West Virginia

Storm History: Tucker County, West Virginia

259 episodes, 371 events since 1954

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Tucker 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
371
Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Damage
$1.1 million
Episodes
259

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 Storm5900
Hail5600$137,000
Flash Flood5400$298,000
Winter Weather4900
Thunderstorm Wind4200$272,000
High Wind2900$200,000
Tornado1300$58,000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill1300
Strong Wind1100$10,000
Heavy Snow1100
Blizzard1000
Drought1000
Flood500$82,000
Ice Storm500
Cold/Wind Chill400

The deadliest

None recorded.

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 Tucker CountyEvery warning in Tucker 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.