Storm History: Harrison County, West Virginia
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Harrison 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
- 683
- Deaths
- 4
- Injuries
- 6
- Damage
- $17 million
- Episodes
- 454
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flash Flood | 191 | 0 | 1 | $6.7 million |
| Hail | 127 | 0 | 0 | $4.8 million |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 86 | 1 | 2 | $313,000 |
| Tornado | 49 | 0 | 2 | $3.9 million |
| Heavy Snow | 45 | 1 | 0 | $291,000 |
| Flood | 42 | 1 | 1 | $732,000 |
| High Wind | 20 | 0 | 0 | $164,000 |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 19 | 0 | 0 | $5,000 |
| Winter Storm | 17 | 0 | 0 | $8,000 |
| Drought | 16 | 0 | 0 | |
| Winter Weather | 16 | 0 | 0 | $76,000 |
| Strong Wind | 13 | 0 | 0 | $64,000 |
| Heat | 11 | 0 | 0 | |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 9 | 0 | 0 | $250,000 |
| Heavy Rain | 8 | 0 | 0 | |
| Excessive Heat | 8 | 0 | 0 | |
| Frost/Freeze | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ice Storm | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lightning | 1 | 1 | 0 | $35,000 |
The deadliest
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Hail, June 29, 2012
- Tornado, August 22, 1970
- Flash Flood, June 3, 2008
- Flash Flood, July 28, 2017
- Flash Flood, August 6, 2011
- Hail, June 16, 1998
- Flash Flood, August 29, 2023
- Tornado, May 24, 1998
- Flash Flood, February 29, 2012
- Tornado, June 23, 2017
- Flash Flood, May 16, 1996
- Flood, November 19, 2003
- Tornado, July 10, 2003
- Flash Flood, December 13, 2007
- Heavy Snow, February 14, 2003
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 6, 2014
- Flash Flood, February 18, 2000
- Flash Flood, August 13, 2013
- Hail, September 14, 2011
- Flash Flood, May 4, 1996
The largest hail
The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.
- Flash Flood, April 8, 2015
- Hail, June 16, 1998
- Hail, June 16, 2016
- Flood, April 28, 2002
- Hail, July 8, 1980
- Hail, June 22, 1979
- Hail, April 15, 2024
- Flash Flood, June 8, 2022
- Flash Flood, April 7, 2020
- Hail, May 14, 2018
- Flash Flood, May 13, 2014
- Hail, March 21, 2011
- Hail, March 23, 2011
- Hail, September 14, 2011
- Hail, May 14, 2010
The strongest tornadoes
Every episode, newest first
- Flash Flood, June 27, 2026
- Tornado, June 22, 2026
- Flash Flood, June 18, 2026
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 14, 2026
- Flash Flood, June 10, 2026
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 6, 2026
- Flash Flood, May 27, 2026
- Flash Flood, May 24, 2026
- Drought, May 1, 2026
- Drought, April 1, 2026
- Flash Flood, April 1, 2026
- Heavy Snow, March 16, 2026
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 16, 2026
- Strong Wind, March 13, 2026
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 7, 2026
- Heavy Snow, February 22, 2026
- Strong Wind, February 20, 2026
- Cold/Wind Chill, February 1, 2026
- Winter Storm, January 24, 2026
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 20, 2026
- Heavy Snow, January 1, 2026
- High Wind, December 29, 2025
- High Wind, December 19, 2025
- Heavy Snow, December 13, 2025
- Winter Weather, December 2, 2025
- Strong Wind, November 16, 2025
- Heavy Snow, November 10, 2025
- Drought, October 1, 2025
- Drought, September 1, 2025
- Flash Flood, July 30, 2025
- Flash Flood, July 25, 2025
- Flash Flood, July 17, 2025
- Flash Flood, June 13, 2025
- Flash Flood, June 5, 2025
- Flood, May 30, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 30, 2025
- Flash Flood, May 28, 2025
- Flood, May 16, 2025
- Flash Flood, May 13, 2025
- Hail, April 29, 2025
- Hail, March 15, 2025
- Heavy Snow, February 16, 2025
- Winter Storm, February 11, 2025
- Flood, January 31, 2025
- Heavy Snow, January 19, 2025
- Heavy Snow, January 10, 2025
- Winter Storm, January 5, 2025
- Strong Wind, December 29, 2024
- Heavy Snow, December 4, 2024
- Strong Wind, November 20, 2024
- Drought, November 1, 2024
- Drought, October 1, 2024
- Tornado, September 24, 2024
- Drought, September 1, 2024
- Drought, August 1, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 17, 2024
- Tornado, May 26, 2024
- Flash Flood, May 25, 2024
- Hail, April 15, 2024
- Flash Flood, April 11, 2024
- Tornado, April 2, 2024
- High Wind, March 20, 2024
- Heavy Snow, February 16, 2024
- Heavy Snow, January 19, 2024
- Heavy Snow, January 15, 2024
- High Wind, January 12, 2024
- High Wind, January 9, 2024
- Flash Flood, August 29, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 12, 2023
- Tornado, August 7, 2023
- Flash Flood, July 27, 2023
- Flood, June 3, 2023
- Hail, April 4, 2023
- High Wind, April 1, 2023
- High Wind, March 25, 2023
- Winter Weather, January 30, 2023
- Winter Weather, January 13, 2023
- Winter Weather, December 23, 2022
- Flash Flood, August 21, 2022
- Flash Flood, August 10, 2022
- Hail, July 21, 2022
- Flash Flood, July 12, 2022
- Flash Flood, June 13, 2022
- Flash Flood, June 8, 2022
- Flash Flood, May 6, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 3, 2022
- Heavy Snow, March 11, 2022
- Winter Weather, February 3, 2022
- Flood, February 3, 2022
- Winter Storm, January 16, 2022
- Heavy Snow, January 6, 2022
- Flash Flood, January 1, 2022
- Strong Wind, December 11, 2021
