NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Shenandoah Junction, WV
Every tropical system within 75 miles since 1851 and every tornado within 25 miles since 1950.
Data: NOAA NHC HURDAT2 and NOAA SPC tornado and hail reports, through 2025 · Updated
24 tropical systems have passed within 75 miles of Shenandoah Junction, West Virginia since 1851, 3 of them at hurricane strength; the most recent was Sandy in 2012. Since 1950, 82 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 0 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 3
- Tropical storms
- 21
- Tornadoes
- 82
- EF3 or stronger
- 0
within 75 mi, since 1851
below hurricane strength
within 25 mi, since 1950
no recorded deaths
What the records show for Shenandoah Junction
The strongest storm to pass near Shenandoah Junction was an unnamed storm in 1878, a Category 1 hurricane with 92 mph winds when its centre passed 42 miles away. The closest pass by a hurricane was an unnamed storm in 1893, whose centre came within 10 miles. The record near Shenandoah Junction begins with an unnamed storm in 1876; the most recent system was Sandy in 2012, a tropical storm 51 miles away. The busiest decade was the 1890s, with 5 systems, one of them at hurricane strength. Of the 24 systems, 3 have come since 2000. Shenandoah Junction is tied for the most hurricanes within 75 miles among the 161 West Virginia cities on this site. The highest rating among the 82 tornadoes within 25 miles is F2, reached 9 times; the most recent, on September 17, 2004, came within 20 miles. Of the 82, 4 had paths within 5 miles of the city centre, and 40 have come since 2000. June has had the most tornadoes, 22. The most recent tornado was on August 8, 2024. Shenandoah Junction has more tornadoes within 25 miles than 98% of the 161 West Virginia cities. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 100 times since 1968, with stones up to 2.75 inches (baseball size). Shenandoah Junction has more hail reports within 10 miles than 88% of the 161 West Virginia cities.
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Tropical storms and hurricanes near Shenandoah Junction
| Year | Storm | Closest | Strength when closest | Peak |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | SandyOct 30 | 51 mi | Tropical storm (58 mph) | Category 3 |
| 2006 | ErnestoSep 2 | 60 mi | Tropical storm (44 mph) | Category 1 |
| 2003 | IsabelSep 19 | 74 mi | Tropical storm (55 mph) | Category 5 |
| 1979 | DavidSep 6 | 22 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Category 5 |
| 1955 | DianeAug 18 | 20 mi | Tropical storm (44 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1955 | ConnieAug 13 | 53 mi | Tropical storm (55 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1954 | HazelOct 15 | 22 mi | Category 1 (83 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1952 | AbleSep 1 | 24 mi | Tropical storm (56 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1949 | Unnamed 1949 stormAug 29 | 9 mi | Tropical storm (58 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1943 | Unnamed 1943 stormOct 1 | 56 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1934 | Unnamed 1934 stormJun 19 | 23 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1933 | Unnamed 1933 stormAug 24 | 37 mi | Tropical storm (60 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1929 | Unnamed 1929 stormOct 2 | 66 mi | Tropical storm (58 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1928 | Unnamed 1928 stormSep 20 | 4 mi | Tropical storm (48 mph) | Category 5 |
| 1915 | Unnamed 1915 stormAug 4 | 38 mi | Tropical storm (47 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1899 | Unnamed 1899 stormNov 1 | 74 mi | Tropical storm (58 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1896 | Unnamed 1896 stormSep 30 | 37 mi | Tropical storm (69 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1893 | Unnamed 1893 stormOct 23 | 25 mi | Tropical storm (41 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1893 | Unnamed 1893 stormOct 14 | 10 mi | Category 1 (74 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1893 | Unnamed 1893 stormAug 29 | 31 mi | Tropical storm (63 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1888 | Unnamed 1888 stormAug 21 | 57 mi | Tropical storm (48 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1885 | Unnamed 1885 stormOct 13 | 3 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1878 | Unnamed 1878 stormOct 23 | 42 mi | Category 1 (92 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1876 | Unnamed 1876 stormSep 18 | 9 mi | Tropical storm (63 mph) | Category 3 |
Strength is the sustained wind on the track at the closest point, which is not the wind felt in Shenandoah Junction: a hurricane's worst winds sit within a few dozen miles of its centre, and inland cities are usually past that.
