West Virginia

Storm History: Marion County, West Virginia

299 episodes, 470 events since 1954

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Marion 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
470
Deaths
2
Injuries
1
Damage
$11 million
Episodes
299

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 Flood13110$8.4 million
Thunderstorm Wind10110$900,000
Hail9201$579,000
Tornado3300$445,000
Flood3000$232,000
Winter Storm2400$15,000
High Wind1700$201,000
Heavy Snow1400$8,000
Winter Weather1100
Drought600
Ice Storm400
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill400
Blizzard300$25,000

The deadliest

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 Marion County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Marion CountyEvery warning in Marion 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.