West Virginia

Storm History: Hardy County, West Virginia

554 episodes, 627 events since 1962

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Hardy 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
627
Deaths
0
Injuries
5
Damage
$22 million
Episodes
554

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 Storm10200$1.6 million
Thunderstorm Wind9903$253,000
Winter Weather7700
Hail6600$325,000
Dense Fog5800
Flash Flood5302$11 million
Frost/Freeze3700$1.0 million
Heat2100
High Wind1800$150,000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill1500
Ice Storm1200$13,000
Strong Wind1100$20,000
Drought1100$1.6 million
Tornado1000$615,000
Flood1000$5.5 million
Heavy Snow800
Heavy Rain700
Excessive Heat500
Cold/Wind Chill400
Blizzard200
Wildfire100

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 Hardy CountyEvery warning in Hardy 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.