Tornadoes

Tornadoes in West Virginia by Year

*Note: The below dates highlight completed analysis of tornado activity on the given day. This archive is not complete yet, but check back as work is being performed weekly!

Click/tap on a highlighted date for more details on tornadoes that occurred in West Virginia:

2024

• September 25th, 2024: Hillsboro, WV (Pocahontas County)
• August 8th, 2024: Tomahawk, WV (Berkeley County)
• June 5th, 2024: (Berkeley and Jefferson County)
• May 26th, 2024: Red House, WV (Putnam County)
• May 11th, 2024: (Preston County)
• May 9th, 2024: Wood County
• May 8th, 2024: (Hancock County)
• April 2nd, 2024: (Cabell, Fayette, Kanawha, Putnam, and Wayne Counties)

2023

• August 7th, 2023: Fort Gay, WV (Wayne County)

2022

• August 1st, 2022: Dallas, WV (Marshall and Ohio counties)
• July 12th, 2022: (Hampshire County)

2021

• June 14th, 2021: Colfax, WV (Marion County)
• May 3rd, 2021: Ranson, WV (Jefferson County)

2019

• June 24th, 2019 (Kanawha County)

2018

• June 27th, 2018 (Monongalia County)

2017

• July 5th, 2017: Charles Town, WV (Jefferson County)
• June 23rd, 2017: (Harrison and Monongalia Counties)

2016

• July 4th, 2016: (Wayne, Lincoln and Kanawha Counties)
• June 23rd, 2016: (Jackson County)
• June 21st, 2016: (Greenbrier and Nicholas Counties)
• June 21st, 2016: (Barbour County)
• June 16, 2016: (Monongalia County)

2015

• December 23rd, 2015: (Wood County)
• June 26th, 2015: (Jackson County)
• June 17th, 2015: Queens, WV (Upshur County)

2014

• October 7th, 2014: (Mercer and Raleigh Counties)
• July 27th, 2014: (Harrison, Pleasants and Richie Counties)
• July 13th, 2014: (Berkeley County)
• July 8th, 2014: (Marion, Monongalia and Taylor Counties)
• June 8th, 2014: (Berkeley County)
• June 4th, 2014 (Cabell County)

2012

• March 2nd, 2012: (Lincoln, Mingo and Wayne Counties)

2011

• April 27th, 2011: Coe, WV (Nicholas County)

2010

• September 16th, 2010: (Wirt and Wood Counties)

2008

• July 30th, 2008: (Preston County)
• May 31st, 2008: Cranesville, WV (Preston County)
• March 19th, 2008: Youngs Bottom, WV (Kanawha County)

2007

• July 27th, 2007: Letart, WV (Mason County)

2004

• September 17th, 2004: (Berkeley, Jefferson and Morgan Counties)
• May 21st, 2004: Arden, WV (Berkeley County)

2003

• July 10th, 2003: (Wood County)
• July 9th, 2003: (Jefferson County)

2002

• April 28th, 2002: (Marshall County)

2001

• May 21st, 2001: (Wood County)

2000

• August 9th, 2000: (Cabell, Putnam and Lincoln Counties)
• May 23rd, 2000: (Tyler County)

1999

• October 13th, 1999: (Putnam County)

1998

• August 9th, 1998: (Grant County)
• July 30th, 1998: (Berkeley County)
• June 27th, 1998: (Pendleton County)
• June 16th, 1998: (Berkeley County)
• June 2nd, 1998: (Hampshire, Kanawha, Mason, Mineral, Preston and Putnam Counties)
• May 24th, 1998: (Harrison County)
• January 9th, 1998: (Marshall County)
• January 8th, 1998: (Wood County)

1997

• June 18th, 1997: (Grant County)

1996

• July 30th, 1996: (Wetzel and Marion Counties)
• July 19th, 1996: (Preston County)

1994

• August 17th, 1994: (Morgan and Berkeley Counties)

1992

• July 5th, 1992: (Tucker County)

1991

• April 9th, 1991: (Braxton County)

1990

• September 14th, 1990: (Kanawha and Marion Counties)
• June 22nd, 1990: (Monroe and Greenbrier Counties)
• May 26th, 1990: (Fayette County)

1989

• November 16th, 1989: (Jefferson County)
• June 12th, 1989: (Roane and Wood Counties)