Wyoming County

Every recorded tornado

1. Injuries and deaths are for the tornado’s whole path, which may extend beyond the county. Deaths recorded within Wyoming 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.

Every large fire

1. Large fires mapped by the Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity program since 1984: 1,000 acres or more in the West, 500 or more in the East. Prescribed burns are excluded. Acres here are the part of each perimeter inside this place.

Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity (USGS and U.S. Forest Service), 1984 to 2026.

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.

Every earthquake of magnitude 4 or more within 50 miles

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 (1,468).

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. Jul 8, 2001Flash Flood$60.0 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   The first flooding on small headwater streams and runs in Wyoming County occurred around 0900E. This would include such streams as Rockcastle Creek, Cabin Creek, the headwaters of Laurel Creek at Glen Rogers, and Slab Fork near Maben. Flooding in and around Mullens began 1000-1100E, then crested near 1500E. Water was 5 to 9 feet deep in most of the downtown business section. "Totally wiped out" is how the county emergency director described the Mullens business district. Caskets from the local funeral home were seen floating in the streets, by residents trapped in their homes. One death occurred along the Milam Fork in McGraws. Water rose vertically about 12 to 14 feet on this…

2. May 9, 2009Flood$10.0 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   A large thunderstorm complex moved from eastern Kentucky into West Virginia during the late afternoon on the 8th. In the wake of that feature, a strong upper air disturbance helped refire convection over southern Kentucky. Those thunderstorms moved east into southern West Virginia just after dark. One of these cells had strong rotation in McDowell County. No tornadoes were observed, but wind damage was reported. ||The storms lost their rotation later that evening, but a narrow broken train of showers and thunderstorms continued to roll east out of Kentucky and into southern West Virginia after midnight, during the early morning hours of Saturday, May 9th. This west to east train…

3. Jun 12, 2010Flash Flood$2.0 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   Streams such as Cub Creek, Huff Creek, and Indian Creek flooded. The area around Hanover was hard hit. The preliminary damage assessment for the county, counted 4 single family homes and 4 mobile homes destroyed. Major damage occurred to 36 single family homes and 1 mobile home.

4. Jan 27, 1998Heavy Snow, Wyoming$1.0 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   A surprise heavy wet snow fell over these mountainous counties. Since the environment was near the freezing mark, through a deep layer, a wide variation in snow depth was observed. The variation was based on elevation. Elevations above 2000 feet were impacted the most. At these elevations of Fayette, Raleigh, Wyoming, McDowell, and southern Nicholas Counties, a snow depth of 20 to 38 inches was left in the storm's wake. Meanwhile, in nearby river valleys and deep hollows, depths of 6 to 12 inches were more common. Further north, amounts of 6 to 12 inches were also more common across Randolph, Webster, Pocahontas, and northern Nicholas Counties. While the storm center was moving…

5. Nov 19, 2003Flood, Wyoming$750,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   Rains of 2 to 4.2 inches fell from 2200E on the 18th through 1600E on the 19th. A strong inflow of moist air from the southeast, helped enhance these rains. The heaviest rain was over the central and southern mountains, say from the Snowshoe region on through Richwood, Beckley, Mullens, and Elkhorn. Some of the preliminary rain totals were 4.2 inches at Snowshoe, 3.9 inches at Richwood, 3.7 inches at Elkhorn, 3.5 inches at Rosedale, 3.3 inches at Frost and Mullens, 3.1 inches at Webster Springs and Glenville, 2.9 inches at Oak Hill and Beckley. Vegetation was dormant for the upcoming winter, the ground saturated, and the waterways were still flowing above normal levels from the…

6. May 17, 2001Flash Flood$700,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   Rains of 3 to 4 inches fell in 24 hours. A spotter in Cyclone reported 2 inches in 2 hours around 0000E. Some of the streams affected include Huff Creek, Clear Fork, Laurel Fork, Cabin Creek, Milam Fork, and Rockcastle Creek. Communities such as Oceana, Glen Fork, Matheny, Jesse, McGraws, plus Twin Falls State Park were affected. American Red Cross reported 3 single family homes with major damage, 8 homes with minor damage, 5 mobile homes destroyed. Ten to 15 businesses in Mullens had major damage. Private bridges were washed out.

7. May 31, 2004Flash Flood$500,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   The rain maximum came out of southern Logan County and rain east, across northern portions of Wyoming County. The maximum rain amount in the 3.5 to 4 inch range was likely for northern Wyoming County. This included portions of Huff Creek, Clear Fork including its Trace Fork, and Laurel Fork. Oceana measured 3.5 inches. Pineville had 2.4 inches. Flood water from Huff Creek surrounded an elderly couple's home in Cyclone. The 71 year old husband went to his flooded basement to check on a water pump, which ran on gasoline. Apparently, he fell unconscious from the exhaust fumes and drowned. His wife was also overcome, but was rescued and revived. The lower sections of Oceans were…

8. Jun 1, 1997Flash Flood$450,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   Waters from Laurel Fork rose as high as 3 feet into homes, the elementary school, and the post office in Glen Rogers. The sewage treatment plant was damaged. A few mobile homes were swept off their foundations. A total of 34 homes, 20 vehicles, and 7 private bridges were damaged .

9. Dec 18, 2009Heavy Snow, Wyoming$400,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   The mountain and the southern coal field counties were hit hard by heavy wet snow associated with a storm that moved out of the eastern Gulf of Mexico and across southern Georgia late Friday, the 18th. The storm then moved off the North Carolina coast early on the 19th. ||Heavy wet snow began over the southern mountains around Beckley after 1400E on the 18th. Meanwhile, the precipitation started as rain in the southwestern lowlands. The storm even started as rain, as far north as in the Tygart River Valley around Elkins about 1730E. In the Clarksburg vicinity the storm began mainly as snow around 2100E on the 18th. ||In about a 5 hour time span, 9 inches of snow had accumulated in…

10. Oct 29, 2012Heavy Snow, Wyoming$400,000
    National Weather Service narrative

    A rare consolidation of a strong mid and upper level trough in the polar jet with a tropical hurricane named Sandy resulted in a historical snow storm for the month of October. ||Periods of rain fell for 2 days from the 27th into the 28th, as a cold front moved east. In response to the colder air associated with the polar jet and the strengthening mid level trough, light rain changed to the first snowflakes around 0000E to 0200E on Monday the 29th. This snow was only across the high terrain of southwest Virginia northward into the mountainous counties of central West Virginia. For example, the first flakes around Beckley were around 0100E. However, little accumulation was seen…

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

100°F3 times, most recently Aug 4, 2026

All-time low

−17°FFeb 21, 2015

Warmest night

80°FAug 4, 2026

Coldest day

4°FFeb 20, 2015

Wettest day

3.85 inMay 17, 2001

Snowiest day

23.0 inMar 13, 1993

Hottest year

1998mean 56.3°F

Coldest year

2014mean 51.9°F

Wettest year

200368.32 in

Driest year

202436.35 in

Station Mullens 3 E (USC00466325), 1,564 ft elevation, 13.6 miles from the population centre. Daily records from 1990 to August 31, 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 USC00466325.
• 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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