 29, 2012
- Blizzard, October 29, 2012
- Flash Flood, March 1, 1997
- Flash Flood, July 31, 1996
- Flash Flood, June 27, 1998
- Flash Flood, July 10, 2015
- Flash Flood, August 29, 2009
- Flood, November 19, 2003
- Flood, September 17, 2004
- Flash Flood, March 2, 1997
- Flash Flood, November 12, 2003
- Heavy Snow, December 18, 2009
- Flood, December 6, 2013
- Flash Flood, August 27, 2020
- Flood, March 4, 2015
- Flash Flood, December 25, 2015
- Flash Flood, May 27, 2004
- Flash Flood, August 29, 2005
- Flood, February 24, 2019
The largest hail
The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.
- Hail, May 23, 2019
- Hail, June 16, 1998
- Hail, April 14, 2025
- Hail, June 22, 2008
- Flood, April 28, 2002
- Hail, May 19, 2026
- Flash Flood, June 8, 2022
- Flash Flood, April 7, 2020
- Hail, September 3, 2011
- Hail, May 14, 2010
- Hail, June 8, 2006
- Hail, August 4, 2003
- Hail, May 24, 2000
- Hail, April 25, 1989
- Flash Flood, June 3, 2008
The strongest tornadoes
Every episode, newest first
- Drought, June 1, 2026
- 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
- Heavy Snow, February 22, 2026
- Cold/Wind Chill, February 1, 2026
- Winter Storm, January 24, 2026
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 20, 2026
- Winter Weather, January 14, 2026
- Heavy Snow, January 1, 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
- Drought, November 1, 2025
- Drought, October 1, 2025
- Drought, September 1, 2025
- Flood, May 16, 2025
- Flash Flood, May 13, 2025
- Hail, April 29, 2025
- Hail, April 14, 2025
- Flash Flood, April 3, 2025
- Hail, March 15, 2025
- Heavy Snow, February 18, 2025
- Winter Storm, February 11, 2025
- Heavy Snow, January 19, 2025
- Heavy Snow, January 10, 2025
- Winter Storm, January 5, 2025
- Strong Wind, December 29, 2024
- Drought, November 1, 2024
- Drought, October 1, 2024
- Drought, September 1, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 29, 2024
- Drought, August 1, 2024
- Hail, June 26, 2024
- Tornado, May 26, 2024
- Flash Flood, April 11, 2024
- Tornado, April 2, 2024
- Heavy Snow, February 16, 2024
- Flood, February 13, 2024
- Heavy Snow, January 19, 2024
- High Wind, January 12, 2024
- Flash Flood, August 28, 2023
- Flash Flood, August 25, 2023
- Tornado, August 7, 2023
- Flash Flood, July 27, 2023
- Flash Flood, July 13, 2023
- High Wind, April 1, 2023
- Winter Weather, January 13, 2023
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 23, 2022
- Winter Weather, December 23, 2022
- Flash Flood, August 21, 2022
- Flash Flood, July 29, 2022
- Flash Flood, July 5, 2022
- Flash Flood, June 25, 2022
- Flash Flood, June 22, 2022
- Flash Flood, June 13, 2022
- Flash Flood, June 8, 2022
- Flash Flood, May 6, 2022
- Hail, May 1, 2022
- Heavy Snow, March 11, 2022
- Winter Weather, February 3, 2022
- Winter Storm, January 16, 2022
- Heavy Snow, January 6, 2022
- Flash Flood, January 1, 2022
- Flash Flood, September 1, 2021
- Flash Flood, August 13, 2021
- Flash Flood, August 11, 2021
- Flash Flood, June 13, 2021
- Flash Flood, June 9, 2021
- Flood, March 1, 2021
- Flood, February 28, 2021
- Winter Storm, February 17, 2021
- Ice Storm, February 15, 2021
- Winter Storm, February 10, 2021
- Heavy Snow, December 24, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, November 15, 2020
- Strong Wind, November 2, 2020
- Flash Flood, August 27, 2020
- Flash Flood, August 25, 2020
- Flash Flood, August 15, 2020
- Flash Flood, June 14, 2020
- Flash Flood, April 7, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, January 11, 2020
- Winter Weather, January 7, 2020
- Flash Flood, July 21, 2019
- Tornado, June 24, 2019
- Hail, May 23, 2019
- Hail, April 14, 2019
- Flood, February 24, 2019
- Heavy Snow, March 21, 2018
- Heavy Snow, March 12, 2018
- Flood, February 10, 2018
- Heavy Snow, January 16, 2018
- High Wind, November 18, 2017
- Winter Weather, January 5, 2017
- Flash Flood, July 14, 2016
- Flash Flood, June 27, 2016
- Tornado, June 23, 2016
- High Wind, April 2, 2016
