Tyler County, WV Tornado Risk & Storm Shelter Cost
Tyler County's tornado history, by the numbers
Since 2000, NOAA has logged 1 tornado track crossing Tyler County - one about every 76.9 years, which lands it in our Minimal band. Nationally, Tyler County ranks at the 5th percentile for tornado frequency. Within West Virginia alone, Tyler County ranks 42 of 55 counties for tornado frequency.
Tyler County's EF4-5 history
Tyler County's record has no EF4-5 tornado - its 1 track split 1 weak and 0 significant. That does not rule one out in the future, only that none has been recorded since 1950.
What a storm shelter costs near Tyler County
For a Tyler County homeowner, budget $2,890-$13,280 for a shelter or safe room ($7,645 typical) - this pass found no West Virginia-specific rebate on top of FEMA's underlying 75% national cost-share program.
The outage nobody plans for
Power loss after a tornado outbreak in West Virginia often reaches homes the storm itself never touched. A battery-backup unit covers the outage without the fuel and venting a generator needs.
Read this before you rely on it
This is a county-level figure, not a per-address probability. Tyler County covers about 256 square miles, so a single touch here counts the same as a single touch in a county a fraction of that size. Pre-radar-era records (before the 1990s) are also documented by NOAA as undercounting weaker tornadoes in sparsely-instrumented areas. Tyler County has about 7,843 residents.