Storm History: Mason County, West Virginia
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Mason 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
- 472
- Deaths
- 3
- Injuries
- 1
- Damage
- $7.9 million
- Episodes
- 366
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 | 97 | 0 | 0 | $2.2 million |
| Hail | 89 | 0 | 0 | $2.2 million |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 55 | 1 | 0 | $115,000 |
| Flood | 50 | 1 | 0 | $1.7 million |
| Heavy Snow | 24 | 0 | 0 | $8,000 |
| Tornado | 22 | 0 | 1 | $164,000 |
| Drought | 21 | 0 | 0 | |
| High Wind | 18 | 0 | 0 | $55,000 |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 17 | 0 | 0 | |
| Winter Storm | 17 | 0 | 0 | $64,000 |
| Heat | 12 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heavy Rain | 9 | 1 | 0 | |
| Winter Weather | 9 | 0 | 0 | |
| Excessive Heat | 9 | 0 | 0 | |
| Strong Wind | 8 | 0 | 0 | $69,000 |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 8 | 0 | 0 | $225,000 |
| Frost/Freeze | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ice Storm | 2 | 0 | 0 | $1.0 million |
| Northern Lights | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lightning | 1 | 0 | 0 | $8,000 |
The deadliest
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Hail, June 29, 2012
- Ice Storm, February 16, 2003
- Flood, March 2, 1997
- Hail, September 25, 1994
- Flood, September 17, 2004
- Flash Flood, June 12, 2013
- Flash Flood, March 1, 1997
- Flash Flood, June 23, 1996
- Flash Flood, June 19, 2003
- Flash Flood, May 18, 2001
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 6, 2014
- Flood, January 20, 1996
- Flash Flood, July 19, 2013
- Flash Flood, July 31, 1996
- Flash Flood, June 16, 2003
- Flash Flood, August 10, 2009
- Flash Flood, July 12, 2015
- Tornado, June 2, 1998
- Flash Flood, May 4, 2012
- Flood, March 4, 2015
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
- Flash Flood, April 8, 2015
- Hail, June 16, 1998
- Hail, September 25, 1994
- Hail, April 14, 2025
- Hail, May 26, 2019
- Hail, June 16, 2019
- Flash Flood, May 1, 2016
- Hail, March 28, 2012
- Flood, April 28, 2002
- Flash Flood, May 18, 2001
- Flash Flood, February 19, 2026
- Hail, April 15, 2024
- Hail, March 23, 2022
- Flash Flood, June 8, 2022
The strongest tornadoes
Every episode, newest first
- Flash Flood, May 27, 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
- Flash Flood, February 19, 2026
- Cold/Wind Chill, February 1, 2026
- Winter Storm, January 24, 2026
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 20, 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, September 1, 2025
- Flash Flood, July 1, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 19, 2025
- Flash Flood, June 5, 2025
- Flood, May 30, 2025
- Hail, April 14, 2025
- Flash Flood, April 3, 2025
- Heavy Snow, February 18, 2025
- Flash Flood, February 15, 2025
- Winter Storm, February 11, 2025
- Flash Flood, February 6, 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
- Drought, September 1, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 31, 2024
- Drought, August 1, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 14, 2024
- Tornado, May 26, 2024
- Hail, April 15, 2024
- Flash Flood, April 11, 2024
- Tornado, April 2, 2024
- Heavy Snow, February 16, 2024
- Heavy Snow, January 19, 2024
- High Wind, January 12, 2024
- High Wind, January 9, 2024
- Tornado, August 7, 2023
- Flash Flood, July 27, 2023
- Hail, July 17, 2023
- Flash Flood, July 13, 2023
- High Wind, April 1, 2023
- High Wind, March 3, 2023
- Flood, February 16, 2023
- Winter Weather, January 30, 2023
- Winter Weather, December 23, 2022
- Hail, July 21, 2022
- Flash Flood, July 12, 2022
- Hail, July 1, 2022
- Flash Flood, June 25, 2022
- Flash Flood, June 22, 2022
- Flash Flood, June 13, 2022
- Flash Flood, June 8, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 20, 2022
- Flash Flood, May 6, 2022
- Hail, March 23, 2022
- Heavy Snow, March 11, 2022
- Flood, February 24, 2022
- Winter Weather, February 3, 2022
- Winter Storm, January 16, 2022
- Heavy Snow, January 6, 2022
- Flash Flood, January 1, 2022
- Flash Flood, August 19, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 12, 2021
- Flash Flood, June 9, 2021
- Flood, March 1, 2021
- Flood, February 28, 2021
- Strong Wind, February 24, 2021
- Winter Storm, February 17, 2021
- Ice Storm, February 15, 2021
- Winter Storm, February 10, 2021
- Heavy Snow, December 24, 2020
- Flash Flood, August 25, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 10, 2020
- Flash Flood, June 3, 2020
