Storm History: Gilmer County, West Virginia
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Gilmer 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
- 350
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 1
- Damage
- $6.1 million
- Episodes
- 297
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 | 74 | 0 | 1 | $3.0 million |
| Hail | 56 | 0 | 0 | $1.1 million |
| Heavy Snow | 38 | 0 | 0 | $20,000 |
| Flood | 24 | 0 | 0 | $1.3 million |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 20 | 0 | 0 | $33,000 |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 19 | 0 | 0 | |
| Drought | 18 | 0 | 0 | |
| Winter Weather | 15 | 0 | 0 | $5,000 |
| High Wind | 15 | 0 | 0 | $22,000 |
| Winter Storm | 13 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 11 | 0 | 0 | $42,000 |
| Heat | 11 | 0 | 0 | |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 9 | 0 | 0 | $45,000 |
| Excessive Heat | 8 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heavy Rain | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
| Strong Wind | 6 | 0 | 0 | $24,000 |
| Ice Storm | 4 | 0 | 0 | $510,000 |
| Frost/Freeze | 3 | 0 | 0 |
The deadliest
None recorded.
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Hail, June 29, 2012
- Flash Flood, February 18, 2000
- Flash Flood, June 3, 2008
- Ice Storm, February 16, 2003
- Flood, November 19, 2003
- Flood, May 10, 2003
- Flash Flood, July 31, 1996
- Flash Flood, August 29, 2005
- Flood, September 2, 2003
- Flash Flood, June 27, 1998
- Flash Flood, March 1, 1997
- Flash Flood, June 28, 2005
- Flood, May 4, 2009
- Flood, March 4, 2015
- Flood, February 22, 2003
- Hail, May 26, 2019
- Flash Flood, March 1, 2017
- Flood, January 19, 1996
- Flood, March 20, 2002
- Flood, November 22, 2011
The largest hail
The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.
- Hail, April 28, 2016
- Flash Flood, April 8, 2015
- Hail, June 16, 1998
- Hail, May 26, 2019
- Hail, March 28, 2012
- Flood, April 28, 2002
- Flash Flood, April 7, 2020
- Flash Flood, June 2, 2019
- Flash Flood, August 8, 2019
- Flash Flood, April 26, 2016
- Flash Flood, May 12, 2011
- Hail, June 8, 2006
- Hail, June 20, 2001
- Hail, June 20, 1995
- Hail, June 24, 1992
Every episode, newest first
- Flash Flood, June 18, 2026
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 14, 2026
- Flash Flood, May 27, 2026
- Flash Flood, May 24, 2026
- Drought, May 1, 2026
- Drought, April 1, 2026
- Heavy Snow, March 16, 2026
- Strong Wind, March 13, 2026
- Flood, March 4, 2026
- Heavy Snow, February 22, 2026
- Cold/Wind Chill, February 1, 2026
- Winter Storm, January 24, 2026
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 20, 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
- Heavy Snow, November 10, 2025
- Drought, November 1, 2025
- Drought, October 1, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 5, 2025
- Drought, September 1, 2025
- Flash Flood, April 3, 2025
- Hail, March 15, 2025
- Heavy Snow, February 18, 2025
- Winter Storm, February 11, 2025
- Flash Flood, February 6, 2025
- Flood, February 1, 2025
- Flood, January 31, 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
- Tornado, September 24, 2024
- Drought, September 1, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 31, 2024
- Drought, August 1, 2024
- Tornado, May 26, 2024
- Flash Flood, April 11, 2024
- Heavy Snow, February 16, 2024
- Heavy Snow, January 19, 2024
- High Wind, January 12, 2024
- Flash Flood, July 27, 2023
- Hail, July 17, 2023
- Hail, July 2, 2023
- High Wind, April 1, 2023
- High Wind, March 25, 2023
- Winter Weather, January 13, 2023
- Winter Weather, December 23, 2022
- Winter Weather, December 22, 2022
- Flash Flood, August 10, 2022
- Flash Flood, June 17, 2022
- Flash Flood, June 16, 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, July 7, 2021
- Flash Flood, June 21, 2021
- Flash Flood, June 14, 2021
- Flash Flood, June 13, 2021
- Flash Flood, June 9, 2021
- Winter Storm, February 17, 2021
- Ice Storm, February 15, 2021
- Winter Weather, January 19, 2021
- Heavy Snow, December 24, 2020
- Heavy Snow, December 1, 2020
- Flash Flood, April 7, 2020
- Heavy Snow, February 7, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, January 11, 2020
- Flash Flood, August 8, 2019
- Flash Flood, June 2, 2019
- Hail, May 26, 2019
- Hail, April 23, 2019
- Flood, February 24, 2019
- Flash Flood, September 23, 2018
- Flash Flood, July 1, 2018
- Flash Flood, May 22, 2018
- Flood, April 15, 2018
- Flood, February 16, 2018
- Winter Weather, February 6, 2018
- Heavy Snow, January 16, 2018
- Winter Storm, January 12, 2018
- Flood, January 12, 2018
- High Wind, November 18, 2017
- Flash Flood, July 22, 2017
