West Virginia

Storm History: Lewis County, West Virginia

345 episodes, 438 events since 1956

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Lewis 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
438
Deaths
0
Injuries
2
Damage
$5.6 million
Episodes
345

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
Flash Flood9301$2.9 million
Hail7600$654,000
Heavy Snow4700$251,000
Thunderstorm Wind3900$617,000
Tornado3001$595,000
Flood2000$283,000
Cold/Wind Chill1900
Winter Weather1800$50,000
Drought1700
High Wind1600$28,000
Winter Storm1300
Heat1100
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill900$225,000
Heavy Rain800
Strong Wind800$37,000
Excessive Heat800
Frost/Freeze300
Ice Storm300

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 Lewis County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Lewis CountyEvery warning in Lewis 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.