Thunderstorm Wind in Wetzel County, West Virginia

Thunderstorm Wind in Wetzel County, West Virginia: 112 recorded events between 1969 and 2025. The strongest on record measured 70. That places the county #2,055 nationally and #36 statewide for this hazard.

Reporting practice changed over time — early decades are undercounted, not calmer.

The busiest decade for thunderstorm wind in Wetzel County is the 2020s, when 40 of the county's 112 recorded events were logged. Comparing decades is useful for spotting active periods, but the earliest years are thin because systematic reporting for this hazard began later.

Within the Wetzel County archive, thunderstorm wind makes up 56.0% of all recorded severe weather across 6 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #2,055 for this hazard and #36 within West Virginia, putting it in the 34.7 percentile of all U.S. counties.

Jun is the peak month for thunderstorm wind in Wetzel County with 34 recorded events, while Feb is the quietest. Seasonality here is a property of the archive as much as the climate: reports cluster where population and spotter networks are densest.

• Flash Flood 45

Written by National Weather Service staff at the time of the event · public domain

How many thunderstorm wind events are on record in Wetzel County, West Virginia?

112 thunderstorm wind events are recorded in Wetzel County between 1969 and 2025, causing 0 direct deaths.

What is the strongest thunderstorm wind recorded in Wetzel County?

The strongest thunderstorm wind on record in Wetzel County measured 70.

Where does the thunderstorm wind data for Wetzel County come from?

All events come from the NOAA/NCEI Storm Events Database, the federal public-domain archive of severe weather reports. Dates are UTC, damage is as reported and not inflation-adjusted, and the most recent entries may still be revised.