Storm History: Mingo County, West Virginia
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Mingo 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
- 453
- Deaths
- 2
- Injuries
- 4
- Damage
- $53 million
- Episodes
- 328
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 | 108 | 0 | 1 | $22 million |
| Hail | 88 | 0 | 3 | $1.8 million |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 48 | 0 | 0 | $213,000 |
| Heavy Snow | 35 | 0 | 0 | $752,000 |
| Flood | 32 | 0 | 0 | $27 million |
| Drought | 20 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 18 | 0 | 0 | $5,000 |
| Winter Storm | 16 | 0 | 0 | $165,000 |
| High Wind | 13 | 0 | 0 | $22,000 |
| Tornado | 12 | 0 | 0 | $190,000 |
| Heat | 12 | 1 | 0 | |
| Heavy Rain | 9 | 0 | 0 | |
| Winter Weather | 9 | 0 | 0 | $10,000 |
| Excessive Heat | 9 | 0 | 0 | |
| Strong Wind | 8 | 0 | 0 | $17,000 |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 8 | 0 | 0 | $60,000 |
| Wildfire | 3 | 1 | 0 | $3,000 |
| Frost/Freeze | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Blizzard | 1 | 0 | 0 | $250,000 |
| Funnel Cloud | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ice Storm | 1 | 0 | 0 |
The deadliest
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Flood, May 8, 2009
- Flash Flood, May 30, 2004
- Flash Flood, February 15, 2025
- Flash Flood, May 2, 2002
- Hail, April 7, 2006
- Flash Flood, March 15, 2012
- Flood, June 4, 2004
- Flood, March 4, 2015
- Hail, June 29, 2012
- Heavy Snow, December 18, 2009
- Flood, April 15, 2007
- Flash Flood, June 12, 2010
- Flash Flood, July 26, 2022
- Flash Flood, June 16, 2003
- Flood, June 12, 2004
- Flash Flood, May 15, 1996
- Flood, February 15, 2003
- Flash Flood, July 2, 1997
- Flood, September 17, 2004
- Blizzard, October 29, 2012
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, September 25, 1994
- Hail, June 16, 2016
- Hail, May 4, 2025
- Flash Flood, March 18, 2021
- Flash Flood, May 1, 2016
- Flood, April 28, 2002
- Flash Flood, February 19, 2026
- Flash Flood, April 7, 2020
- Flash Flood, June 2, 2019
- Flash Flood, August 8, 2019
- Flash Flood, May 13, 2014
- Flash Flood, March 15, 2012
- Flash Flood, April 9, 2011
- Hail, September 3, 2011
The strongest tornadoes
Every episode, newest first
- Tornado, June 22, 2026
- Flash Flood, June 18, 2026
- Drought, June 1, 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
- 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
- High Wind, December 29, 2025
- High Wind, December 19, 2025
- Winter Weather, December 12, 2025
- Heavy Snow, December 8, 2025
- Heavy Snow, November 10, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 5, 2025
- Drought, September 1, 2025
- Flash Flood, July 17, 2025
- Flood, May 16, 2025
- Hail, May 8, 2025
- Hail, May 4, 2025
- Flash Flood, April 3, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 31, 2025
- Heavy Snow, February 18, 2025
- Flash Flood, February 15, 2025
- Winter Storm, February 11, 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
- Heavy Snow, November 21, 2024
- Strong Wind, November 20, 2024
- Drought, November 1, 2024
- Drought, October 1, 2024
- Drought, September 1, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 17, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 1, 2024
- Drought, August 1, 2024
- Hail, June 26, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 17, 2024
- Tornado, May 26, 2024
- Flash Flood, April 11, 2024
- Heavy Snow, January 19, 2024
- High Wind, January 12, 2024
- Heavy Snow, December 18, 2023
- High Wind, April 1, 2023
- High Wind, March 3, 2023
- Flood, February 16, 2023
- Winter Weather, January 13, 2023
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 23, 2022
- Winter Weather, December 23, 2022
- Flash Flood, August 1, 2022
- Flash Flood, July 26, 2022
- Heavy Snow, March 11, 2022
- Winter Weather, 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 30, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 10, 2021
- Strong Wind, May 9, 2021
- Flood, March 29, 2021
- Flash Flood, March 18, 2021
- Flood, March 1, 2021
- Flood, February 28, 2021
- Winter Storm, February 17, 2021
- Ice Storm, February 15, 2021
- Winter Storm, February 10, 2021
- Heavy Snow, December 24, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 6, 2020
- Flash Flood, June 3, 2020
- Flash Flood, April 7, 2020
- Flash Flood, March 13, 2020
- Flood, February 11, 2020
- Flood, February 6, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, January 11, 2020
- Winter Weather, January 7, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, October 31, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 30, 2019
- Flash Flood, August 8, 2019
- Heat, July 10, 2019
