Tornado History Map

Berkeley County, West Virginia tornado history

14 tornadoes recorded in or across Berkeley County from 1954 to 2024, 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 Berkeley County

The Storm Prediction Center records 14 tornadoes whose paths touched Berkeley County, West Virginia between 1954 and 2024. None of them is recorded as having killed anyone. The busiest month is June, with 5 tornadoes. The strongest was an F2 on 17 September 2004. The most recent was on 8 August 2024.

  • 14tornadoes
  • 0deaths
  • 7injuries
  • 436per 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 Berkeley County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF0643%
F1 / EF1750%
F2 / EF217%
F3 / EF300%
F4 / EF400%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating00%

Berkeley County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 4 in 1990s.1950s11970s21990s42000s22010s22020s3

The 2020s only run to 2024, so that bar is for a shorter period. The record starts in 1950.

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PeriodCount
1950s1
1970s2
1990s4
2000s2
2010s2
2020s3
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 5 in Jun.Jan0Feb0Mar0Apr0May1Jun5Jul3Aug3Sep1Oct1Nov0Dec0
Show the numbers
PeriodCount
Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr0
May1
Jun5
Jul3
Aug3
Sep1
Oct1
Nov0
Dec0

Records for Berkeley County

  • Strongest: West Virginia tornado17 September 2004, F2, 6 injuries, 2 miles long
  • Longest path: West Virginia tornado2 October 1979, F1, 1 injury, 7.8 miles long
  • Most recent: West Virginia tornado8 August 2024, EF0, 0.5 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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