West Virginia

Storm History: Hampshire County, West Virginia

590 episodes, 732 events since 1986

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Hampshire 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
732
Deaths
0
Injuries
6
Damage
$9.9 million
Episodes
590

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
Thunderstorm Wind14300$620,000
Winter Storm10600
Hail8901$161,000
Winter Weather8300
Flash Flood5900$786,000
Dense Fog5000
Frost/Freeze3600$3.0 million
Flood2900$2.3 million
Heat2100
Tornado1905$1.2 million
High Wind1900$222,000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill1500
Strong Wind1300$21,000
Ice Storm1200$13,000
Drought1100$1.6 million
Heavy Snow900
Excessive Heat600
Cold/Wind Chill500
Heavy Rain400
Blizzard200
Funnel Cloud100

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.

The strongest tornadoes

Every tornado in Hampshire County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Hampshire CountyEvery warning in Hampshire 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.