Alert archive / West Virginia / 1996
Weather alerts in West Virginia, May 1996
125 weather alerts in May 1996, 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 May 1996. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 125
- Warnings
- 125
- Watches
- 0
- Advisories
- 0
- Busiest day
- May 4, 199620 alerts
Over time
By day
Days in UTC, the clock the archive keeps.
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 3, 7:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Boone, Lincoln | 28 min |
| May 4, 1:54 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Wayne | 36 min |
| May 4, 2:35 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Boone | 25 min |
| May 4, 5:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Webster | 54 min |
| May 4, 5:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Randolph | 51 min |
| May 4, 5:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Mason | 32 min |
| May 4, 6:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Jackson, Wood | 52 min |
| May 4, 6:17 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RLX | Mason | 43 min |
| May 4, 6:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Jackson, Wirt | 52 min |
| May 4, 6:30 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RLX | Jackson | 30 min |
| May 4, 6:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Kanawha, Putnam, Roane | 54 min |
| May 4, 6:47 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RLX | Calhoun, Ritchie | 43 min |
| May 4, 7:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Doddridge, Gilmer | 30 min |
| May 4, 7:04 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RLX | Doddridge | 41 min |
| May 4, 7:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Braxton, Lewis | 47 min |
| May 4, 7:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Clay | 47 min |
| May 4, 7:24 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Barbour, Harrison, Lewis | 3 hr |
| May 4, 7:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Barbour, Harrison, Randolph, Upshur, Webster | 60 min |
| May 4, 7:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Nicholas | 60 min |
| May 4, 7:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Taylor | 60 min |
| May 4, 7:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Pocahontas | 50 min |
| May 4, 8:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Pendleton | 30 min |
| May 4, 8:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Grant, Hardy | 30 min |
| May 4, 9:14 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Tucker | 4 hr |
| May 4, 10:27 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Barbour, Harrison | 6 hr |
| May 4, 10:27 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Lewis | 6 hr |
| May 5, 12:40 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Tucker | 3 hr |
| May 5, 3:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Marshall | 57 min |
| May 5, 3:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | McDowell | 47 min |
| May 5, 4:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | McDowell | 15 min |
| May 5, 4:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Grant, Pendleton | 45 min |
| May 5, 4:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Marshall | 55 min |
| May 5, 4:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Boone, Kanawha | 50 min |
| May 5, 4:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Lincoln | 16 min |
| May 5, 5:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Raleigh | 49 min |
| May 5, 5:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Fayette | 42 min |
| May 5, 5:25 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Kanawha | 4 hr |
| May 5, 6:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Summers | 54 min |
| May 5, 6:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Tucker | 68 min |
| May 5, 6:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Monroe | 32 min |
| May 5, 7:26 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Boone | 4 hr |
| May 5, 8:18 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Barbour | 4 hr |
| May 5, 8:18 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Lewis | 4 hr |
| May 5, 8:22 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Tucker | 6 hr |
| May 5, 9:40 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Wayne | 3 hr |
| May 8, 8:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Wayne | 48 min |
| May 9, 12:54 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Brooke | 2 hr |
| May 10, 4:04 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Hardy | 61 min |
| May 15, 3:23 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Lincoln, Wayne | 6 hr |
| May 15, 5:17 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Logan, Mingo | 5 hr |
| May 15, 5:53 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | McDowell, Wyoming | 5 hr |
| May 15, 7:04 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Cabell | 5 hr |
| May 15, 9:15 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Lincoln, Wayne | 6 hr |
| May 15, 10:41 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Logan, Mingo | 4 hr |
| May 15, 11:31 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | McDowell, Wyoming | 5 hr |
| May 16, 12:40 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Cabell | 5 hr |
| May 16, 12:50 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Cabell | 5 hr |
| May 16, 2:19 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Fayette, Raleigh | 4 hr |
| May 16, 2:56 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Lincoln, Logan, Mingo, Wayne | 4 hr |
| May 16, 3:54 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | McDowell, Wyoming | 4 hr |
| May 16, 6:07 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Mercer | 3 hr |
| May 16, 8:58 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Mercer | 3 hr |
| May 16, 9:19 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Randolph, Webster | 5 hr |
| May 16, 10:15 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Wyoming | 4 hr |
| May 16, 2:15 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Wyoming | 3 hr |
| May 16, 2:46 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Randolph, Webster | 6 hr |
