Tucker County

Every recorded tornado

1. Injuries and deaths are for the tornado’s whole path, which may extend beyond the county. Deaths recorded within Tucker County: 0.
2. Weak tornadoes were under-recorded before Doppler radar coverage became national in the early 1990s, so earlier decades read low. Ratings use the Fujita scale before February 2007 and the Enhanced Fujita scale after.

Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, 1950 to 2025.

Every storm within 100 miles

1. Tropical storms and hurricanes (34 kt or more, still tropical) at closest approach. Post-tropical remnants with gale-force winds are listed but not counted. Direct: track within 50 miles; near: within 100 miles. Distance is measured to the county boundary for counties and to the city centre for cities, using positions interpolated hourly between HURDAT2 fixes.

National Hurricane Center HURDAT2, 1851 to 2025.

Smoke overhead

1. A smoke day is a date on which a smoke plume traced by NOAA Hazard Mapping System analysts from satellite imagery covered this place's point (the county's population centre or the city centre). Counts here are of medium or heavy smoke. Since 2018 analysts have often drawn light smoke as one area over most of the continent, so light-smoke counts are not comparable from year to year. The plumes show smoke anywhere in the air above, not air quality at the ground, and smoke hidden by cloud is missed.

NOAA Hazard Mapping System smoke analysis, 2011 to 2026, retrieved October 30, 2026.

Claims by ZIP code

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OpenFEMA NFIP Redacted Claims v3, refreshed August 4, 2026. NOAA Storm Events through 2026.

River crests

River gauges

1. Crests are the highest and the recent crests the National Weather Service lists for each river gauge in the county that has a flood stage, not every flood. Flood categories use each gauge's current flood stages; crests from before levees, dams or channel changes may not be comparable. Crests measured on an old datum are left out of the rankings.

NOAA National Water Prediction Service gauge records, retrieved October 30, 2026.

1. The Palmer Drought Severity Index is computed by NOAA each month from the county's average temperature and precipitation, relative to the county's own climate. Zero is normal; -3 or lower is severe drought and -4 or lower extreme drought. It describes the long-term balance of moisture, not water supply or crop losses.

NOAA NCEI nClimDiv county Palmer Drought Severity Index, 1895 to September 2026, issued October 6, 2026.

1. Earthquakes of magnitude 2.5 or more in the USGS Comprehensive Catalog since 1900. Within 50 miles means the epicentre lies within 50 miles of the county boundary (or inside the county).
2. Small earthquakes were under-recorded before the modern seismic networks of the 1970s and are still missed in remote areas, so early decades read low. Magnitudes are as the catalogue reports them and mix scales (moment, local and body-wave).

USGS ANSS Comprehensive Earthquake Catalog, 1900 to present, retrieved October 30, 2026.

Mapped landslides

Mapped by WV GS (749).

1. Landslides mapped in the USGS compilation of landslide inventories across the United States (version 3.0, 2025), rated probable or better. The compilation joins inventories made by federal and state agencies for different purposes and areas, so the number mapped in a county reflects how closely it has been surveyed as much as how often its slopes fail. An area with few records may simply not have been mapped. Deaths are as recorded in the inventories; a slide listed in two inventories is counted once.

USGS Landslide Inventories across the United States, version 3.0, retrieved October 27, 2026.

Costliest events since 1996

1. Jan 19, 1996Flood, Tucker$1.7 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   The Cheat River, in the northern mountains of West Virginia and one of the flashiest rivers in the country, was the first river to reach flood stage in this widespread flood event. The Cheat River began a rapid rise on the night of the 18th due to snow melt. Up to 25 inches of snow was in place before warm air moved in and melted the icy snowpack. Rain then fueled the rise, culminating in a river crest for Parsons, West Virginia of 19.8 feet at 1 pm on the 19th, 6.8 feet above flood stage. This was just four feet below the flood of record of 23.8 feet (November 1985). Near record flooding also occurred downstream at Rowlesburg. The river crested at 24.2 feet, 8.2 feet above its 16…

2. Feb 11, 2009High Wind, Tucker$100,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   A powerful cold front moved across the Ohio Valley on the evening of the 11th as strong low pressure moved north across the Great Lakes. A convective line along the cold front produced widespread damage across eastern Ohio, western Pennsylvania, northern West Virginia, and Garrett county Maryland with thunderstorm wind gusts of 60 to 70 MPH and a peak wind gust of 92 MPH at Allegheny County Airport near Pittsburgh. High winds gusting to 60 MPH behind the front in a strong pressure gradient produced wind damage across the entire region into midday on the 12th. In all across eastern Ohio, western Pennsylvania, northern West Virginia and Garrett county Maryland over one half million…

3. Apr 16, 2011High Wind, Tucker$100,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   Deep low pressure produced strong southeast winds ahead of an approaching cold front along and east of the ridges of Garrett county Maryland, northern West Virginia, and western Pennsylvania with numerous reports of trees and power lines down. Winds across this area gusted to over 60 MPH, with the highest gust of 63 MPH recorded at the Latrobe airport in Westmoreland county.

