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Mineral storm history

Storm events recorded in Mineral, West Virginia between 1950 and 2025.

339
Total events
2
Tornadoes
25
Hail
58
Floods
0
Deaths
$4.6M
Property damage

Most significant events

Strongest tornadoes, deadliest events, and biggest damage in this county. Up to 50 shown.

September 6, 1996 · Mineral, West Virginia
Flood Flood$3.0M damage
July 11, 2025 · Mineral, West Virginia
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
Two trees blew down in Keyser.
July 11, 2025 · Mineral, West Virginia
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
A tree blew down in the 1600 block of CR-50/8 Ebert Road.
June 6, 2025 · Mineral, West Virginia
Flash Flood Flash Flood
Small rock slides and six inches of flowing water across Knobley Road at WV-46 Fort Ashby Road, and on Waxler Road at Suter Lane near Keyser.
May 17, 2025 · Mineral, West Virginia
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
Trees blew down along CR-2 Emoryville Road in Elk Garden.
May 17, 2025 · Mineral, West Virginia
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
Trees blew down on Rock Creek Drive in New Creek.
May 16, 2025 · Mineral, West Virginia
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
A wind gust of 52 knots (60 MPH) was measured by the AWOS at Greater Cumberland Regional Airport (KCBE).
May 16, 2025 · Mineral, West Virginia
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
Multiple trees blew down near Wiley Ford.
May 13, 2025 · Mineral, West Virginia
Flash Flood Flash Flood
Multiple reports of flooding along New Creek Hwy (220).
May 13, 2025 · Mineral, West Virginia
Flash Flood Flash Flood
Stony Run was out of its banks and evacuations occured along Stony Run Rd.
May 13, 2025 · Mineral, West Virginia
Flood Flood
The Patterson Creek near Headsville river gauge reached minor flood stage with a peak crest of 10.6 feet. At 9 feet, water affects basements of homes along the creek. Agricultural flooding is occurring in some locations between Champwood and Fort Ashby. Foreback Road and Georges …
May 1, 2025 · Mineral, West Virginia
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
Multiple trees blew down in the area of Patterson Creek.
April 19, 2025 · Mineral, West Virginia
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
Trees were uprooted in Wiley Ford.
April 19, 2025 · Mineral, West Virginia
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
A wind gust of 51 knots (59 MPH) was measured by the AWOS at Greater Cumberland Regional Airport (KCBE). There were at least a dozen reports of trees blown down across far northern Mineral County.
March 16, 2025 · Mineral, West Virginia
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
Trees blew down in the 600 block of WV-46 Piedmont Road.
August 31, 2024 · Mineral, West Virginia
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
Trees blew down on CR-15 Dan's Run Road in Fort Ashby.
August 29, 2024 · Mineral, West Virginia
Flash Flood Flash Flood
There were reports of several roads closed due to creeks flowing across them in Short Gap and the surrounding area.
August 29, 2024 · Mineral, West Virginia
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
Trees blew down in the 300 block of McDonalds Beach Lane.
August 29, 2024 · Mineral, West Virginia
Hail Hail
Quarter size hail was reported in the Short Gap area.
August 29, 2024 · Mineral, West Virginia
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
Trees blew down in the 300 block of Scenic Lane.
June 14, 2024 · Mineral, West Virginia
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
There were two reports of trees blown down in Short Gap.
May 26, 2024 · Mineral, West Virginia
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
Trees blew down on CR-11 Upper Patterson Creek Road in Burlington.
August 7, 2023 · Mineral, West Virginia
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
Multiple roads were closed in Short Gap due to downed trees and power lines.
August 7, 2023 · Mineral, West Virginia
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
A couple of trees and wires blew down in Fort Ashby.
August 7, 2023 · Mineral, West Virginia
Hail Hail
Quarter size hail was reported in Fort Ashby.
August 7, 2023 · Mineral, West Virginia
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
A couple of trees blew down in Elk Garden.
July 21, 2023 · Mineral, West Virginia
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
Several trees blew down in the Keyser and New Creek area, including on US-50 Northwestern Turnpike between WV-93 Laurel Dale Road and US-220 Cut Off Road, and on CR-16 Headsville Road.
July 15, 2023 · Mineral, West Virginia
Flood Flood
Patterson Creek Village Pike closed due to high water near Plum Run Road.
July 15, 2023 · Mineral, West Virginia
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
