West Virginia Storm Data: Hail, Wind & Severe Weather

Deduplicated severe weather activity for West Virginia, fused from NWS warnings, storm reports, official records, and FEMA declarations.

West Virginia severe weather data — state map card, hail and wind history for the last 12 months

West Virginia severe weather at a glance (last 12 months)

StormAuditor's consolidated public record currently shows 6,239 storm events impacting 55 of West Virginia's 55 counties in the trailing 12 months: 2,793 wind events, 1,985 hail events, 98 tornado events, 1,368 flood events. Events are fused from National Weather Service warnings and Special Weather Statements, observed Local Storm Reports, official NCEI storm records, and FEMA disaster declarations, then consolidated into a single event table under the published methodology. Because a single storm can carry more than one hazard tag (a squall line can produce both wind and flood records), the per-type counts can legitimately add up to more than the consolidated total. Sub-severe statements (radar-indicated gusts of 40+ mph or hail of 0.5"+) are included at a distinct moderate tier and never counted as severe.

Biggest West Virginia storm days

August 16, 2026 — 481 recorded events (flood, hail, tornado, wind)
July 21, 2026 — 439 recorded events (flood, hail, tornado, wind)
August 11, 2026 — 386 recorded events (flood, hail, tornado, wind)
June 18, 2026 — 337 recorded events (flood, hail, tornado, wind)
July 4, 2026 — 285 recorded events (flood, hail, wind)

Most impacted counties

Kanawha — 278 events (120 severe)
Harrison — 242 events (101 severe)
Lewis — 214 events (110 severe)
Boone — 179 events (102 severe)
Randolph — 176 events (92 severe)
Upshur — 168 events (82 severe)
Jackson — 167 events (86 severe)
Wood — 161 events (79 severe)

Additional activity recorded in NWS forecast zones: Washington (11) · Bland (4) · Northwest Pocahontas (1) · Southeast Randolph (1).

Download the West Virginia dataset (free)

The full consolidated West Virginia event list for the trailing 12 months — dates, counties, hazard types, severities, measured gusts and hail sizes, with coordinates; source records deduplicated, and each NWS warning product listed per affected county — downloads free and stays current with the live record: download CSV · download JSON. Reusable with attribution under the data license; the JSON file carries a field dictionary and provenance notes.

Research a specific West Virginia address

Statewide counts tell you where activity concentrated; they do not tell you what happened at one property. For an individual address, run the Free Report Snapshot (an instant YES/NO against StormAuditor's screening thresholds — wind ≥ 45 mph, hail ≥ 0.75 in., deliberately below the official NWS severe criteria), use the Address Lookup, or purchase a full Weather Report for $2.99 covering every qualifying storm date at the address. Browse day-by-day activity on the Storm Calendar or compare states on the Storm Data hub.

All values are derived from public NOAA and NWS data under StormAuditor's published methodology. They are research estimates, not certified weather records — see Limitations. Data last refreshed September 6, 2026.

See where recent storms tracked on the statewide West Virginia hail map and wind map, or check the county impact heatmap.

West Virginia city storm pages: Charleston hail & wind history · Huntington hail & wind history · Morgantown hail & wind history

Neighboring states: Kentucky storm data · Maryland storm data · Ohio storm data · Pennsylvania storm data · Virginia storm data

About this page: built by Storm Auditor LLC from public NOAA/NWS records — deduplicated warnings, storm reports, station measurements, and official records on a rolling 12-month window, under the published methodology. See the StormAuditor Editorial Team for how content is produced.