4. Feb 19, 2000Flood, Tucker$100,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   Widespread heavy rains of between 2.0 and around 3.5 inches fell across northern West Virginia and portions of southwest Pennsylvania on February 18th. This rain fell onto ground that was already nearly saturated from heavy rainfall a few days earlier. As a result, moderate flash flooding developed across northern West Virginia starting late on the 18th and continued into the 19th. In addition to the flash flooding along creeks and streams, this heavy rain produced flooding along the Monongahela River in Monongalia County and the Cheat River in Preston and Tucker Counties. The following are crests/flood stages in feet for river forecast locations in northern West Virginia: On the…

5. Oct 25, 2005Heavy Snow, Tucker$100,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   The first snow storm of the season started at the highest elevations around 6 PM EDT on 24th. Terra Alta received 12" of snow by 7 AM on 25th. Canaan Valley got 6 inches by 7 AM. Davis received 7" by then, and another 6 inches during the day and evening of 25th. Snow ended by 11 PM EDT on 25th. The snow was wet and heavy, knocking down numerous trees, which fell onto power lines. Traffic accidents, plus fallen trees and power lines blocked many roads, stranding some school buses. In Preston County, routes 32 and 38 were closed. 8500 customers lost electricity, some for 7 days.

6. Feb 11, 2009Thunderstorm Wind$75,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   Law enforcement reported numerous trees and power lines down countywide.

7. Jun 4, 2008Thunderstorm Wind$75,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   The Tucker county sheriff's office reported widespread trees down in the St. George area.

8. Feb 11, 2009Thunderstorm Wind$75,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   Law enforcement reported numerous trees and power lines down countywide.

9. Jul 27, 2014Thunderstorm Wind$50,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   A NWS Storm Survey found a Macro-burst occurred in Tucker county near Pleasant Run. Winds were estimated to be from 105 to 110 MPH, with a path length of 0.75 miles, and a width of 225 yards. Substantial damage to hardwood trees and power lines was observed, with numerous trees snapped and uprooted, and large power lines taken down.

10. Jun 4, 2008Thunderstorm Wind$50,000
    National Weather Service narrative

    Law enforcement reported numerous large trees down along Route 38 |3 to 5 MILES west of St. George.

1. Storm Events records before 1996 cover only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail. Damage figures are as reported by the National Weather Service at the time, not adjusted for inflation.

NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, 1950 to 2026, issued October 26, 2026.

All-time high

95°F9 times, most recently Aug 27, 1948

All-time low

−30°FJan 13, 1912

Warmest night

73°FJul 11, 1989

Coldest day

−7°FDec 25, 1983

Wettest day

5.15 inSep 19, 2003

Snowiest day

31.0 inJan 8, 1996

Hottest year

1991mean 51.1°F

Coldest year

1940mean 44.1°F

Wettest year

192689.01 in

Driest year

193032.50 in

Snowiest season

284.8 in2009-10

Station Bayard (USC00460527), 2,412 ft elevation, 16.8 miles from the population centre. Daily records from 1902 to October 23, 2026; 93.5% of days in the last 30 years are complete. Records at a single station can differ from a city’s official threaded record, which may combine several stations.

NOAA NCEI Global Historical Climatology Network Daily.

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OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations Summaries, retrieved October 30, 2026. Statewide declarations are not listed.

Neighbouring counties

• Tornadoes NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, through 2025.
• Tropical cyclones NOAA National Hurricane Center HURDAT2 (Atlantic; Northeast and Central Pacific), through 2025.
• Wildfire USGS/USFS Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity, through 2026.
• Storm events NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, through 2026.
• Flood insurance OpenFEMA NFIP Redacted Claims v3, refreshed August 4, 2026.
• Declarations OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations Summaries v2, retrieved October 30, 2026.
• Weather records NOAA NCEI Global Historical Climatology Network Daily, station USC00460527.
• River crests NOAA National Weather Service, National Water Prediction Service river gauges, retrieved October 30, 2026.
• Drought NOAA NCEI nClimDiv county Palmer Drought Severity Index, through September 2026.
• Smoke NOAA NESDIS Hazard Mapping System smoke analysis, retrieved October 30, 2026.
• Landslides USGS Landslide Inventories across the United States, version 3.0 (2025).
• Earthquakes USGS ANSS Comprehensive Earthquake Catalog (ComCat), retrieved October 30, 2026.

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