West Virginia

Storm History: Gilmer County, West Virginia

297 episodes, 350 events since 1967

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.

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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 Flood7401$3.0 million
Hail5600$1.1 million
Heavy Snow3800$20,000
Flood2400$1.3 million
Thunderstorm Wind2000$33,000
Cold/Wind Chill1900
Drought1800
Winter Weather1500$5,000
High Wind1500$22,000
Winter Storm1300
Tornado1100$42,000
Heat1100
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill900$45,000
Excessive Heat800
Heavy Rain600
Strong Wind600$24,000
Ice Storm400$510,000
Frost/Freeze300

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.

Every episode, newest first

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.