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The last direct death from a tornado in West Virginia was in June 1982. A sixth tornado affected Wirt County, West Virginia. [30] [31] April 27, 2011 – West Virginia was on the northern fringe of the large severe weather outbreak that occurred across the southern states, northeast into Virginia. A strengthening low pressure center tracked ...
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
In the table, it was noted that Kansas was the leading state for tornadoes, with an annual average of 6.38 tornadoes, followed by Illinois with an annual average of 4.94 tornadoes. The only states documented with an annual average of 0 tornadoes was Alaska , Delaware , Idaho , Oregon , Rhode Island , Utah , and Washington . [ 27 ]
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 ...
More than 500 miles of the country, from eastern Arkansas to West Virginia are under a level 3 of 4 risk of flooding rainfall Saturday, according to the center.
A graphic from AccuWeather depicting the number of tornadoes each state has seen so far in 2024. Following Iowa is Kansas at 50, Nebraska at 44, Texas and Ohio at 43, and Oklahoma and Illinois at 40.