Storm History: Hancock County, West Virginia
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Hancock 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
- 311
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 1
- Damage
- $41 million
- Episodes
- 238
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thunderstorm Wind | 112 | 0 | 0 | $680,000 |
| Hail | 62 | 0 | 0 | $337,000 |
| Flash Flood | 41 | 0 | 0 | $1.5 million |
| Flood | 20 | 0 | 0 | $38 million |
| Winter Storm | 19 | 0 | 0 | $15,000 |
| High Wind | 15 | 0 | 0 | $221,000 |
| Ice Storm | 11 | 0 | 0 | $4,000 |
| Winter Weather | 8 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heavy Snow | 7 | 0 | 0 | $15,000 |
| Tornado | 5 | 0 | 1 | $5,000 |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lightning | 3 | 0 | 0 | $23,000 |
| Drought | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Blizzard | 2 | 0 | 0 | $10,000 |
The deadliest
None recorded.
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Flood, September 17, 2004
- Flood, January 19, 1996
- Flash Flood, April 2, 2024
- Flash Flood, April 11, 2024
- Flood, January 5, 2005
- Hail, July 18, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 28, 2008
- High Wind, September 14, 2008
- Thunderstorm Wind, February 11, 2009
- Flash Flood, August 9, 2007
- Hail, June 26, 2008
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 16, 2010
- High Wind, January 30, 2008
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 14, 2008
- Flash Flood, July 10, 2013
- Hail, April 9, 2015
- Hail, July 23, 2013
- Flood, June 2, 2010
- High Wind, December 1, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 18, 2014
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 episode, newest first
- Flash Flood, May 24, 2026
- Hail, March 22, 2026
- Winter Storm, January 24, 2026
- Winter Weather, January 19, 2026
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 27, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 18, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 29, 2025
- Hail, April 2, 2025
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 20, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 17, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 6, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 14, 2024
- Tornado, May 11, 2024
- Tornado, May 8, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 17, 2024
- Flash Flood, April 11, 2024
- Flash Flood, April 2, 2024
- Winter Storm, February 16, 2024
- Winter Storm, January 18, 2024
- Winter Storm, December 18, 2023
- Flash Flood, July 2, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 1, 2023
- High Wind, December 23, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 4, 2022
- Hail, July 23, 2022
- Winter Storm, March 11, 2022
- Ice Storm, February 3, 2022
- Winter Weather, January 24, 2022
- Winter Weather, January 23, 2022
- Blizzard, January 16, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 13, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 7, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 21, 2021
- High Wind, March 26, 2021
- Winter Storm, February 8, 2021
- Winter Weather, February 1, 2021
- Winter Storm, December 24, 2020
- Winter Storm, December 16, 2020
- Winter Storm, December 1, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, November 15, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 27, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 10, 2020
- Flash Flood, March 28, 2020
- Flash Flood, July 11, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 6, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 2, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 24, 2019
- Flash Flood, June 18, 2019
- High Wind, February 24, 2019
- Winter Weather, February 20, 2019
- Winter Storm, November 14, 2018
- Flash Flood, August 10, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 5, 2018
- Flood, May 22, 2018
- Winter Storm, February 7, 2018
- Winter Storm, January 12, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 18, 2017
- Hail, June 13, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 18, 2017
- Ice Storm, December 17, 2016
- Winter Weather, December 13, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 13, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 5, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 7, 2016
- Hail, May 2, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 12, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 11, 2015
- Hail, April 9, 2015
- Flood, March 4, 2015
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 24, 2015
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 19, 2015
- Winter Weather, December 1, 2014
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 18, 2014
- Flash Flood, May 14, 2014
- Winter Storm, February 4, 2014
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 5, 2014
- Hail, July 23, 2013
- Hail, July 19, 2013
- Flash Flood, July 10, 2013
- Flash Flood, June 28, 2013
- Flash Flood, April 16, 2013
- Hail, April 10, 2013
- Blizzard, October 29, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 26, 2012
- Hail, July 18, 2012
- Hail, July 4, 2012
- High Wind, February 24, 2012
- Ice Storm, January 20, 2012
- Flood, May 12, 2011
- Hail, April 25, 2011
- Hail, March 23, 2011
- Flood, March 10, 2011
- Ice Storm, February 21, 2011
- Thunderstorm Wind, October 26, 2010
- Hail, September 22, 2010
- Hail, June 4, 2010
- Flood, June 2, 2010
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 16, 2010
- Heavy Snow, February 5, 2010
- Winter Weather, December 13, 2009
- High Wind, December 9, 2009
