Friday, Oct 9: West Virginia has no severe risk in the outlook through Sunday.
The Storm Prediction Center's outlook for West Virginia over the next three days, and what a typical severe weather year looks like here.
SPC outlook for West Virginia
Day 1 (Friday, October 9): No severe risk
Day 2 (Saturday, October 10): General thunderstorms
Day 3 (Sunday, October 11): General thunderstorms
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Severe weather in West Virginia, by the numbers
West Virginia averages 2.8 tornadoes a year (1996–2025). One rated EF2 or stronger comes about once every 3 years.
64% of them touch down between May and July, and June alone accounts for 34%. The busiest year on record in that span was 2024, with 18.
Storm reports average about 70 for large hail a year (3.5 of them 2 inches or larger) and 346 for damaging wind (2016–2025).
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather database. Tornadoes are counted in the state where they began. One storm can produce many reports. spc.noaa.gov