| May 16, 4:24 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Pocahontas | 4 hr |
| May 16, 6:51 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Wetzel | 4 hr |
| May 16, 7:18 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Barbour, Harrison | 5 hr |
| May 16, 7:34 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Doddridge, Tyler | 4 hr |
| May 16, 8:15 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Randolph | 5 hr |
| May 16, 8:24 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Lewis, Upshur | 4 hr |
| May 16, 8:30 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Pocahontas | 4 hr |
| May 16, 8:56 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Pendleton | 2 hr |
| May 16, 9:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Marshall, Wetzel | 69 min |
| May 16, 10:10 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Marshall, Wetzel | 4 hr |
| May 16, 11:54 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Pocahontas, Randolph, Upshur | 5 hr |
| May 17, 12:03 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Barbour, Harrison | 4 hr |
| May 17, 2:00 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Marshall, Wetzel | 4 hr |
| May 17, 3:55 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Barbour, Randolph, Upshur | 3 hr |
| May 17, 3:55 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Pocahontas | 3 hr |
| May 17, 6:00 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Marshall, Wetzel | 5 hr |
| May 17, 6:49 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Barbour, Pocahontas, Randolph, Upshur | 3 hr |
| May 17, 7:45 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Hancock | 3 hr |
| May 17, 8:26 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Preston, Tucker | 4 hr |
| May 17, 10:58 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Hancock | 3 hr |
| May 17, 10:58 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Wetzel | 3 hr |
| May 21, 3:48 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Preston, Tucker | 3 hr |
| May 24, 11:35 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Lincoln, Putnam | 55 min |
| May 24, 6:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Kanawha, Lincoln | 32 min |
| May 24, 9:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Mercer | 63 min |
| May 24, 9:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Mercer | 60 min |
| May 24, 9:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Fayette | 48 min |
| May 24, 11:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Summers | 57 min |
| May 24, 11:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Wayne | 47 min |
| May 24, 11:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Lincoln | 64 min |
| May 25, 2:58 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Webster | 3 hr |
| May 27, 12:32 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Mason, Putnam | 28 min |
| May 27, 2:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Wayne | 43 min |
| May 27, 3:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Cabell, Lincoln | 29 min |
| May 27, 3:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Putnam | 48 min |
| May 27, 3:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Kanawha | 60 min |
| May 27, 4:20 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Logan | 4 hr |
| May 27, 4:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Nicholas | 52 min |
| May 27, 4:55 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Marion | 3 hr |
| May 27, 4:55 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Preston | 3 hr |
| May 27, 4:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Fayette | 35 min |
| May 27, 5:04 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Monongalia | 3 hr |
| May 27, 5:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Pocahontas | 53 min |
| May 27, 5:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Greenbrier | 61 min |
| May 27, 5:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Webster | 34 min |
| May 27, 8:30 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Boone | 4 hr |
| May 27, 8:30 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Clay | 4 hr |
| May 28, 6:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Putnam | 31 min |
| May 28, 7:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Cabell | 32 min |
| May 28, 7:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Kanawha | 63 min |
| May 28, 7:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Putnam | 41 min |
| May 28, 7:40 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RLX | Putnam | 35 min |
| May 28, 7:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Lincoln | 50 min |
| May 28, 8:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Boone | 61 min |
| May 28, 8:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Fayette, Kanawha, Raleigh | 68 min |
| May 28, 8:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Fayette, Kanawha, Raleigh | 64 min |
| May 28, 8:54 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Kanawha | 3 hr |
| May 28, 11:51 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Kanawha | 3 hr |
| May 29, 3:07 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Preston, Tucker | 3 hr |
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 | 58 |
| Tornado Warning | 5 |
| Flooding | |
| Flash Flood Warning | 62 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Lincoln County10
- Kanawha County10
- Wayne County8
- Randolph County8
- Barbour County8
- Putnam County7
- Pocahontas County7
- Tucker County7
- Boone County6
- Webster County6
- Marshall County6
- Fayette County6
- Wetzel County6
- Lewis County5
- Harrison County5
- Upshur County5
- McDowell County5
- Wyoming County5
- Cabell County5
- Raleigh County4
- Logan County4
- Mercer County4
- Preston County4
- Mason County3
- Jackson County3
- Doddridge County3
- Pendleton County3
- Mingo County3
- Clay County2
- Nicholas County2
- Grant County2
- Hardy County2
- Summers County2
- Hancock County2
- Wood County1
- Wirt County1
- Roane County1
- Calhoun County1
- Ritchie County1
- Gilmer County1
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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.