Weather alerts in West Virginia, May 2008

74 weather alerts in May 2008, 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 2008. Tap one for its archive.

Alerts: 74
Warnings: 42
Watches: 12
Advisories: 11
Busiest day: May 11, 200829 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 7, 1:25 PM EDT	Red Flag Warning	RLX	Barbour, Boone, Braxton, Calhoun, Clay, Gilmer and 10 more	5 hr
May 8, 2:22 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	McDowell, Mingo, Monroe, Wayne	83 min
May 8, 3:19 PM EDT	Flood Watch	LWX	Berkeley, Grant, Hampshire, Hardy, Jefferson, Mineral and 1 more	17 hr
May 8, 6:12 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Greenbrier, Mercer, Monroe, Pendleton, Pocahontas, Summers	63 min
May 8, 6:48 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Grant, Greenbrier, Hardy, Mercer, Monroe, Pendleton and 1 more	9 hr
May 9, 8:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Logan, Mingo	63 min
May 9, 8:51 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Cabell, Kanawha, Lincoln, Mason, Putnam	54 min
May 9, 9:07 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	RLX	Logan, McDowell, Mingo, Wyoming	38 min
May 9, 9:34 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Boone, Kanawha, Lincoln	56 min
May 9, 10:48 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RLX	Boone, Clay, Fayette, Kanawha, Nicholas	3 hr
May 9, 11:05 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RLX	Barbour, Braxton, Calhoun, Doddridge, Gilmer, Harrison and 10 more	6 hr
May 10, 3:47 PM EDT	Flood Watch	RNK	Summers	25 hr
May 10, 3:49 PM EDT	Flood Watch	LWX	Berkeley, Grant, Hampshire, Hardy, Jefferson, Mineral and 1 more	46 hr
May 10, 3:54 PM EDT	High Wind Watch	RNK	Mercer	25 hr
May 11, 4:38 AM EDT	Flood Watch	RLX	Barbour, Braxton, Calhoun, Clay, Gilmer, Harrison and 4 more	18 hr
May 11, 9:34 AM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Boone, Cabell, Fayette, Jackson, Kanawha, Lincoln and 9 more	26 min
May 11, 9:52 AM EDT	Wind Advisory	PBZ		3 hr
May 11, 9:52 AM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Boone, Braxton, Cabell, Calhoun, Clay, Fayette and 16 more	6 hr
May 11, 10:13 AM EDT	Wind Advisory	RNK	Mercer	55 min
May 11, 10:23 AM EDT	Wind Advisory	RLX	Barbour, Upshur	11 hr
May 11, 10:36 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Wayne	54 min
May 11, 11:04 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Lincoln, Logan, Mingo, Wayne	56 min
May 11, 11:08 AM EDT	High Wind Warning	RNK	Mercer	32 hr
May 11, 11:10 AM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Boone, Braxton, Cabell, Calhoun, Clay, Doddridge and 24 more	95 min
May 11, 11:15 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Cabell, Lincoln, Putnam, Wayne	60 min
May 11, 11:26 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	RLX	Mingo	24 min
May 11, 11:35 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Boone, Cabell, Kanawha, Lincoln, Logan, Mason and 4 more	55 min
May 11, 11:55 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Boone, Braxton, Calhoun, Clay, Jackson, Kanawha and 2 more	65 min
May 11, 12:25 PM EDT	High Wind Warning	PBZ		5 hr
May 11, 12:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Mercer	45 min
May 11, 12:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Greenbrier, Mercer, Monroe, Summers	32 min
May 11, 1:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Mingo, Wayne	29 min
May 11, 1:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Wayne	39 min
May 11, 1:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Boone, Lincoln, Logan, Mingo	35 min
May 11, 2:09 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Boone, Logan	36 min
May 11, 2:33 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Boone, Braxton, Brooke, Calhoun, Clay, Doddridge and 23 more	57 min
May 11, 2:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	McDowell, Wyoming	32 min
May 11, 3:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Mercer, Summers	67 min
May 11, 3:33 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	McDowell, Wyoming	27 min
May 11, 4:18 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Mercer, Monroe, Summers	42 min
May 11, 4:39 PM EDT	Wind Advisory	RNK	Monroe, Summers	26 hr
May 11, 4:42 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RNK	Mercer	3 hr
May 11, 6:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Monroe	22 min
May 11, 11:20 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	LWX	Berkeley	46 hr
May 11, 11:45 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	LWX	Jefferson	12 hr
May 12, 1:12 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	LWX	Berkeley	10 hr
May 12, 11:52 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	LWX	Jefferson	6 hr
May 15, 4:06 AM EDT	Flood Watch	LWX		26 hr
May 19, 12:08 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Mercer	37 min
May 20, 3:26 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RLX	Doddridge, Harrison, Ritchie, Taylor	4 hr
May 20, 3:26 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RLX	Doddridge, Harrison, Ritchie, Taylor	4 hr
May 27, 5:45 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RLX	Tyler	3 hr
May 27, 6:12 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	PBZ	Monongalia	92 min
May 28, 5:21 PM EDT	Frost Advisory	PBZ	Hancock	13 hr
May 31, 2:56 AM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Brooke, Hancock, Ohio	94 min
May 31, 4:10 AM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Brooke, Hancock, Marion, Marshall, Monongalia, Ohio and 4 more	6 hr
May 31, 7:27 AM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Brooke, Marion, Marshall, Monongalia, Ohio, Preston and 3 more	2 hr
May 31, 8:07 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Preston	53 min
May 31, 8:54 AM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Berkeley, Hampshire, Hardy, Jefferson, Morgan	96 min
May 31, 9:51 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Berkeley, Hampshire, Morgan	39 min
May 31, 10:10 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Pleasants, Tyler	35 min
May 31, 10:14 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Berkeley, Jefferson	44 min
May 31, 10:20 AM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Barbour, Berkeley, Braxton, Cabell, Calhoun, Clay and 31 more	7 hr
May 31, 10:25 AM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Barbour, Berkeley, Braxton, Cabell, Calhoun, Clay and 35 more	7 hr
May 31, 10:29 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Doddridge, Ritchie, Tyler	61 min
May 31, 10:43 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Doddridge, Harrison, Tyler	62 min
May 31, 12:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Braxton, Calhoun, Gilmer, Roane	61 min
May 31, 1:17 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	LWX	Mineral	118 min
May 31, 3:07 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Grant, Hardy, Pendleton	6 hr
May 31, 3:14 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	RLX	Doddridge	3 hr
May 31, 3:33 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Doddridge, Harrison	27 min
May 31, 3:48 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RLX	Doddridge, Harrison	3 hr
May 31, 4:28 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Barbour, Braxton, Cabell, Calhoun, Clay, Doddridge and 26 more	62 min
May 31, 6:19 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Harrison, Taylor	41 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	29
Tornado Warning	2
Tornado Watch	6
Mesoscale Discussion	9
Flooding
Areal Flood Warning	4
Flash Flood Warning	3
River Flood Warning	1
Flood Watch	5
Areal Flood Advisory	6
Cold
Frost Advisory	1
Wind and dust
High Wind Warning	2
High Wind Watch	1
Wind Advisory	4
Fire
Red Flag Warning	1

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.