- Hail, June 25, 2009
- Thunderstorm Wind, February 11, 2009
- Ice Storm, January 27, 2009
- High Wind, September 14, 2008
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 14, 2008
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 28, 2008
- Hail, June 26, 2008
- Winter Storm, February 12, 2008
- High Wind, January 30, 2008
- High Wind, January 9, 2008
- Flash Flood, August 9, 2007
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 27, 2007
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 21, 2007
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 19, 2007
- Flood, March 14, 2007
- Ice Storm, February 13, 2007
- High Wind, December 1, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 3, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 22, 2006
- Ice Storm, December 15, 2005
- Thunderstorm Wind, November 6, 2005
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 20, 2005
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 26, 2005
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 25, 2005
- Flash Flood, July 5, 2005
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 14, 2005
- Heavy Snow, March 1, 2005
- Ice Storm, January 22, 2005
- Flood, January 12, 2005
- Flood, January 5, 2005
- Flood, September 17, 2004
- Flood, September 8, 2004
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 20, 2004
- Hail, August 19, 2004
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 19, 2004
- Hail, June 17, 2004
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 14, 2004
- Hail, May 21, 2004
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 21, 2004
- Hail, May 12, 2004
- Flood, February 6, 2004
- Ice Storm, February 5, 2004
- Heavy Snow, January 27, 2004
- Flood, January 4, 2004
- Ice Storm, December 14, 2003
- Heavy Snow, December 6, 2003
- Flash Flood, November 19, 2003
- Hail, August 27, 2003
- High Wind, July 21, 2003
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 18, 2003
- Flash Flood, July 8, 2003
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 8, 2003
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 8, 2003
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 8, 2003
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 8, 2003
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 8, 2003
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 8, 2003
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 7, 2003
- Flash Flood, May 15, 2003
- Flash Flood, May 15, 2003
- Flash Flood, May 10, 2003
- High Wind, March 8, 2003
- Heavy Snow, February 16, 2003
- Thunderstorm Wind, November 10, 2002
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 3, 2002
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 12, 2002
- Hail, May 14, 2002
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 12, 2002
- Tornado, April 28, 2002
- Flash Flood, April 19, 2002
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 9, 2002
- High Wind, December 14, 2001
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 9, 2001
- Flash Flood, July 10, 2001
- Hail, April 9, 2001
- High Wind, February 25, 2001
- Winter Storm, December 13, 2000
- Flash Flood, August 6, 2000
- Hail, May 23, 2000
- Drought, September 1, 1999
- Drought, August 1, 1999
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 9, 1999
- Heavy Snow, March 9, 1999
- Winter Storm, January 13, 1999
- Winter Storm, January 8, 1999
- Winter Storm, January 2, 1999
- Lightning, August 24, 1998
- Lightning, August 24, 1998
- Flash Flood, June 30, 1998
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 12, 1998
- Hail, June 2, 1998
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 31, 1998
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 31, 1998
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 29, 1998
- Hail, April 8, 1998
- Flash Flood, January 9, 1998
- Ice Storm, November 13, 1997
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 16, 1997
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 16, 1997
- Hail, July 18, 1997
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 3, 1997
- Lightning, August 8, 1996
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 3, 1996
- Flash Flood, May 17, 1996
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 25, 1996
- Flash Flood, January 19, 1996
- Flood, January 19, 1996
- Flash Flood, January 19, 1996
- Heavy Snow, January 6, 1996
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 11, 1995
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 17, 1995
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 27, 1995
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 24, 1995
- Hail, May 10, 1995
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 20, 1994
- Hail, June 19, 1994
- Hail, June 11, 1994
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 24, 1994
- Hail, April 15, 1993
- Hail, August 11, 1992
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 13, 1992
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 30, 1991
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 1, 1991
- Tornado, April 9, 1991
- Hail, September 6, 1990
- Hail, June 27, 1989
- Hail, May 23, 1988
- Hail, June 29, 1987
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 30, 1987
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 27, 1987
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 28, 1986
- Hail, July 10, 1985
- Hail, July 21, 1983
- Hail, March 31, 1982
- Hail, June 15, 1980
- Hail, June 7, 1980
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 14, 1974
More
Tornadoes in Hancock CountyEvery warning in Hancock 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.