- Tornado, June 24, 2019
- Flash Flood, June 2, 2019
- Hail, May 29, 2019
- Flood, February 24, 2019
- Heavy Snow, December 9, 2018
- Flash Flood, July 1, 2018
- Heavy Snow, March 24, 2018
- Flood, February 10, 2018
- Heavy Snow, January 16, 2018
- Winter Storm, January 12, 2018
- Flash Flood, July 14, 2017
- Flash Flood, May 24, 2017
- Flash Flood, March 1, 2017
- Winter Weather, January 5, 2017
- Flash Flood, July 27, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 8, 2016
- Tornado, June 23, 2016
- Tornado, June 21, 2016
- Hail, June 16, 2016
- Flash Flood, May 1, 2016
- High Wind, April 2, 2016
- Winter Weather, March 3, 2016
- Winter Storm, February 14, 2016
- Heavy Snow, January 22, 2016
- Flash Flood, July 12, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 9, 2015
- Flash Flood, July 5, 2015
- Hail, June 8, 2015
- Hail, June 1, 2015
- Flash Flood, April 8, 2015
- Flood, March 4, 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
- Funnel Cloud, August 31, 2014
- Flash Flood, August 22, 2014
- Flash Flood, May 13, 2014
- Winter Storm, March 2, 2014
- Thunderstorm Wind, February 21, 2014
- Heavy Snow, February 12, 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, May 21, 2013
- Flood, January 30, 2013
- Blizzard, October 29, 2012
- Hail, July 18, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 5, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 1, 2012
- Hail, June 29, 2012
- Hail, May 4, 2012
- Flash Flood, March 15, 2012
- Heavy Snow, March 5, 2012
- Tornado, March 2, 2012
- Flash Flood, February 29, 2012
- Heavy Snow, February 19, 2012
- Hail, September 3, 2011
- Heat, July 28, 2011
- Heat, July 20, 2011
- Hail, April 25, 2011
- Flash Flood, April 9, 2011
- Flood, February 28, 2011
- Winter Weather, December 25, 2010
- Winter Storm, December 16, 2010
- Thunderstorm Wind, October 26, 2010
- Flash Flood, June 21, 2010
- Flash Flood, June 12, 2010
- Hail, May 14, 2010
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 8, 2010
- Heavy Snow, January 29, 2010
- Heavy Snow, December 18, 2009
- Hail, July 25, 2009
- Flash Flood, June 11, 2009
- Flash Flood, June 2, 2009
- Hail, May 30, 2009
- Flood, May 8, 2009
- Hail, April 5, 2009
- Hail, February 11, 2009
- Heavy Snow, February 3, 2009
- Hail, July 22, 2008
- Hail, June 16, 2008
- Hail, June 9, 2008
- Hail, May 11, 2008
- Hail, May 9, 2008
- Hail, April 11, 2008
- Thunderstorm Wind, February 6, 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 26, 2007
- Hail, June 24, 2007
- Flood, April 15, 2007
- Heavy Snow, February 7, 2007
- Flash Flood, August 7, 2006
- Hail, June 20, 2006
- Hail, June 4, 2006
- Hail, April 17, 2006
- Hail, April 7, 2006
- Flash Flood, August 19, 2005
- Hail, August 16, 2005
- Flash Flood, July 27, 2005
- Hail, May 13, 2005
- Flash Flood, April 30, 2005
- Hail, March 23, 2005
- Flood, September 17, 2004
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 4, 2004
- Flood, June 25, 2004
- Flood, June 12, 2004
- Flood, June 4, 2004
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 1, 2004
- Flash Flood, May 30, 2004
- Frost/Freeze, May 4, 2004
- Winter Storm, January 25, 2004
- Flash Flood, November 12, 2003
- Frost/Freeze, October 3, 2003
- Hail, July 9, 2003
- Flash Flood, June 16, 2003
- Flash Flood, June 11, 2003
- Flood, May 10, 2003
- Hail, March 20, 2003
- Hail, February 22, 2003
- Flood, February 22, 2003
- Flood, February 15, 2003
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 14, 2003
- Winter Storm, December 4, 2002
- Heavy Rain, October 1, 2002
- Drought, September 1, 2002
- Heavy Rain, August 1, 2002
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 25, 2002
- Flash Flood, June 1, 2002
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, May 19, 2002
- Flash Flood, May 2, 2002
- Flood, April 28, 2002
- Excessive Heat, April 16, 2002
- Heavy Rain, February 1, 2002
- Excessive Heat, January 31, 2002
- Excessive Heat, January 28, 2002
- Heavy Snow, January 19, 2002
- Heavy Snow, January 6, 2002
- High Wind, December 14, 2001
- Heat, December 1, 2001
- Wildfire, November 1, 2001
- Heavy Rain, November 1, 2001
- Cold/Wind Chill, October 8, 2001
- Heavy Rain, October 1, 2001
- Flash Flood, August 23, 2001
- Flash Flood, July 29, 2001
- Flash Flood, May 19, 2001
- Hail, April 10, 2001
- Cold/Wind Chill, March 1, 2001
- High Wind, February 25, 2001
- High Wind, February 9, 2001
- Excessive Heat, February 9, 2001
- Heavy Rain, January 18, 2001
- High Wind, December 11, 2000
- Cold/Wind Chill, December 1, 2000
Earlier years, state by state:
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Tornadoes in Mingo CountyEvery warning in Mingo 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.