West Virginia

Storm History: Pendleton County, West Virginia

480 episodes, 727 events since 1969

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Pendleton 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
727
Deaths
1
Injuries
3
Damage
$12 million
Episodes
480

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
Winter Weather19700
Winter Storm14200
Frost/Freeze5900
Hail4900$44,000
Flash Flood4712$11 million
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill4500
Thunderstorm Wind4401$135,000
Cold/Wind Chill4100
Dense Fog3500
High Wind2800
Flood1100$2,000
Blizzard1000
Ice Storm700
Tornado400$10,000
Heavy Rain400
Heavy Snow200
Dust Devil100$1,000
Wildfire100$10,000

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.

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Pendleton CountyEvery warning in Pendleton 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.