Storm History: Upshur County, West Virginia
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Upshur 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
- 561
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 4
- Damage
- $7.9 million
- Episodes
- 433
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.
Every year
By kind of event
Counted under the kind that heads each episode.
| Kind of event | Events | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flash Flood | 113 | 0 | 0 | $1.5 million |
| Hail | 81 | 0 | 1 | $1.3 million |
| Heavy Snow | 80 | 0 | 0 | $126,000 |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 48 | 0 | 2 | $122,000 |
| Winter Weather | 39 | 0 | 0 | $61,000 |
| Flood | 35 | 0 | 0 | $801,000 |
| Tornado | 32 | 0 | 1 | $395,000 |
| High Wind | 22 | 0 | 0 | $53,000 |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 21 | 0 | 0 | |
| Drought | 18 | 0 | 0 | |
| Winter Storm | 14 | 0 | 0 | |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 13 | 0 | 0 | $50,000 |
| Strong Wind | 12 | 0 | 0 | $101,000 |
| Heat | 9 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heavy Rain | 9 | 0 | 0 | |
| Excessive Heat | 8 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ice Storm | 3 | 0 | 0 | $300,000 |
| Frost/Freeze | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lightning | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Blizzard | 1 | 0 | 0 | $3.0 million |
The deadliest
None recorded.
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Blizzard, October 29, 2012
- Hail, June 29, 2012
- Flash Flood, May 16, 1996
- Tornado, June 17, 2015
- Flood, January 19, 1996
- Ice Storm, February 16, 2003
- Flash Flood, February 18, 2000
- Flash Flood, August 18, 2000
- Hail, April 5, 2010
- Flash Flood, June 27, 1998
- Flood, March 4, 2015
- Flash Flood, July 31, 1996
- Heavy Snow, December 18, 2009
- Flood, December 6, 2013
- Flood, May 10, 2003
- Flood, November 19, 2003
- Strong Wind, September 28, 2006
- Tornado, June 23, 2016
- Flood, February 24, 2019
- Winter Weather, December 13, 2019
The largest hail
The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.
- Hail, April 28, 2016
- Flash Flood, April 8, 2015
- Hail, June 16, 2016
- Hail, May 4, 2025
- Hail, March 28, 2012
- Flood, April 28, 2002
- Hail, July 8, 1980
- Hail, July 10, 1975
- Hail, May 19, 2026
- Hail, April 15, 2024
- Flash Flood, April 7, 2020
- Flash Flood, June 2, 2019
- Hail, March 21, 2011
- Hail, March 23, 2011
- Hail, April 5, 2010
The strongest tornadoes
Every episode, newest first
- Flash Flood, June 18, 2026
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 14, 2026
- Flash Flood, June 10, 2026
- Flash Flood, May 27, 2026
- Flash Flood, May 24, 2026
- Hail, May 19, 2026
- Drought, May 1, 2026
- Drought, April 1, 2026
- Heavy Snow, March 16, 2026
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 16, 2026
- Strong Wind, March 13, 2026
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 7, 2026
- Flood, March 4, 2026
- Heavy Snow, February 22, 2026
- Strong Wind, February 20, 2026
- Heavy Snow, February 6, 2026
- Cold/Wind Chill, February 1, 2026
- Winter Storm, January 24, 2026
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 20, 2026
- Winter Weather, January 14, 2026
- Heavy Snow, January 1, 2026
- High Wind, December 29, 2025
- High Wind, December 19, 2025
- Heavy Snow, December 13, 2025
- Heavy Snow, December 8, 2025
- Winter Weather, December 2, 2025
- Heavy Snow, November 10, 2025
- Drought, November 1, 2025
- Drought, October 1, 2025
- Drought, September 1, 2025
