West Virginia

Storm History: Wyoming County, West Virginia

326 episodes, 423 events since 1974

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Wyoming 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
423
Deaths
2
Injuries
10
Damage
$81 million
Episodes
326

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
Hail9900$481,000
Flash Flood6520$64 million
Heavy Snow5500$1.5 million
Thunderstorm Wind3200$113,000
Flood3000$12 million
Drought1900
Cold/Wind Chill1800
Winter Storm1700$20,000
High Wind1500$41,000
Winter Weather1200
Heat1100
Heavy Rain1000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill1000$45,000
Excessive Heat900
Tornado8010$2.5 million
Strong Wind400$23,000
Wildfire300
Ice Storm200$5,000
Frost/Freeze200
Blizzard200$400,000

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.

The strongest tornadoes

Every tornado in Wyoming County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Wyoming CountyEvery warning in Wyoming 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.