West Virginia Disaster History

Major Disaster Declarations

Year Date Disaster Types Active Disaster Number
2008 06/19 Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Flooding, Mudslides, and Landslides active disaster 1769
2007 05/01 Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides not active disaster 1696
2005 02/01 Severe Storms, Flooding, and Landslides not active disaster 1574
2004 09/20 Severe Storms, Flooding and Landslides not active disaster 1558
2004 08/06 Severe Storms, Flooding, and Landslides not active disaster 1536
2004 06/07 Severe Storms, Flooding and Landslides not active disaster 1522
2003 11/21 Severe Storms, Flooding, and Landslides not active disaster 1500
2003 09/23 Hurricane Isabel not active disaster 1496
2003 06/21 Severe Storms, Flooding and Landslides not active disaster 1474
2003 03/14 Severe Winter Storms not active disaster 1455
2002 05/05 Severe Storms, Flooding, and Landslides not active disaster 1410
2001 06/03 Severe Storms & Flooding not active disaster 1378
2000 02/28 West Virginia Winter Storm not active disaster 1319
1998 07/01 Severe Storms, Flooding and Tornadoes not active disaster 1229
1997 03/07 Severe Storms/Flooding not active disaster 1168
1996 09/11 Hurricane Fran not active disaster 1137
1996 08/14 Flooding not active disaster 1132
1996 05/23 Flooding not active disaster 1115
1996 01/25 Flooding not active disaster 1096
1996 01/13 Blizzard not active disaster 1084
1995 07/12 Severe Storm, Heavy Rains, Flooding, Mudslides not active disaster 1060
1985 11/07 SEVERE STORMS, FLOODING not active disaster 753
1984 05/15 SEVERE STORMS, FLOODING not active disaster 706
1980 08/15 SEVERE STORMS, FLOODING not active disaster 628
1978 12/14 SEVERE STORMS, FLOODING not active disaster 569
1977 04/07 SEVERE STORMS, FLOODING not active disaster 531
1975 09/12 Heavy Rains, Flooding not active disaster 481
1974 04/11 SEVERE STORMS, FLOODING not active disaster 426
1974 01/29 SEVERE STORMS, FLOODING not active disaster 416
1972 08/23 Heavy Rains, Flooding not active disaster 349
1972 07/03 Tropical Storm Agnes not active disaster 344
1972 02/27 Heavy Rains, Flooding not active disaster 323
1969 09/24 SEVERE STORMS, FLOODING not active disaster 279
1969 09/03 SEVERE STORMS, FLOODING not active disaster 278
1967 03/13 FLOODING not active disaster 224
1964 03/20 SEVERE STORMS, FLOODING not active disaster 165
1963 03/13 SEVERE STORMS, FLOODING not active disaster 147
1962 03/09 Severe Storms, High Tides, Flooding not active disaster 125
1961 07/23 FLOODS not active disaster 117
1957 01/31 FLOOD not active disaster 67
1954 08/04 FLOOD not active disaster 21

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Emergency Declarations

Year Date Disaster Types Active Disaster Number
2005 09/05 Hurricane Katrina Evacuation not active disaster 3221
1993 03/17 Severe Snowfall and Winter Storm not active disaster 3109
1977 08/24 Severe Storms, Landslides & Flooding not active disaster 3052
1977 08/24 Drought not active disaster 3051
1977 01/19 Drought not active disaster 3021

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Fire Management Assistance Declarations

Year Date Incident Disaster Number
2001 11/16 Trough and Smoke Hole Fire Complexes 2392
2001 11/16 Southwest Complex Fire 2391

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Last Modified: Monday, 21-Jul-2008 13:08:22