Tornadoes within 25 miles of Shenandoah Junction
By decade
- 2020s11
- 2010s9
- 2000s20
- 1990s25
- 1980s2
- 1970s9
- 1960s3
- 1950s3
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 17, 2004 | F2 | 11 mi | 2 mi | 0 / 6 |
| Sep 17, 2004 | F2 | 10 mi | 3 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Sep 17, 2004 | F2 | 20 mi | 5 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jul 19, 1996 | F2 | 7 mi | 2 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Nov 16, 1989 | F2 | 3 mi | 9 mi | 0 / 3 |
| Sep 5, 1979 | F2 | 24 mi | 0.5 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Sep 5, 1979 | F2 | 24 mi | 0.5 mi | 0 / 2 |
| Aug 4, 1975 | F2 | 14 mi | 0.8 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jul 13, 1961 | F2 | 20 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 1 |
| Aug 8, 2024 | EF1 | 20 mi | 4.76 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 5, 2024 | EF1 | 25 mi | 8.83 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 3, 2021 | EF1 | 3 mi | 1.81 mi | 0 / 1 |
The strongest 12 of 82, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in Shenandoah Junction
The Storm Prediction Center has 100 hail reports within 10 miles of Shenandoah Junction since 1968, made on 64 separate days. Of these, 63 were 1 inch across or larger, and 2 reached 2 inches. The largest, 2.75 inches (baseball size), fell on May 26, 2002. The most recent report is from July 16, 2025. May has the most reports, 32.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Shenandoah Junction
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Sharpsburg 5 S, MD, 7 miles northeast of Shenandoah Junction at 400 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 86°F and low of 62°F; January is the coolest, at 41°F and 21°F. May is the wettest at 4.6 inches of precipitation on average and February the driest at 2.4 inches; the year adds up to 43.6 inches. June to November, the hurricane season months, bring 52% of the year's precipitation (22.7 of 43.6 inches); the other six months are drier. October has brought the most of the 24 tropical systems that passed within 75 miles (8); a normal October there has highs of 67°F and 3.4 inches of precipitation. Highs reach 90°F on about 25 days a year, almost all from May to September. Lows fall below freezing on about 126 nights a year. That 43.6 inches is more than at 25 of the 75 West Virginia stations used on this site (33%). Ranson, 4 miles south, has its own station (Martinsburg E Wv Regional Airport, WV): 39.0 inches a year, 4.6 less than here, and a July average high of 87°F against 86°F.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 41 | 21 | 3.1 |
| Feb | 44 | 23 | 2.4 |
| Mar | 53 | 29 | 3.7 |
| Apr | 65 | 39 | 3.6 |
| May | 74 | 49 | 4.6 |
| Jun | 82 | 58 | 4.2 |
| Jul | 86 | 62 | 4.3 |
| Aug | 85 | 61 | 3.3 |
| Sep | 78 | 54 | 4.4 |
| Oct | 67 | 42 | 3.4 |
| Nov | 56 | 32 | 3.1 |
| Dec | 45 | 25 | 3.5 |
| Year | 65 | 41 | 43.6 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Sharpsburg 5 S, MD (400 ft), from NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals. Normals describe the station; the farther a place is from it, and the bigger the difference in height, the more its weather can differ.
Floods, thunderstorm wind and lightning near Shenandoah Junction
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 432 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Shenandoah Junction: 322 thunderstorm wind reports, 94 floods, 15 flash floods and 1 lightning strike. They killed 2 people and injured 5, and the NWS estimated $7.4 million in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 100 mph, on June 4, 2008. May has had the most flash floods, 7 of 15. Of the 161 West Virginia cities on this site with a flash flood on record, 42 have had fewer than Shenandoah Junction.
May 3, 2025: thunderstorm wind 6 miles from the centre of Shenandoah Junction — 1 killed, 1 injured, $10,000 damage.
May 14, 2002: thunderstorm wind 8 miles from the centre of Shenandoah Junction — 1 killed, $5,000 damage.
September 29, 1999: thunderstorm wind 5 miles from the centre of Shenandoah Junction — 1 injured, $40,000 damage.
Source: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, events whose starting point is on record, 1996 to June 30, 2026. Damage is the NWS estimate in the dollars of the year, not insured losses, and NWS notes that some reports are unverified.
Flood insurance claims, disaster declarations and FEMA risk ratings
Jefferson County, which includes Shenandoah Junction, has been named in 19 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1972, 13 of them major disasters (by incident: 6 severe storms, 4 snowstorms, 3 floods, 3 hurricanes). The latest major disaster declaration was Covid-19 Pandemic, on April 3, 2020. FEMA's National Risk Index gives Jefferson County a Relatively Low rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Relatively Moderate for strong wind; Relatively Low for hurricanes, tornadoes, hail, inland flooding, lightning and heat waves. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $18.7 million a year, the 18th highest of 55 West Virginia counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $12.8 million (69%), is from inland flooding.
Claims: FEMA, OpenFEMA Dataset FIMA NFIP Redacted Claims – v3, summed over ZIP codes; payments in the dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation. Declarations: Disaster Declarations Summaries – v2, by county. Retrieved October 25, 2026. This product uses the Federal Emergency Management Agency's OpenFEMA API, but is not endorsed by FEMA. The Federal Government or FEMA cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from the Agency's website(s).
Risk ratings: FEMA, National Risk Index county table, December 2025 (v1.20), retrieved October 26, 2026; ratings compare counties nationwide, are meant for planning and are no substitute for a local risk assessment. This product uses the Federal Emergency Management Agency's National Risk Index dataset API or downloadable datasets but is not endorsed by FEMA. The Federal Government or FEMA cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from the Agency's website(s).
What counts as a pass, the distances and the sources: how this storm history is built.
Cities near Shenandoah Junction
- Ranson, WV4 mi
- Shepherdstown, WV5 mi
- Kearneysville, WV5 mi
- Charles Town, WV6 mi
- Harpers Ferry, WV7 mi
- Sharpsburg, MD8 mi
- Knoxville, MD9 mi
- Martinsburg, WV10 mi
- Keedysville, MD10 mi
- Inwood, WV10 mi
- Bunker Hill, WV11 mi
- Brunswick, MD12 mi
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