Multiple trees blew down in the northern part of Mineral County near Fort Ashby toward the Potomac River.
June 26, 2023 · Mineral, West Virginia
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
Tree damage was reported northeast of Ridgeville, including a tree that blew down on CR-16/1 Fried Meat Ridge Road.
July 23, 2022 · Mineral, West Virginia
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
A tree and large tree limbs blew down along US-50 Northwestern Turnpike near the S-curves east of Skyline.
July 23, 2022 · Mineral, West Virginia
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
Tree damage was reported near Ridgeville, including a tree that blew down in the 7200 block of US-50/US-220 Northwestern Turnpike.
July 23, 2022 · Mineral, West Virginia
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
Tree damage was reported near Burlington, including a tree that blew down near the intersection of CR-11 Upper Patterson Creek Road and CR-11/2 Ed Welsh Road.
July 23, 2022 · Mineral, West Virginia
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
Tree damage was reported southwest of Headsville, including a tree that blew down onto power lines in the 1200 block of CR-50/9 Rogers Road.
July 12, 2022 · Mineral, West Virginia
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
Trees and wires blew down in Fort Ashby.
July 12, 2022 · Mineral, West Virginia
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
Tree damage was reported near Antioch, including a tree that blew down near the intersection of CR-9 Knobley Road and Buck Ridge Lane.
June 8, 2022 · Mineral, West Virginia
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
Tree damage was reported near Russelldale, including a tree that blew down near the intersection of McKenzie Road and CR-50/4 Shirley Lane.
May 6, 2022 · Mineral, West Virginia
Flood Flood
Dry Run overflowed its banks, partially flooding Dry Run Rd. in several spots.
March 31, 2022 · Mineral, West Virginia
Hail Hail
Quarter size hail was reported in Keyser.
August 26, 2021 · Mineral, West Virginia
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
Two trees blew down in Keyser as outflow winds channeled up the valley; one fell onto a house.
July 17, 2021 · Mineral, West Virginia
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
A tree blew down on CR-9 Knobley Road just south of US-50 Northwestern Turnpike.
June 21, 2021 · Mineral, West Virginia
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
There were approximately a dozen reports of trees blown down in and around Fort Ashby.
June 21, 2021 · Mineral, West Virginia
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
There were about a half a dozen reports of trees blown down in and around Keyser and McCoole, including one that fell onto a car on WV-46 Armstrong Street.
June 20, 2021 · Mineral, West Virginia
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
A tree blew down near the intersection of CR-16 Beaver Run Road and Tony Cook Road.
June 10, 2021 · Mineral, West Virginia
Flash Flood Flash Flood
New Creek was out of its banks and multiple vehicles were stranded in high water. Water was rising with people trapped in a Trailer Park.
June 10, 2021 · Mineral, West Virginia
Flash Flood Flash Flood
US-50 was closed due to high water near WV-93 New Creek Drive. New Creek was out of its banks.
June 2, 2021 · Mineral, West Virginia
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
There were multiple reports of trees and wires blown down in Keyser, including a tree down in the 300 block of WV-46 West Piedmont Street, a large tree and power lines down on a house in the 100 block of Front Street, and a tree down near the intersection of WV-46 Carroll Avenue …
March 1, 2021 · Mineral, West Virginia
Flood Flood
The stream gauge on Patterson Creek rose above flood stage during the specified timeframe, starting at 3:56 PM EST on February 28th EST, and continued until 3:22 PM EST on March 1st. The peak stream level reached during the time of flooding was 10.07 feet at 3:00 AM EST on March …
February 28, 2021 · Mineral, West Virginia
Flood Flood
Multiple reports of roads being blocked by high water all across Mineral County...Up to 3 feet deep in one case...
February 28, 2021 · Mineral, West Virginia
Flood Flood
The stream gauge on Patterson Creek rose above flood stage during the specified timeframe, starting at 3:56 PM EST on February 28th, and continued into March 1st as well. Will include that in March StormData. The peak stream level reached during the time of flooding was 10.07 fee…

Events by year

YearEventsTornadoes
2025140
202470
202380
202290
2021110
202090
201940
2018110
2017120
201630
201530
201440
201340
201290
2011120
201090
200970
200870
200740
2006160
200580
2004120
2003300
2002240
2001210
2000270
1999160
1998132
199760
1996110
199510
199220
199140
198810