- Flash Flood, April 7, 2020
- Flood, February 11, 2020
- Heavy Snow, February 7, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, January 11, 2020
- Flood, December 16, 2019
- High Wind, November 27, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 30, 2019
- Flash Flood, July 2, 2019
- Hail, June 16, 2019
- Flash Flood, May 31, 2019
- Hail, May 29, 2019
- Hail, May 26, 2019
- Hail, May 23, 2019
- Hail, May 17, 2019
- Hail, April 26, 2019
- Flood, February 24, 2019
- Winter Storm, February 19, 2019
- Flood, February 14, 2019
- Flood, December 20, 2018
- Strong Wind, October 20, 2018
- Flash Flood, July 1, 2018
- Flood, April 15, 2018
- Flood, April 3, 2018
- Flood, February 24, 2018
- Flood, February 16, 2018
- Heavy Snow, January 16, 2018
- Winter Storm, January 12, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 22, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 7, 2017
- Flash Flood, March 1, 2017
- Winter Weather, January 5, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 25, 2016
- Hail, July 15, 2016
- Flash Flood, July 6, 2016
- Lightning, July 5, 2016
- Tornado, June 23, 2016
- Tornado, June 21, 2016
- Flash Flood, May 1, 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 12, 2015
- Tornado, June 26, 2015
- Flash Flood, April 8, 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
- Strong Wind, November 1, 2014
- Flash Flood, August 2, 2014
- Tornado, July 8, 2014
- Tornado, June 3, 2014
- Flash Flood, May 27, 2014
- Heavy Snow, March 16, 2014
- Winter Storm, March 2, 2014
- Heavy Snow, February 2, 2014
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 27, 2014
- Winter Storm, January 25, 2014
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 6, 2014
- Thunderstorm Wind, December 22, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, November 17, 2013
- Flash Flood, July 19, 2013
- Flash Flood, June 12, 2013
- Winter Weather, March 17, 2013
- Flood, January 30, 2013
- Hail, September 26, 2012
- Hail, June 29, 2012
- Flash Flood, May 4, 2012
- Hail, March 28, 2012
- Hail, September 14, 2011
- Heat, July 28, 2011
- Heat, July 20, 2011
- Heat, July 12, 2011
- Hail, June 7, 2011
- Hail, April 8, 2011
- Hail, March 21, 2011
- Flood, March 10, 2011
- Winter Storm, December 16, 2010
- Thunderstorm Wind, October 26, 2010
- Flood, May 1, 2010
- Hail, April 5, 2010
- Winter Storm, February 5, 2010
- Flash Flood, August 10, 2009
- Flash Flood, June 2, 2009
- Hail, May 26, 2009
- Hail, February 11, 2009
- Winter Storm, January 27, 2009
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 28, 2008
- Hail, June 23, 2008
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 12, 2008
- Flash Flood, June 3, 2008
- Flood, March 4, 2008
- Winter Weather, February 20, 2008
- Thunderstorm Wind, January 29, 2008
- Drought, November 1, 2007
- Drought, October 1, 2007
- Drought, September 1, 2007
- Hail, August 16, 2007
- Excessive Heat, August 16, 2007
- Drought, August 1, 2007
- Hail, July 27, 2007
- Hail, July 26, 2007
- Hail, July 24, 2007
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 17, 2007
- Drought, July 1, 2007
- Tornado, June 27, 2007
- Hail, June 13, 2007
- Drought, June 8, 2007
- Flood, March 17, 2007
- Heavy Snow, February 7, 2007
- Flash Flood, July 14, 2006
- Hail, July 4, 2006
- Hail, June 22, 2006
- Hail, December 28, 2005
- Flash Flood, November 8, 2005
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 5, 2005
- Flash Flood, July 27, 2005
- Flood, July 25, 2005
- Flood, January 5, 2005
- High Wind, December 7, 2004
- Flood, November 4, 2004
- Flood, September 17, 2004
- Flood, September 8, 2004
- Hail, August 10, 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
- Hail, March 7, 2004
- Flood, March 6, 2004
- Winter Storm, January 25, 2004
- Frost/Freeze, October 3, 2003
- Flood, September 2, 2003
- Flash Flood, June 19, 2003
- Flash Flood, June 16, 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
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, May 19, 2002
- Hail, May 8, 2002
- Flood, April 28, 2002
- Flood, April 21, 2002
- Excessive Heat, April 16, 2002
- Flood, March 20, 2002
- High Wind, March 9, 2002
- Heavy Rain, February 1, 2002
- Excessive Heat, January 31, 2002
- Excessive Heat, January 28, 2002
- Flood, January 24, 2002
- High Wind, December 14, 2001
- Heat, December 1, 2001
- Northern Lights, November 5, 2001
- Cold/Wind Chill, October 8, 2001
Earlier years, state by state:
More
Tornadoes in Mason CountyEvery warning in Mason 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.