Storm History: Jackson County, West Virginia
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Jackson 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
- 489
- Deaths
- 7
- Injuries
- 17
- Damage
- $17 million
- Episodes
- 372
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 | 102 | 1 | 2 | $6.4 million |
| Hail | 88 | 0 | 0 | $2.7 million |
| Tornado | 43 | 1 | 12 | $2.0 million |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 42 | 0 | 1 | $670,000 |
| Heavy Snow | 35 | 0 | 0 | $27,000 |
| Flood | 32 | 0 | 0 | $1.3 million |
| Drought | 23 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 19 | 0 | 0 | |
| Winter Storm | 18 | 0 | 0 | $12,000 |
| Winter Weather | 18 | 0 | 0 | $250 |
| High Wind | 18 | 0 | 0 | $86,000 |
| Heat | 11 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heavy Rain | 10 | 5 | 2 | $30,000 |
| Excessive Heat | 9 | 0 | 0 | |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 8 | 0 | 0 | $45,000 |
| Strong Wind | 6 | 0 | 0 | $24,000 |
| Ice Storm | 3 | 0 | 0 | $3.5 million |
| Frost/Freeze | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Northern Lights | 1 | 0 | 0 |
The deadliest
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Flash Flood, June 27, 1998
- Ice Storm, February 16, 2003
- Hail, June 29, 2012
- Flash Flood, August 10, 2022
- Tornado, June 26, 2015
- Tornado, June 23, 2016
- Flood, September 17, 2004
- Flash Flood, May 27, 2004
- Flood, March 2, 1997
- Flash Flood, February 18, 2000
- Tornado, July 19, 1963
- Flash Flood, May 4, 2012
- Tornado, January 8, 1998
- Flash Flood, March 1, 1997
- Thunderstorm Wind, November 10, 2002
- Flood, March 4, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 12, 1998
- Tornado, July 10, 2003
- Flood, January 20, 1996
- Flash Flood, June 1, 1997
The largest hail
The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.
- Hail, May 23, 2019
- Hail, April 28, 2016
- Hail, June 16, 1998
- Hail, April 14, 2025
- Hail, June 16, 2016
- Hail, May 4, 2025
- Hail, May 26, 2019
- Flood, April 28, 2002
- Flash Flood, May 18, 2001
- Flash Flood, February 19, 2026
- Hail, March 23, 2022
- Flash Flood, June 8, 2022
- Flash Flood, June 2, 2019
- Flash Flood, April 26, 2016
- Hail, March 21, 2011
The strongest tornadoes
Every episode, newest first
- Flash Flood, June 18, 2026
- Flash Flood, May 27, 2026
- Drought, May 1, 2026
- Drought, April 1, 2026
- Heavy Snow, March 16, 2026
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 16, 2026
- Strong Wind, March 13, 2026
- Winter Weather, March 2, 2026
- Heavy Snow, February 22, 2026
- Strong Wind, February 20, 2026
- Flash Flood, February 19, 2026
- Cold/Wind Chill, February 1, 2026
- Winter Storm, January 24, 2026
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 20, 2026
- Winter Weather, January 14, 2026
- Winter Weather, January 11, 2026
- Heavy Snow, January 1, 2026
- High Wind, December 29, 2025
- High Wind, December 19, 2025
- Heavy Snow, December 13, 2025
- Heavy Snow, December 8, 2025
- Winter Weather, December 2, 2025
- Heavy Snow, November 10, 2025
- Drought, October 1, 2025
- Drought, September 1, 2025
- Flash Flood, July 25, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 19, 2025
- Flash Flood, June 13, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 30, 2025
- Flash Flood, May 13, 2025
- Hail, May 4, 2025
- Hail, April 14, 2025
- Flash Flood, April 3, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 31, 2025
- Hail, March 15, 2025
- Heavy Snow, February 18, 2025
- Flash Flood, February 15, 2025
- Winter Storm, February 11, 2025
- Flash Flood, February 6, 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
- Drought, November 1, 2024
- Drought, October 1, 2024
- Flash Flood, September 27, 2024
- Drought, September 1, 2024
- Drought, August 1, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 5, 2024
- Flash Flood, April 11, 2024
- Tornado, April 2, 2024
- Heavy Snow, February 16, 2024
- Heavy Snow, January 19, 2024
- Heavy Snow, January 15, 2024
- High Wind, January 12, 2024
- Tornado, August 7, 2023
- High Wind, March 3, 2023
- Winter Weather, January 30, 2023
- Winter Weather, December 23, 2022
- Flash Flood, August 21, 2022
- Flash Flood, August 10, 2022
- Flash Flood, August 1, 2022
- Hail, July 21, 2022
- Flash Flood, June 13, 2022
- Flash Flood, June 8, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 20, 2022
- Flash Flood, May 6, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 6, 2022
- Hail, March 23, 2022
- Heavy Snow, March 11, 2022
- Winter Weather, February 3, 2022
- Winter Storm, January 16, 2022
- Heavy Snow, January 6, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 29, 2021
- Flash Flood, August 19, 2021
- Flood, August 3, 2021
- Flash Flood, June 9, 2021
- Flood, March 1, 2021
- Winter Storm, February 17, 2021
- Ice Storm, February 15, 2021
- Winter Storm, February 10, 2021
- Winter Weather, January 19, 2021
- Heavy Snow, December 24, 2020
- Heavy Snow, December 1, 2020