- Flash Flood, August 4, 2021
- Flash Flood, July 7, 2021
- Flash Flood, June 21, 2021
- Flash Flood, June 14, 2021
- Flash Flood, June 13, 2021
- Flash Flood, June 9, 2021
- Winter Storm, February 17, 2021
- Ice Storm, February 15, 2021
- Winter Storm, February 10, 2021
- Heavy Snow, December 24, 2020
- Winter Storm, December 16, 2020
- Heavy Snow, December 1, 2020
- Flash Flood, August 25, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 1, 2020
- Flash Flood, July 7, 2020
- Flash Flood, June 27, 2020
- Strong Wind, April 21, 2020
- Flood, April 12, 2020
- Flash Flood, April 7, 2020
- Heavy Snow, February 7, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, January 11, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 20, 2019
- Flash Flood, July 17, 2019
- Flash Flood, July 6, 2019
- Flash Flood, May 25, 2019
- Flood, May 12, 2019
- Hail, April 19, 2019
- Hail, April 14, 2019
- Flood, February 24, 2019
- Winter Storm, February 19, 2019
- Winter Storm, February 1, 2019
- Flash Flood, October 2, 2018
- Flash Flood, September 23, 2018
- Flash Flood, August 10, 2018
- Flash Flood, July 4, 2018
- Flash Flood, June 27, 2018
- Flash Flood, June 21, 2018
- Hail, May 14, 2018
- Flood, April 15, 2018
- Flood, April 3, 2018
- Heavy Snow, March 21, 2018
- Flood, February 16, 2018
- Winter Weather, February 6, 2018
- Heavy Snow, January 16, 2018
- Winter Storm, January 12, 2018
- High Wind, November 18, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 4, 2017
- Flash Flood, July 28, 2017
- Flash Flood, July 22, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 10, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 7, 2017
- Tornado, June 23, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 1, 2017
- Winter Weather, January 5, 2017
- Heavy Snow, December 29, 2016
- Hail, October 20, 2016
- Hail, July 15, 2016
- Tornado, July 4, 2016
- Tornado, June 23, 2016
- Tornado, June 21, 2016
- Hail, June 16, 2016
- High Wind, April 2, 2016
- Flash Flood, March 14, 2016
- Strong Wind, March 1, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, February 24, 2016
- Heavy Snow, January 22, 2016
- Hail, September 4, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 2, 2015
- Flash Flood, July 6, 2015
- Flash Flood, June 20, 2015
- Hail, June 8, 2015
- Hail, May 29, 2015
- Flash Flood, April 8, 2015
- Flood, March 11, 2015
- Flood, March 4, 2015
- Cold/Wind Chill, February 23, 2015
- Winter Storm, February 21, 2015
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 18, 2015
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 14, 2015
- Heavy Snow, January 6, 2015
- Strong Wind, November 1, 2014
- Tornado, July 27, 2014
- Tornado, July 8, 2014
- Flash Flood, June 10, 2014
- Hail, June 8, 2014
- Flash Flood, May 13, 2014
- Heavy Snow, March 16, 2014
- Winter Storm, March 2, 2014
- Winter Weather, February 25, 2014
- Heavy Snow, February 12, 2014
- Heavy Snow, February 2, 2014
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 27, 2014
- Winter Storm, January 25, 2014
- Heavy Snow, January 21, 2014
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 6, 2014
- Thunderstorm Wind, December 22, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, November 17, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, November 1, 2013
- Flash Flood, September 20, 2013
- Flash Flood, August 28, 2013
- Flash Flood, August 13, 2013
- Flash Flood, July 9, 2013
- Flash Flood, June 28, 2013
- Flash Flood, June 12, 2013
- Heavy Snow, March 24, 2013
- Winter Weather, February 4, 2013
- Winter Weather, January 25, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 26, 2012
- Hail, June 29, 2012
- Hail, March 19, 2012
- Flash Flood, February 29, 2012
- Strong Wind, February 24, 2012
- Flood, November 22, 2011
- Hail, September 14, 2011
- Flash Flood, September 4, 2011
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 7, 2011
- Flash Flood, August 6, 2011
- Heat, July 28, 2011
- Heat, July 20, 2011
- Hail, July 11, 2011
- Hail, July 3, 2011
- Flash Flood, June 9, 2011
- Flood, April 19, 2011
- Hail, March 23, 2011
- Hail, March 21, 2011
- Flood, February 28, 2011
- Heavy Snow, January 20, 2011
- Heavy Snow, January 11, 2011
- Hail, November 16, 2010
- Tornado, September 16, 2010
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 4, 2010
- Flash Flood, July 25, 2010
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 27, 2010
- Hail, May 14, 2010
- Hail, April 16, 2010
- Heavy Snow, February 24, 2010
- Winter Storm, February 5, 2010
- Heavy Snow, December 18, 2009
- Hail, July 17, 2009
- Hail, June 9, 2009
- Flash Flood, June 2, 2009
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 16, 2009
- Hail, May 11, 2009
- Flood, May 4, 2009
- Hail, February 11, 2009
- Winter Storm, January 27, 2009
- Hail, July 20, 2008
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 28, 2008
- Hail, June 19, 2008
- Flash Flood, June 3, 2008
- Hail, June 1, 2008
- Hail, May 31, 2008
- Flood, March 4, 2008
- Winter Weather, February 20, 2008
- High Wind, February 10, 2008
- Flash Flood, December 13, 2007
- Winter Weather, December 5, 2007
Earlier years, state by state:
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Tornadoes in Harrison CountyEvery warning in Harrison 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.