- Flash Flood, July 25, 2025
- Flash Flood, July 9, 2025
- Flash Flood, June 26, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 25, 2025
- Flash Flood, June 13, 2025
- Flash Flood, June 5, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 30, 2025
- Flood, May 16, 2025
- Flash Flood, May 13, 2025
- Hail, May 4, 2025
- Hail, April 29, 2025
- Flash Flood, April 3, 2025
- Hail, March 15, 2025
- Heavy Snow, February 18, 2025
- Heavy Snow, February 16, 2025
- Flash Flood, February 15, 2025
- Winter Storm, February 11, 2025
- Flash Flood, February 6, 2025
- Flood, February 1, 2025
- Flood, January 31, 2025
- Heavy Snow, January 19, 2025
- Heavy Snow, January 10, 2025
- Winter Storm, January 5, 2025
- Strong Wind, December 29, 2024
- Heavy Snow, December 4, 2024
- Heavy Snow, November 21, 2024
- Strong Wind, November 20, 2024
- Drought, November 1, 2024
- Drought, October 1, 2024
- Drought, September 1, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 31, 2024
- Drought, August 1, 2024
- Hail, June 26, 2024
- Tornado, May 26, 2024
- Tornado, May 9, 2024
- Hail, April 15, 2024
- Flash Flood, April 11, 2024
- Tornado, April 2, 2024
- Hail, March 30, 2024
- High Wind, March 20, 2024
- Flash Flood, February 28, 2024
- Heavy Snow, February 16, 2024
- Heavy Snow, January 19, 2024
- High Wind, January 12, 2024
- High Wind, January 9, 2024
- Heavy Snow, December 18, 2023
- Flash Flood, August 29, 2023
- Tornado, August 7, 2023
- Flash Flood, July 27, 2023
- Flash Flood, July 13, 2023
- Hail, July 2, 2023
- Flood, June 3, 2023
- High Wind, April 1, 2023
- High Wind, March 25, 2023
- High Wind, March 3, 2023
- Strong Wind, February 9, 2023
- Winter Weather, January 30, 2023
- Winter Weather, January 13, 2023
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 23, 2022
- Winter Weather, December 23, 2022
- Flash Flood, August 5, 2022
- Hail, July 21, 2022
- Flash Flood, June 16, 2022
- Flash Flood, June 13, 2022
- Flash Flood, May 6, 2022
- Heavy Snow, March 11, 2022
- Winter Weather, February 3, 2022
- Winter Storm, January 16, 2022
- Heavy Snow, January 6, 2022
- Flash Flood, January 1, 2022
- Flash Flood, September 1, 2021
- Flash Flood, June 21, 2021
- Flash Flood, June 14, 2021
- Flash Flood, June 13, 2021
- Flash Flood, June 9, 2021
- Hail, April 9, 2021
- Winter Storm, February 17, 2021
- Winter Storm, February 10, 2021
- Heavy Snow, December 24, 2020
- Winter Storm, December 16, 2020
- Heavy Snow, December 1, 2020
- Flash Flood, August 25, 2020
- Flash Flood, July 30, 2020
- Strong Wind, April 21, 2020
- Flood, April 12, 2020
- Flash Flood, April 7, 2020
- Heavy Snow, February 7, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, January 11, 2020
- Winter Weather, January 7, 2020
- Winter Weather, December 13, 2019
- Hail, July 30, 2019
- Tornado, June 24, 2019
- Flash Flood, June 2, 2019
- Hail, May 17, 2019
- Hail, April 14, 2019
- Flood, February 24, 2019
- Flash Flood, September 23, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 3, 2018
- Flood, April 15, 2018
- Heavy Snow, March 21, 2018
- Flood, February 16, 2018
- Heavy Snow, January 16, 2018
- Flood, January 12, 2018
- Winter Weather, December 29, 2017
- High Wind, November 18, 2017
- Flash Flood, July 22, 2017
- Heavy Snow, March 13, 2017
- Flash Flood, March 1, 2017
- Winter Weather, January 29, 2017
- Winter Weather, January 5, 2017
- Flash Flood, July 6, 2016
- Flash Flood, June 27, 2016
- Tornado, June 23, 2016
- Hail, June 16, 2016
- Hail, April 28, 2016
- Winter Weather, April 7, 2016
- High Wind, April 2, 2016
