Weather alerts in West Virginia, May 2003

109 weather alerts in May 2003, 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 2003. Tap one for its archive.

Alerts: 109
Warnings: 60
Watches: 16
Advisories: 0
Busiest day: May 10, 200343 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 1, 11:22 AM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Greenbrier, McDowell, Mercer, Monroe, Summers	113 min
May 1, 1:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Brooke, Ohio	5 hr
May 1, 3:09 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Hardy	51 min
May 1, 4:04 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Cabell	41 min
May 1, 4:10 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Brooke, Hancock, Ohio	95 min
May 1, 6:02 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Berkeley, Grant, Hampshire, Hardy, Jefferson, Mineral and 5 more	3 hr
May 5, 8:35 AM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Wayne	5 hr
May 5, 6:15 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Mason	5 hr
May 5, 7:47 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Cabell, Mason	88 min
May 5, 8:39 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Wayne	4 hr
May 7, 3:40 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Wayne	5 hr
May 7, 12:49 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Berkeley, Grant, Hampshire, Hardy, Jefferson, Mineral and 3 more	116 min
May 7, 1:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Berkeley, Hampshire, Hardy, Jefferson, Mineral, Morgan	6 hr
May 7, 3:21 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Berkeley, Hampshire, Jefferson, Morgan	114 min
May 7, 4:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Jefferson	37 min
May 8, 12:55 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Berkeley, Grant, Hampshire, Hardy, Jefferson, Mineral and 2 more	5 hr
May 8, 2:48 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Berkeley, Grant, Hampshire, Hardy, Jefferson, Mineral and 2 more	117 min
May 8, 3:49 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Hampshire	41 min
May 8, 4:46 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Berkeley, Grant, Hampshire, Hardy, Jefferson, Mineral and 2 more	59 min
May 9, 10:50 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	PBZ	Marshall	3 hr
May 9, 11:01 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	PBZ	Preston	3 hr
May 9, 11:13 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	PBZ	Monongalia	3 hr
May 9, 12:53 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Fayette, Greenbrier, Monroe, Nicholas, Pocahontas, Raleigh and 3 more	3 hr
May 9, 1:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Fayette, Kanawha	42 min
May 9, 2:05 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Greenbrier, Monroe	6 hr
May 9, 2:33 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Greenbrier	27 min
May 9, 3:55 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Greenbrier, Monroe	2 hr
May 9, 5:36 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Braxton, Calhoun, Gilmer, Jackson, Lewis, Pleasants and 4 more	114 min
May 9, 6:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Boone, Braxton, Cabell, Calhoun, Clay, Doddridge and 21 more	5 hr
May 9, 6:19 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Wood	41 min
May 9, 6:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Wirt, Wood	35 min
May 9, 7:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Calhoun	37 min
May 9, 7:35 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Logan, Mingo	5 hr
May 9, 8:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Braxton	42 min
May 9, 8:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Webster	45 min
May 9, 8:49 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Braxton, Calhoun	26 min
May 9, 8:57 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Braxton, Calhoun, Clay, Fayette, Gilmer, Greenbrier and 11 more	63 min
May 10, 3:28 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Putnam	32 min
May 10, 4:01 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Roane	29 min
May 10, 4:33 AM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Barbour, Berkeley, Boone, Braxton, Brooke, Cabell and 45 more	87 min
May 10, 4:36 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Wirt, Wood	24 min
May 10, 6:33 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Marshall, Ohio	57 min
May 10, 7:32 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	PBZ	Preston	4 hr
May 10, 7:59 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	PBZ	Brooke, Hancock	4 hr
May 10, 9:55 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	PBZ	Ohio	3 hr
May 10, 11:05 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Randolph	3 hr
May 10, 11:12 AM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Cabell, Calhoun, Clay, Jackson, Mason, Putnam and 4 more	2 hr
May 10, 12:00 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	LWX	Grant, Pendleton	4 hr
May 10, 12:00 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Cabell	5 hr
May 10, 12:26 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	LWX	Hardy	4 hr
May 10, 12:41 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	McDowell, Mercer, Mingo, Wyoming	2 hr
May 10, 1:20 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Boone, Cabell, Clay, Fayette, Greenbrier, Kanawha and 13 more	6 hr
May 10, 1:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Cabell	33 min
May 10, 1:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Calhoun, Roane	30 min
May 10, 2:04 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Cabell	86 min
