Weather alerts in West Virginia, 1986
42 weather alerts in 1986, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered any part of the state, so the counties below add up to more than the state.
Weather alerts by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 42
- Warnings
- 42
- Watches
- 0
- Advisories
- 0
- Busiest month
- July33 alerts
- Busiest day
- July 20, 198610 alerts
Over time
By month
The alerts
Every alert, in the order issued. Times are local, Eastern Time. Each opens its own page with the text, the map, the radar and the sounding.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 8:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Cabell | 45 min |
| Jun 27, 7:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Monongalia | 80 min |
| Jun 27, 8:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Wetzel | 53 min |
| Jun 27, 8:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Preston | 67 min |
| Jun 30, 5:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Logan, Wyoming | 55 min |
| Jul 2, 4:40 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Randolph | 3 hr |
| Jul 8, 1:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Hancock | 43 min |
| Jul 9, 3:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Nicholas | 55 min |
| Jul 11, 3:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Jackson, Roane | 27 min |
| Jul 17, 2:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Preston | 45 min |
| Jul 17, 3:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Preston | 45 min |
| Jul 17, 4:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Grant, Tucker | 70 min |
| Jul 17, 6:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Monongalia, Preston | 60 min |
| Jul 19, 4:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Monongalia, Preston | 50 min |
| Jul 19, 5:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Marion | 50 min |
| Jul 19, 5:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Taylor | 60 min |
| Jul 19, 6:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Randolph | 60 min |
| Jul 20, 4:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Marshall, Ohio | 94 min |
| Jul 20, 5:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Monongalia, Preston | 75 min |
| Jul 20, 5:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Barbour, Harrison | 45 min |
| Jul 20, 5:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Jackson, Roane | 54 min |
| Jul 20, 6:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Tucker | 80 min |
| Jul 20, 6:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Upshur | 80 min |
| Jul 20, 6:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Randolph | 85 min |
| Jul 20, 6:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Gilmer | 48 min |
| Jul 20, 7:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Hampshire, Hardy | 60 min |
| Jul 20, 7:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Clay | 48 min |
| Jul 20, 8:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Logan, Mingo | 58 min |
| Jul 20, 8:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Wyoming | 58 min |
| Jul 20, 10:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Mingo | 32 min |
| Jul 20, 11:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Mingo | 29 min |
| Jul 26, 4:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Calhoun, Jackson, Roane | 75 min |
| Jul 26, 4:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Gilmer | 75 min |
| Jul 26, 4:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Webster | 45 min |
| Jul 26, 4:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Braxton, Clay | 35 min |
| Jul 26, 5:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Webster | 40 min |
| Jul 28, 11:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Hancock | 70 min |
| Jul 29, 1:00 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Marshall | 60 min |
| Aug 6, 8:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Brooke | 32 min |
| Aug 7, 2:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Harrison, Taylor | 60 min |
| Oct 1, 3:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Marshall, Ohio | 60 min |
| Oct 1, 5:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Harrison, Marion | 60 min |
By product
Every kind of product issued here, grouped by hazard. Each opens the same place narrowed to that product.
| Product | Alerts |
|---|---|
| Severe storms | |
| Severe Thunderstorm Warning | 41 |
| Flooding | |
| Flash Flood Warning | 1 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Preston County6
- Monongalia County4
- Randolph County3
- Jackson County3
- Roane County3
- Marshall County3
- Harrison County3
- Mingo County3
- Logan County2
- Wyoming County2
- Hancock County2
- Tucker County2
- Marion County2
- Taylor County2
- Ohio County2
- Gilmer County2
- Clay County2
- Webster County2
- Cabell County1
- Wetzel County1
- Nicholas County1
- Grant County1
- Barbour County1
- Upshur County1
- Hampshire County1
- Hardy County1
- Calhoun County1
- Braxton County1
- Brooke County1
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
Nearby
Sources
National Weather Service watches, warnings, advisories and statements from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's VTEC archive, which reconstructs tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings back to 1986 from the NWS text archive. Storm Prediction Center watches and mesoscale discussions from SPC's archive through the Mesonet. County centers from the US Census Bureau. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.