West Virginia

Storm History: Greenbrier County, West Virginia

296 episodes, 585 events since 1958

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Greenbrier 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
585
Deaths
18
Injuries
18
Damage
$50 million
Episodes
296

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
Hail16411$885,000
Thunderstorm Wind15801$1.6 million
Flash Flood84160$44 million
Flood6400$92,000
Winter Storm4300$120,000
High Wind1400$157,000
Winter Weather11010$175,000
Heavy Snow1000
Ice Storm900
Drought900
Tornado703$3.1 million
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill400
Heavy Rain203$10,000
Debris Flow210$5,000
Lightning200$6,000
Strong Wind200$2,000

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 Greenbrier County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Greenbrier CountyEvery warning in Greenbrier 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.