West Virginia

Storm History: Grant County, West Virginia

672 episodes, 982 events since 1962

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Grant 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
982
Deaths
2
Injuries
0
Damage
$623,000
Episodes
672

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
Winter Weather24900
Winter Storm18900
Dense Fog10300
Frost/Freeze7600
Thunderstorm Wind7500$143,000
Flash Flood5810$359,000
Hail4310$18,000
High Wind4200$40,000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill3400
Cold/Wind Chill2900
Blizzard1500
Ice Storm1400
Tornado1300$61,000
Flood1300$2,000
Heavy Snow1200
Heat700
Heavy Rain500
Excessive Heat400
Freezing Fog100

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.

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Grant CountyEvery warning in Grant 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.