- Flash Flood, March 1, 2017
- Winter Weather, January 29, 2017
- Winter Weather, January 5, 2017
- Flash Flood, August 10, 2016
- Hail, April 28, 2016
- Flash Flood, April 26, 2016
- High Wind, April 2, 2016
- Strong Wind, March 1, 2016
- Heavy Snow, January 22, 2016
- Flash Flood, June 20, 2015
- Tornado, June 17, 2015
- Flash Flood, April 8, 2015
- Flood, March 4, 2015
- Cold/Wind Chill, February 23, 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
- Heavy Snow, January 6, 2015
- Strong Wind, November 1, 2014
- Tornado, July 8, 2014
- Flash Flood, June 10, 2014
- Heavy Snow, March 16, 2014
- Winter Storm, March 2, 2014
- Winter Weather, February 25, 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
- Thunderstorm Wind, December 22, 2013
- Ice Storm, December 8, 2013
- Flash Flood, June 12, 2013
- Winter Weather, February 4, 2013
- Winter Weather, January 25, 2013
- Hail, September 26, 2012
- Hail, July 3, 2012
- Hail, June 29, 2012
- Flash Flood, May 4, 2012
- Hail, March 28, 2012
- Flood, November 22, 2011
- Heat, July 28, 2011
- Hail, July 22, 2011
- Heat, July 20, 2011
- Flash Flood, June 9, 2011
- Flash Flood, May 12, 2011
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 23, 2011
- Hail, April 4, 2011
- Heavy Snow, January 11, 2011
- Heavy Snow, February 24, 2010
- Winter Storm, February 5, 2010
- Heavy Snow, December 18, 2009
- Hail, June 8, 2009
- Flood, May 4, 2009
- Hail, February 11, 2009
- Winter Storm, January 27, 2009
- Hail, June 20, 2008
- Hail, June 10, 2008
- Flash Flood, June 3, 2008
- Hail, June 1, 2008
- Winter Weather, February 20, 2008
- Flash Flood, December 13, 2007
- Winter Weather, December 5, 2007
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 20, 2007
- Hail, July 27, 2007
- Hail, July 19, 2007
- Hail, June 5, 2007
- Heavy Snow, February 7, 2007
- Flash Flood, August 7, 2006
- Hail, June 8, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, November 16, 2005
- Drought, October 1, 2005
- Drought, September 1, 2005
- Flash Flood, August 29, 2005
- Flood, July 25, 2005
- Flash Flood, June 28, 2005
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 8, 2005
- Hail, May 13, 2005
- Hail, April 22, 2005
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 1, 2004
- Flash Flood, May 27, 2004
- Hail, May 21, 2004
- Frost/Freeze, May 4, 2004
- Frost/Freeze, April 28, 2004
- Flood, April 12, 2004
- Ice Storm, February 5, 2004
- Winter Storm, January 25, 2004
- Flood, November 19, 2003
- Frost/Freeze, October 3, 2003
- Flood, September 2, 2003
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 26, 2003
- Flash Flood, June 14, 2003
- Flood, May 10, 2003
- Flood, February 22, 2003
- Ice Storm, February 16, 2003
- Heavy Snow, January 26, 2003
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 14, 2003
- Heavy Snow, December 4, 2002
- Heavy Rain, October 1, 2002
- Drought, September 1, 2002
- Heavy Rain, August 1, 2002
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, May 19, 2002
- Hail, May 8, 2002
- Flash Flood, May 7, 2002
- Flood, April 28, 2002
- Excessive Heat, April 16, 2002
- Flood, March 20, 2002
- Excessive Heat, January 31, 2002
- Excessive Heat, January 28, 2002
- Flood, January 24, 2002
- Heavy Snow, January 19, 2002
- Heavy Snow, January 6, 2002
- High Wind, December 14, 2001
- Heat, December 1, 2001
- Cold/Wind Chill, October 8, 2001
- Hail, June 20, 2001
- Tornado, May 21, 2001
- High Wind, March 13, 2001
- Cold/Wind Chill, March 1, 2001
- High Wind, February 25, 2001
- Heavy Snow, February 22, 2001
- High Wind, February 9, 2001
- Excessive Heat, February 9, 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
- Hail, July 28, 2000
- Flash Flood, July 10, 2000
- Hail, June 15, 2000
- Excessive Heat, March 8, 2000
- Excessive Heat, February 26, 2000
- Excessive Heat, February 25, 2000
- Flash Flood, February 18, 2000
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 28, 2000
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 22, 2000
- Heavy Snow, January 19, 2000
- High Wind, January 11, 2000
- High Wind, January 10, 2000
- Excessive Heat, January 2, 2000
- Heavy Rain, December 13, 1999
- Drought, October 1, 1999
- Drought, September 1, 1999
- Drought, August 1, 1999
- Drought, July 1, 1999
- Drought, June 1, 1999
- Strong Wind, April 16, 1999
- Heavy Snow, March 9, 1999
- Cold/Wind Chill, March 1, 1999
- Winter Weather, February 12, 1999
- Heat, February 11, 1999
- Heat, January 22, 1999
- Winter Storm, January 8, 1999
- Heavy Rain, January 1, 1999
- Heat, December 6, 1998
- Heat, September 14, 1998
Earlier years, state by state:
More
Tornadoes in Gilmer CountyEvery warning in Gilmer 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.