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August 11, 1875 – The first ever recorded tornado event occurred when a twister touched down in Ritchie County. [2]June 23, 1944 – A tornado outbreak produced at least 3 major tornadoes in West Virginia, including the deadliest ever recorded in the state, the 1944 Shinnston tornado.
The 1944 Appalachians tornado outbreak was a deadly tornado outbreak that hit the Midwest and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States on June 22–23, 1944. The outbreak produced several strong tornadoes in Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and Maryland—areas that were falsely believed to be immune to tornadoes. [1]
The tornado killed at least 100 people and injured hundreds more. [1] [b] This tornado was the deadliest in West Virginia history [2] and at least the 15th deadliest in US history. [3] [c] It is tied for the most powerful tornado to hit West Virginia with another F4 tornado from the same outbreak.
1929 Rye Cove tornado outbreak; 1944 Appalachians tornado outbreak; Tornado outbreak sequence of June 25–27, 1951; Tornado outbreak of February 24−25, 1961; 1974 Super Outbreak; 1980 Grand Island tornado outbreak; November 1989 tornado outbreak; Tornado outbreak of June 2, 1998; Tornado outbreak of April 27–28, 2002
100 died in a single tornado in West Virginia, the deadliest in the state's history. Other deadly tornadoes were observed in Pennsylvania and Maryland. First of two violent outbreaks in Pennsylvania, the other occurring on May 31, 1985, with an F5 tornado hitting Wheatland, Pennsylvania. (≥7 significant, 3 violent, ≥6 killers)
The Allegheny Frontier: West Virginia Beginnings, 1730–1830 (1970), Riccards, Michael P. "Lincoln and the Political Question: The Creation of the State of West Virginia" Presidential Studies Quarterly, Vol. 27, 1997 online edition Archived June 28, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
No injuries were reported from the severe weather, but crews on the scene in Dallas, West Virginia, a 2 tornadoes packing winds up to 120 mph touch down in western Pa., West Virginia Skip to main ...
Tornadoes in West Virginia (15 P) Pages in category "Natural disasters in West Virginia" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total.