- Strong Wind, March 1, 2016
- Heavy Snow, January 22, 2016
- Hail, August 1, 2015
- Flash Flood, July 12, 2015
- Flash Flood, July 5, 2015
- Tornado, June 17, 2015
- Flash Flood, April 8, 2015
- Flood, March 11, 2015
- Flood, March 4, 2015
- Cold/Wind Chill, February 23, 2015
- Winter Storm, February 21, 2015
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 18, 2015
- Heavy Snow, February 16, 2015
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 14, 2015
- Heavy Snow, January 6, 2015
- Strong Wind, November 1, 2014
- Flash Flood, September 4, 2014
- Flash Flood, August 22, 2014
- Flash Flood, June 10, 2014
- Heavy Snow, March 16, 2014
- Strong Wind, March 12, 2014
- Winter Storm, March 2, 2014
- Winter Weather, February 25, 2014
- Heavy Snow, February 14, 2014
- Heavy Snow, February 12, 2014
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 27, 2014
- Winter Storm, January 25, 2014
- Heavy Snow, January 21, 2014
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 6, 2014
- Winter Weather, January 2, 2014
- Thunderstorm Wind, December 22, 2013
- Ice Storm, December 8, 2013
- Flood, December 6, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, November 17, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, November 1, 2013
- Flash Flood, August 28, 2013
- Flash Flood, June 12, 2013
- Heavy Snow, March 24, 2013
- Winter Weather, March 17, 2013
- Winter Weather, February 16, 2013
- Winter Weather, February 4, 2013
- Heavy Snow, February 1, 2013
- Winter Weather, January 25, 2013
- Heavy Snow, January 23, 2013
- Winter Weather, December 29, 2012
- Blizzard, October 29, 2012
- Hail, July 18, 2012
- Hail, June 29, 2012
- Hail, March 28, 2012
- Flash Flood, February 29, 2012
- Heavy Snow, February 10, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, January 27, 2012
- Winter Weather, January 12, 2012
- Heavy Snow, January 1, 2012
- Winter Weather, December 7, 2011
- Flood, November 22, 2011
- Winter Weather, October 28, 2011
- Hail, July 3, 2011
- Tornado, April 27, 2011
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 23, 2011
- Flood, April 19, 2011
- Hail, March 23, 2011
- Hail, March 21, 2011
- Winter Weather, March 6, 2011
- Heavy Snow, January 26, 2011
- Heavy Snow, January 20, 2011
- Heavy Snow, January 11, 2011
- Winter Weather, January 6, 2011
- Winter Weather, December 25, 2010
- Heavy Snow, December 5, 2010
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 4, 2010
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 24, 2010
- Hail, April 5, 2010
- Heavy Snow, February 24, 2010
- Heavy Snow, February 15, 2010
- Winter Storm, February 5, 2010
- Heavy Snow, December 18, 2009
- Flash Flood, August 2, 2009
- Flood, May 7, 2009
- Heavy Snow, February 22, 2009
- Hail, February 11, 2009
- Winter Storm, January 27, 2009
- Heavy Snow, November 17, 2008
- Hail, July 20, 2008
- Hail, June 10, 2008
- Flash Flood, June 3, 2008
- Hail, June 1, 2008
- Winter Weather, February 20, 2008
- Heavy Snow, January 1, 2008
- Winter Weather, December 5, 2007
- Hail, August 30, 2007
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 20, 2007
- Hail, August 16, 2007
- Hail, July 29, 2007
- Hail, July 19, 2007
- Hail, June 13, 2007
- Flood, April 15, 2007
- Hail, March 14, 2007
- Heavy Snow, February 7, 2007
- High Wind, December 1, 2006
- Strong Wind, September 28, 2006
- Hail, June 29, 2006
- Heavy Snow, February 12, 2006
Earlier years, state by state:
More
Tornadoes in Upshur CountyEvery warning in Upshur 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.