Alert archive / West Virginia / 1997
Weather alerts in West Virginia, July 1997
71 weather alerts in July 1997, 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 July 1997. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 71
- Warnings
- 62
- Watches
- 9
- Advisories
- 0
- Busiest day
- July 28, 199731 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 1, 11:48 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Jackson | 3 hr |
| Jul 2, 8:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barbour, Boone, Braxton, Cabell, Calhoun, Clay and 39 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 2, 9:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Mason | 51 min |
| Jul 2, 9:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Putnam | 49 min |
| Jul 2, 9:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Jackson | 53 min |
| Jul 2, 9:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Kanawha | 55 min |
| Jul 2, 10:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Lincoln, Wayne | 45 min |
| Jul 2, 10:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Logan | 40 min |
| Jul 2, 11:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Mingo | 44 min |
| Jul 2, 11:18 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RLX | Mingo | 27 min |
| Jul 2, 11:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | McDowell, Wyoming | 51 min |
| Jul 3, 12:24 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Mingo | 3 hr |
| Jul 3, 12:41 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | McDowell | 3 hr |
| Jul 9, 11:56 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Ritchie | 34 min |
| Jul 9, 12:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Doddridge | 28 min |
| Jul 9, 12:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barbour, Berkeley, Boone, Braxton, Calhoun, Clay and 33 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 9, 1:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Preston, Tucker | 55 min |
| Jul 9, 2:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Grant, Mineral | 61 min |
| Jul 9, 3:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Greenbrier | 47 min |
| Jul 9, 4:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Jefferson | 6 hr |
| Jul 9, 5:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Cabell, Wayne | 28 min |
| Jul 18, 2:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Brooke | 58 min |
| Jul 18, 4:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Morgan | 35 min |
| Jul 18, 4:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Morgan | 6 hr |
| Jul 18, 5:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Berkeley, Morgan | 32 min |
| Jul 18, 5:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Pleasants, Ritchie, Wood | 6 hr |
| Jul 18, 6:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Preston | 62 min |
| Jul 18, 7:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Hancock | 51 min |
| Jul 22, 2:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Lincoln, Wayne | 59 min |
| Jul 22, 2:36 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RLX | Wayne | 24 min |
| Jul 22, 2:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Putnam | 50 min |
| Jul 23, 4:07 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Tucker | 4 hr |
| Jul 23, 6:54 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Upshur | 3 hr |
| Jul 23, 7:33 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Pendleton | 117 min |
| Jul 23, 8:19 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Greenbrier | 3 hr |
| Jul 23, 8:48 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Pocahontas | 57 min |
| Jul 23, 8:59 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Gilmer | 3 hr |
| Jul 26, 6:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Jackson, Mason, Wood | 5 hr |
| Jul 27, 7:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Brooke, Doddridge, Harrison, Jackson, Marion, Marshall and 8 more | 5 hr |
| Jul 27, 7:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Wirt, Wood | 41 min |
| Jul 27, 8:18 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Wood | 3 hr |
| Jul 27, 8:24 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Wood | 3 hr |
| Jul 27, 9:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Jackson | 26 min |
| Jul 27, 9:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Jackson | 24 min |
| Jul 27, 9:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Roane | 42 min |
| Jul 27, 10:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Kanawha | 39 min |
| Jul 27, 10:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Webster | 36 min |
| Jul 28, 1:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Marshall | 29 min |
| Jul 28, 1:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barbour, Grant, Hampshire, Hardy, Harrison, Marion and 8 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 28, 1:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Wetzel | 49 min |
| Jul 28, 2:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Wetzel | 60 min |
| Jul 28, 2:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Marion, Monongalia | 41 min |
| Jul 28, 2:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Preston | 41 min |
| Jul 28, 3:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Mineral | 42 min |
| Jul 28, 3:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Tyler | 45 min |
| Jul 28, 3:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Pleasants | 27 min |
| Jul 28, 3:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Wood | 33 min |
| Jul 28, 3:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Tucker | 42 min |
| Jul 28, 3:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Hampshire | 45 min |
| Jul 28, 3:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Ritchie | 49 min |
| Jul 28, 3:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Harrison | 46 min |
| Jul 28, 4:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Jefferson | 45 min |
| Jul 28, 4:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Wirt | 36 min |
| Jul 28, 4:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barbour, Boone, Braxton, Calhoun, Clay, Fayette and 23 more | 5 hr |
| Jul 28, 4:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Mason | 38 min |
| Jul 28, 4:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Gilmer | 47 min |
| Jul 28, 5:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Jackson | 52 min |
| Jul 28, 5:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Cabell | 45 min |
| Jul 28, 5:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Putnam | 67 min |
| Jul 28, 6:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Kanawha | 54 min |
| Jul 28, 6:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Kanawha | 45 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 | 49 |
| Tornado Warning | 2 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 9 |
| Flooding | |
| Flash Flood Warning | 11 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Jackson County9
- Wood County8
- Kanawha County7
- Tucker County7
- Preston County6
- Putnam County6
- Ritchie County6
- Wayne County6
- Wirt County6
- Gilmer County5
- Greenbrier County5
- Harrison County5
- Marion County5
- Mason County5
- Upshur County5
- Wetzel County5
- Barbour County4
- Doddridge County4
- Lincoln County4
- Logan County4
- Mingo County4
- Monongalia County4
- Pleasants County4
- Pocahontas County4
- Randolph County4
- Roane County4
- Tyler County4
- Webster County4
- Grant County4
- Hampshire County4
- Jefferson County4
- Mineral County4
- Morgan County4
- Pendleton County4
- Boone County3
- Braxton County3
- Cabell County3
- Calhoun County3
- Clay County3
- Fayette County3
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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.