West Virginia

Storm History: Tyler County, West Virginia

310 episodes, 374 events since 1967

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Tyler 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
374
Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Damage
$5.7 million
Episodes
310

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
Flash Flood7500$2.5 million
Hail5100$868,000
Thunderstorm Wind4200$82,000
Flood3500$2.0 million
Heavy Snow3400$61,000
Cold/Wind Chill1900
Drought1700
Winter Storm1700$17,000
High Wind1700$23,000
Winter Weather1300
Heat1200
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill900$45,000
Excessive Heat800
Tornado700$102,000
Strong Wind700$27,000
Heavy Rain600
Frost/Freeze300
Debris Flow100$2,000
Ice Storm100$3,000

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.

The strongest tornadoes

Every tornado in Tyler County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Tyler CountyEvery warning in Tyler 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.