West Virginia

Storm History: Ohio County, West Virginia

278 episodes, 379 events since 1955

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Ohio 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
379
Deaths
9
Injuries
6
Damage
$54 million
Episodes
278

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 Wind10801$1.0 million
Flash Flood7290$4.1 million
Hail6201$255,000
High Wind2500$1.0 million
Flood2400$48 million
Winter Storm2100$15,000
Winter Weather1500
Tornado1104$8,000
Ice Storm1000$3,000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill800
Heavy Snow700
Drought700
Strong Wind500$7,000
Blizzard200$10,000
Cold/Wind Chill100
Astronomical Low Tide100

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 Ohio County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Ohio CountyEvery warning in Ohio 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.