- Flash Flood, August 25, 2020
- Heavy Snow, February 7, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, January 11, 2020
- Flood, December 16, 2019
- High Wind, November 27, 2019
- Flash Flood, June 2, 2019
- Hail, May 29, 2019
- Hail, May 26, 2019
- Hail, May 23, 2019
- Hail, April 26, 2019
- Flood, February 24, 2019
- Winter Storm, February 19, 2019
- Hail, October 28, 2018
- Flash Flood, August 3, 2018
- Flash Flood, July 4, 2018
- Flash Flood, June 21, 2018
- Flood, April 3, 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
- Tornado, June 23, 2017
- Flash Flood, May 27, 2017
- Flash Flood, March 1, 2017
- Winter Weather, January 29, 2017
- Winter Weather, January 5, 2017
- Tornado, June 23, 2016
- Hail, June 16, 2016
- Hail, June 4, 2016
- Hail, April 28, 2016
- Flash Flood, April 26, 2016
- High Wind, April 2, 2016
- Strong Wind, March 1, 2016
- Winter Storm, February 14, 2016
- Heavy Snow, January 22, 2016
- Winter Weather, January 8, 2016
- Flash Flood, July 10, 2015
- Tornado, June 26, 2015
- Hail, May 11, 2015
- Flood, March 4, 2015
- Cold/Wind Chill, February 23, 2015
- Winter Storm, February 21, 2015
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 18, 2015
- Heavy Snow, February 16, 2015
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 14, 2015
- Heavy Rain, December 6, 2014
- Strong Wind, November 1, 2014
- Tornado, July 8, 2014
- Flash Flood, June 10, 2014
- Flash Flood, May 27, 2014
- Heavy Snow, March 16, 2014
- Winter Storm, March 2, 2014
- Winter Weather, February 25, 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
- Ice Storm, December 8, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, November 1, 2013
- Flash Flood, August 8, 2013
- Flash Flood, July 19, 2013
- Flash Flood, June 12, 2013
- Winter Weather, March 17, 2013
- Winter Weather, February 4, 2013
- Winter Weather, January 25, 2013
- Hail, September 26, 2012
- Hail, June 29, 2012
- Flash Flood, May 4, 2012
- Flood, November 22, 2011
- Hail, September 14, 2011
- Heat, July 28, 2011
- Heat, July 20, 2011
- Hail, June 17, 2011
- Flash Flood, April 16, 2011
- Hail, April 8, 2011
- Hail, March 21, 2011
- Flood, March 10, 2011
- Heavy Snow, January 11, 2011
- Winter Storm, December 16, 2010
- Thunderstorm Wind, October 26, 2010
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 4, 2010
- Hail, May 14, 2010
- Winter Storm, February 5, 2010
- Heavy Snow, December 18, 2009
- Hail, June 8, 2009
- Hail, May 30, 2009
- Hail, February 11, 2009
- Winter Storm, January 27, 2009
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 2, 2008
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 22, 2008
- Hail, July 20, 2008
- Hail, June 23, 2008
- Hail, June 16, 2008
- Hail, June 10, 2008
- Flash Flood, June 3, 2008
- Winter Weather, February 20, 2008
- Thunderstorm Wind, February 6, 2008
- Drought, October 1, 2007
- Drought, September 1, 2007
- Hail, August 16, 2007
- Excessive Heat, August 16, 2007
- Drought, August 1, 2007
- Drought, July 1, 2007
- Drought, June 8, 2007
- Heavy Snow, February 7, 2007
- Flood, September 12, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 19, 2006
- Hail, July 4, 2006
- Hail, June 22, 2006
- Hail, June 4, 2006
- Hail, April 14, 2006
- Flash Flood, November 8, 2005
- Drought, October 1, 2005
- Drought, September 1, 2005
- Flash Flood, July 27, 2005
- Flood, July 25, 2005
- Hail, May 10, 2005
- Flood, January 5, 2005
- High Wind, December 7, 2004
- Flood, November 4, 2004
- Flood, September 17, 2004
- Flood, September 8, 2004
- Flood, June 14, 2004
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 1, 2004
- Flash Flood, May 27, 2004
- Hail, May 26, 2004
- Frost/Freeze, May 4, 2004
- Frost/Freeze, April 28, 2004
- Flood, March 6, 2004
- Winter Storm, January 25, 2004
- Flood, November 19, 2003
- Frost/Freeze, October 3, 2003
- Flood, September 2, 2003
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 1, 2003
- Tornado, July 10, 2003
- Flash Flood, July 1, 2003
- Hail, May 29, 2003
- Flood, February 22, 2003
- Ice Storm, February 16, 2003
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 14, 2003
- Heavy Snow, December 4, 2002
- Thunderstorm Wind, November 10, 2002
- Heavy Rain, October 1, 2002
- Drought, September 1, 2002
- Heavy Rain, August 1, 2002
- Hail, June 4, 2002
- Hail, May 28, 2002
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, May 19, 2002
- Flood, April 28, 2002
- Flood, April 21, 2002
- Excessive Heat, April 16, 2002
- Flood, March 20, 2002
- High Wind, March 9, 2002
- Excessive Heat, January 31, 2002
- Excessive Heat, January 28, 2002
- Flood, January 24, 2002
- Heavy Snow, January 19, 2002
- Heavy Snow, January 6, 2002
- High Wind, December 14, 2001
- Heat, December 1, 2001
- Northern Lights, November 5, 2001
- Cold/Wind Chill, October 8, 2001
- Hail, June 2, 2001
Earlier years, state by state:
More
Tornadoes in Jackson CountyEvery warning in Jackson 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.