May 10, 2:05 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Lincoln, Wayne	25 min
May 10, 2:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Braxton, Gilmer	33 min
May 10, 2:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Boone, Lincoln	31 min
May 10, 2:39 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Kanawha	36 min
May 10, 2:48 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Gilmer	3 hr
May 10, 2:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Logan, Mingo	27 min
May 10, 3:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Logan, Wyoming	30 min
May 10, 3:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Boone, Kanawha	23 min
May 10, 3:27 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Boone, Cabell, Clay, Fayette, Kanawha, Lincoln and 12 more	93 min
May 10, 3:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Raleigh, Wyoming	52 min
May 10, 3:46 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Cabell	59 min
May 10, 3:49 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	LWX	Pendleton	4 hr
May 10, 4:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Summers	30 min
May 10, 5:15 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	LWX	Hardy	3 hr
May 10, 5:56 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Boone, Cabell, Clay, Fayette, Kanawha, Lincoln and 10 more	94 min
May 10, 5:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Wirt	31 min
May 10, 6:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Calhoun	34 min
May 10, 6:18 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	RLX	Mason	27 min
May 10, 6:30 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Boone, Cabell, Clay, Fayette, Greenbrier, Kanawha and 13 more	6 hr
May 10, 7:01 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	RLX	Cabell	29 min
May 10, 7:18 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	PBZ	Preston	3 hr
May 10, 9:28 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Boone, Clay, Fayette, Kanawha, Lincoln, Logan and 6 more	62 min
May 11, 5:16 AM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Wayne	59 min
May 11, 6:05 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Wayne	4 hr
May 11, 10:30 AM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Brooke, Doddridge, Hancock, Harrison, Marion, Marshall and 9 more	2 hr
May 11, 11:45 AM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Brooke, Hancock, Marshall, Monongalia, Ohio, Wetzel	5 hr
May 11, 2:52 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Brooke, Hancock, Marshall, Monongalia, Ohio, Wetzel	113 min
May 11, 3:18 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Berkeley, Jefferson, Morgan	117 min
May 15, 12:08 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	McDowell, Mercer, Monroe, Summers	2 hr
May 15, 3:20 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Boone, Cabell, Lincoln, Logan, Mingo, Wayne	85 min
May 15, 6:55 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	PBZ	Hancock	3 hr
May 20, 11:41 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	PBZ	Wetzel	3 hr
May 23, 1:47 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Barbour, Braxton, Brooke, Calhoun, Clay, Doddridge and 22 more	88 min
May 23, 3:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Barbour, Braxton, Brooke, Calhoun, Clay, Doddridge and 23 more	6 hr
May 23, 4:41 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Barbour, Braxton, Brooke, Calhoun, Clay, Doddridge and 23 more	94 min
May 23, 6:35 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Braxton, Brooke, Calhoun, Clay, Doddridge, Gilmer and 17 more	115 min
May 23, 7:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Doddridge, Harrison	32 min
May 23, 9:16 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	PBZ	Marion	3 hr
May 27, 12:28 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Boone, Lincoln, Logan, Mingo, Wayne	92 min
May 27, 1:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Kanawha	25 min
May 28, 9:10 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	LWX	Morgan	3 hr
May 28, 9:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Clay	30 min
May 29, 5:35 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Doddridge	25 min
May 29, 7:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Wirt	30 min
May 29, 8:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Jackson	25 min
May 29, 10:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Kanawha	34 min
May 31, 2:01 AM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Cabell, Jackson, Lincoln, Mason, Putnam, Wayne and 1 more	59 min
May 31, 3:32 AM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Cabell, Jackson, Lincoln, Mason, Putnam, Wayne	28 min
May 31, 11:19 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	PBZ	Preston	3 hr
May 31, 1:06 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Berkeley, Jefferson	114 min
May 31, 1:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Berkeley, Jefferson, Morgan	5 hr
May 31, 2:57 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	LWX	Berkeley, Morgan	2 hr
May 31, 3:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Jefferson	34 min
May 31, 4:13 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	LWX	Jefferson	92 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	37
Tornado Warning	2
Severe Thunderstorm Watch	9
Tornado Watch	7
Mesoscale Discussion	33
Flooding
Flash Flood Warning	21

By county

Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.

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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. Rebuilt daily.