WV Tornado Analysis

Tornadoes YTD Tornado History
WV Tornadoes 2012 (NOAA unofficial)1
(Red=TOR, Green=Hail, Blue=Wind)
WV Tornado Density Plot (since 1950)
TORREP for local area
1Based on preliminary Local Storm Reports



Yearly Trend
1Disturbed Land Area represents track length and width of damage caused by tornadoes.


Tornado Density since (1995)
Based on tornado occurrence and includes touchdown and lift.
Tornado EF Plot

Disturbed Land Area2 (since 1950)
(white=least damage, dark red=most damage)
Depicts strength and includes touchdown and lift.
Tornado DLA
2DLA is calculated by converting track length and width to acres.
NOTE: Map includes touchdown and lift coordinates of a tornado track.

Current NOAA Tornado Tally (preliminary)

NOAA Tornado Tally
Official NWS data for the current year is released around May/Jun the following year.

WV EF Trend (official)

Local Trend

Fatalities

Monthly Occurrence

Hourly Occurrence

Fatalities and Injuries

Monthly Fatalities

Hourly Fatalities

Data analysis for graphs and maps courtesy of: Lee Persing from MadALwx.
Tornado data courtesy of: NOAA.

Graph software courtesy of: jpGraph.
SlimAps Heatmap Studio was used to produce the maps. (link no longer available)

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