- Strong Wind, March 1, 2016
- Winter Storm, February 14, 2016
- Heavy Snow, January 22, 2016
- Flash Flood, December 25, 2015
- Flash Flood, July 12, 2015
- Flash Flood, July 10, 2015
- Flash Flood, July 7, 2015
- Flood, April 14, 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, June 10, 2014
- Heavy Snow, March 16, 2014
- Winter Storm, March 2, 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
- Flood, December 6, 2013
- Flash Flood, July 21, 2013
- Flash Flood, July 10, 2013
- Blizzard, October 29, 2012
- Hail, October 18, 2012
- Hail, June 29, 2012
- Heavy Snow, March 5, 2012
- Winter Weather, January 12, 2012
- Hail, September 3, 2011
- Heat, July 28, 2011
- Heat, July 20, 2011
- Tornado, April 27, 2011
- Heavy Snow, January 11, 2011
- Winter Weather, December 25, 2010
- Winter Storm, December 16, 2010
- Hail, May 14, 2010
- Heavy Snow, February 24, 2010
- Winter Storm, February 5, 2010
- Heavy Snow, January 29, 2010
- Heavy Snow, December 18, 2009
- Flash Flood, August 29, 2009
- Flood, May 4, 2009
- Hail, February 11, 2009
- Winter Storm, January 27, 2009
- Hail, June 22, 2008
- Hail, June 10, 2008
- Flash Flood, June 3, 2008
- Winter Weather, February 20, 2008
- Thunderstorm Wind, February 6, 2008
- Drought, October 1, 2007
- Drought, September 1, 2007
- Hail, August 16, 2007
- Excessive Heat, August 16, 2007
- Hail, July 27, 2007
- Hail, July 26, 2007
- Flood, April 15, 2007
- Heavy Snow, February 7, 2007
- Hail, July 4, 2006
- Hail, July 3, 2006
- Hail, June 8, 2006
- Hail, June 4, 2006
- Hail, May 14, 2006
- Flash Flood, August 29, 2005
- Flash Flood, July 27, 2005
- Flood, July 25, 2005
- Flood, September 17, 2004
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 1, 2004
- Flash Flood, May 27, 2004
- Hail, May 26, 2004
- Frost/Freeze, May 4, 2004
- Frost/Freeze, April 28, 2004
- Winter Storm, January 25, 2004
- Flood, November 19, 2003
- Flash Flood, November 12, 2003
- Frost/Freeze, October 3, 2003
- Hail, August 4, 2003
- Tornado, July 10, 2003
- Hail, July 7, 2003
- Flood, February 22, 2003
- Winter Storm, February 16, 2003
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 14, 2003
- Winter Storm, December 4, 2002
- Heavy Rain, October 1, 2002
- Drought, September 1, 2002
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 5, 2002
- Heavy Rain, August 1, 2002
- Flash Flood, July 2, 2002
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, May 19, 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
- Northern Lights, November 5, 2001
- Heavy Rain, November 1, 2001
- Cold/Wind Chill, October 8, 2001
- Heavy Rain, September 1, 2001
- Flash Flood, August 23, 2001
- Flash Flood, May 22, 2001
- Tornado, May 21, 2001
- Hail, May 17, 2001
- Heavy Rain, May 1, 2001
- High Wind, March 13, 2001
- Cold/Wind Chill, March 1, 2001
- High Wind, February 25, 2001
- High Wind, February 9, 2001
- Excessive Heat, February 9, 2001
- Heavy Rain, January 18, 2001
- High Wind, December 11, 2000
- Cold/Wind Chill, December 1, 2000
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, November 21, 2000
- High Wind, November 9, 2000
- Heavy Rain, November 1, 2000
- Cold/Wind Chill, October 8, 2000
- Heavy Rain, October 1, 2000
- Tornado, August 9, 2000
- Hail, May 24, 2000
- Excessive Heat, March 8, 2000
- Excessive Heat, February 26, 2000
- Excessive Heat, February 25, 2000
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 28, 2000
- Heavy Snow, January 19, 2000
- High Wind, January 11, 2000
- High Wind, January 10, 2000
- Excessive Heat, January 2, 2000
- Wildfire, November 9, 1999
- Tornado, October 13, 1999
- Drought, October 1, 1999
- Drought, September 1, 1999
- Hail, August 13, 1999
- Drought, August 1, 1999
- Drought, July 1, 1999
- Drought, June 1, 1999
- Drought, May 1, 1999
- Strong Wind, April 16, 1999
- Cold/Wind Chill, March 1, 1999
- Winter Weather, February 12, 1999
Earlier years, state by state:
More
Tornadoes in Clay CountyEvery warning in Clay 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.