Tornado History Map

Monongalia County, West Virginia tornado history

10 tornadoes recorded in or across Monongalia County from 1966 to 2018, coloured by rating on the map.

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Years1950 to 2025
Rating (F or EF scale)

Shows tornadoes that started in, or crossed, the chosen state. To see how many have passed near you, search a town or ZIP code, or tap the map.

Key
  • F0 / EF0 Light damage
  • F1 / EF1 Moderate damage
  • F2 / EF2 Considerable damage
  • F3 / EF3 Severe damage
  • F4 / EF4 Devastating damage
  • F5 / EF5 Incredible damage
  • Unknown Not rated (2007 onwards)

How to read the lines. Each line is one tornado, drawn from where it started to where it ended, coloured and sized by its rating. A dot means the record has no end point. Tap a line for its details, or tap anywhere else to see how many tornadoes have passed nearby. Weaker tornadoes appear as you zoom in. Ratings use the Fujita (F) scale before 1 February 2007 and the Enhanced Fujita (EF) scale from then on.

Tornadoes in Monongalia County

The Storm Prediction Center records 10 tornadoes whose paths touched Monongalia County, West Virginia between 1966 and 2018. They killed 1 person and injured 19. The busiest month is June, with 7 tornadoes. The strongest was an F3 on 3 June 1980. The most recent was on 27 June 2018.

  • 10tornadoes
  • 1death
  • 19injuries
  • 278per 10,000 sq mi of land

A tornado that crossed several counties counts in each one, so county counts add up to more than the state's.

How strong were the tornadoes in Monongalia County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF0330%
F1 / EF1660%
F2 / EF200%
F3 / EF3110%
F4 / EF400%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating00%

Monongalia County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 5 in 2010s.1960s21980s32010s5

The 2010s only run to 2018, so that bar is for a shorter period. The record starts in 1950.

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PeriodCount
1960s2
1980s3
2010s5
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 7 in Jun.Jan0Feb0Mar0Apr0May0Jun7Jul1Aug2Sep0Oct0Nov0Dec0
Show the numbers
PeriodCount
Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr0
May0
Jun7
Jul1
Aug2
Sep0
Oct0
Nov0
Dec0

Records for Monongalia County

  • Deadliest: West Virginia tornado16 June 1982, F1, 1 death, 2.5 miles long
  • Strongest and Longest path: West Virginia tornado3 June 1980, F3, 19 injuries, 29.8 miles long
  • Most recent: West Virginia tornado27 June 2018, EF0, 0.2 miles long

Many of these tornadoes killed or injured people. The numbers are the official record's, and they may be revised.

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