West Virginia

Storm History: Monongalia County, West Virginia

303 episodes, 576 events since 1955

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Monongalia 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
576
Deaths
2
Injuries
7
Damage
$8.6 million
Episodes
303

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
Thunderstorm Wind17807$2.0 million
Hail13600$482,000
Flash Flood10100$2.4 million
Tornado4010$3.3 million
Winter Storm4000
Flood3410$466,000
Winter Weather1700
High Wind1300$60,000
Drought500
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill400
Heavy Snow300
Blizzard200
Strong Wind200
Ice Storm100

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 Monongalia County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Monongalia CountyEvery warning in Monongalia 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.