Alert archive / West Virginia / 2012
Weather alerts in West Virginia, August 2012
166 weather alerts in August 2012, 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 August 2012. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 166
- Warnings
- 29
- Watches
- 3
- Advisories
- 9
- Busiest day
- August 9, 201232 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 31, 8:00 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Braxton, Nicholas, Webster | 2 hr |
| Jul 31, 8:21 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RNK | Greenbrier | 112 min |
| Jul 31, 9:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LWX | Berkeley | 39 min |
| Aug 1, 12:59 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Ohio | 46 min |
| Aug 1, 1:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LWX | Mineral | 32 min |
| Aug 1, 2:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Wirt | 60 min |
| Aug 1, 2:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Jackson | 26 min |
| Aug 1, 3:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Mingo | 61 min |
| Aug 1, 3:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Logan | 57 min |
| Aug 1, 4:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Boone | 42 min |
| Aug 1, 4:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Harrison | 51 min |
| Aug 1, 4:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LWX | Berkeley | 24 min |
| Aug 1, 4:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LWX | Hampshire | 33 min |
| Aug 1, 5:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LWX | Berkeley | 24 min |
| Aug 1, 5:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Berkeley | 42 min |
| Aug 1, 5:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Clay, Kanawha | 65 min |
| Aug 1, 5:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Clay, Fayette, Kanawha, Nicholas | 49 min |
| Aug 1, 6:15 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Barbour, Randolph, Upshur | 3 hr |
| Aug 1, 6:37 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Kanawha | 113 min |
| Aug 1, 7:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LWX | Grant | 25 min |
| Aug 1, 7:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Grant, Hardy, Pendleton | 49 min |
| Aug 1, 7:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Harrison | 58 min |
| Aug 1, 8:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LWX | Hardy | 25 min |
| Aug 1, 8:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Harrison | 65 min |
| Aug 1, 8:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Hardy | 38 min |
| Aug 1, 8:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Mercer | 61 min |
| Aug 1, 9:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Greenbrier | 44 min |
| Aug 1, 10:02 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Mercer | 94 min |
| Aug 3, 2:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LWX | Mineral | 27 min |
| Aug 3, 2:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Greenbrier | 62 min |
| Aug 3, 3:26 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RNK | Greenbrier | 2 hr |
| Aug 3, 5:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Webster | 52 min |
| Aug 3, 5:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LWX | Pendleton | 25 min |
| Aug 3, 5:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Mercer | 47 min |
| Aug 3, 6:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LWX | Pendleton | 23 min |
| Aug 3, 6:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Barbour | 38 min |
| Aug 3, 6:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LWX | Grant | 34 min |
| Aug 3, 6:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Tucker | 77 min |
| Aug 3, 7:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LWX | Grant | 41 min |
| Aug 3, 7:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Barbour, Taylor | 46 min |
| Aug 3, 9:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Greenbrier | 51 min |
| Aug 3, 9:36 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RNK | Greenbrier | 3 hr |
| Aug 3, 10:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Greenbrier | 30 min |
| Aug 4, 2:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Greenbrier | 52 min |
| Aug 4, 2:38 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | RLX | Barbour, Boone, Braxton, Cabell, Calhoun, Clay and 17 more | 33 hr |
| Aug 4, 2:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Cabell | 31 min |
| Aug 4, 3:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Wayne | 30 min |
| Aug 5, 2:32 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Brooke | 43 min |
| Aug 5, 11:04 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Brooke, Hancock | 56 min |
| Aug 5, 2:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LWX | Jefferson | 28 min |
| Aug 5, 2:49 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Berkeley, Jefferson, Morgan | 86 min |
| Aug 5, 5:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Pleasants | 24 min |
| Aug 5, 5:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Marshall | 54 min |
| Aug 5, 5:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Monroe | 66 min |
| Aug 5, 6:16 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RNK | Mercer, Monroe | 4 hr |
| Aug 6, 7:39 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | McDowell, Wyoming | 51 min |
| Aug 6, 9:44 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Mingo | 2 hr |
| Aug 6, 11:43 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | McDowell, Wyoming | 2 hr |
| Aug 8, 7:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Pleasants, Tyler | 31 min |
| Aug 8, 7:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Wetzel | 32 min |
| Aug 8, 8:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Doddridge, Harrison | 30 min |
| Aug 8, 8:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Marion, Monongalia | 40 min |
| Aug 8, 8:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Doddridge, Harrison | 26 min |
| Aug 8, 8:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Monongalia | 48 min |
| Aug 8, 9:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Barbour, Harrison, Taylor | 27 min |
| Aug 8, 11:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Gilmer | 23 min |
| Aug 9, 12:01 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Braxton, Gilmer, Lewis | 29 min |
| Aug 9, 12:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Preston, Tucker | 59 min |
| Aug 9, 12:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LWX | Grant | 53 min |
| Aug 9, 1:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Grant, Hampshire, Hardy, Mineral | 40 min |
| Aug 9, 1:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Mineral | 48 min |
| Aug 9, 1:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LWX | Hardy | 45 min |
| Aug 9, 1:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Preston | 39 min |
| Aug 9, 2:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Preston | 51 min |
| Aug 9, 3:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Barbour | 23 min |
| Aug 9, 3:09 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PBZ | Preston | 3 hr |
| Aug 9, 3:14 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Barbour, Randolph | 2 hr |
| Aug 9, 3:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LWX | Morgan | 39 min |
| Aug 9, 3:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LWX | Grant | 47 min |
| Aug 9, 3:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LWX | Hampshire | 45 min |
| Aug 9, 3:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Preston | 57 min |
| Aug 9, 3:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Hampshire, Morgan | 41 min |
| Aug 9, 3:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LWX | Morgan | 32 min |
| Aug 9, 4:18 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Brooke, Hancock, Jackson, Marshall, Mason, Ohio and 6 more | 57 min |
| Aug 9, 4:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Berkeley, Hampshire, Morgan | 48 min |
| Aug 9, 4:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LWX | Hampshire | 31 min |
| Aug 9, 4:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Brooke, Hancock, Marion, Marshall, Monongalia, Ohio and 4 more | 5 hr |
| Aug 9, 4:50 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Berkeley, Morgan | 13 min |
| Aug 9, 5:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LWX | Berkeley, Morgan | 48 min |
| Aug 9, 5:21 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Berkeley, Morgan | 3 hr |
| Aug 9, 6:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LWX | Hampshire | 46 min |
| Aug 9, 6:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Hampshire | 46 min |
| Aug 9, 8:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Wirt | 32 min |
| Aug 9, 9:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LWX | Hampshire | 40 min |
| Aug 9, 9:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Marshall | 39 min |
| Aug 9, 11:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Barbour, Taylor, Upshur | 27 min |
| Aug 10, 12:06 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Barbour, Taylor, Upshur | 39 min |
| Aug 10, 1:15 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LWX | Hampshire | 45 min |
| Aug 10, 11:45 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Greenbrier, Monroe, Summers | 75 min |
| Aug 10, 12:20 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Logan, McDowell, Mercer, Mingo, Raleigh, Summers and 1 more | 85 min |
| Aug 10, 12:49 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Brooke, Hancock, Marion, Marshall, Monongalia, Ohio and 1 more | 86 min |
| Aug 10, 3:31 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Berkeley, Hampshire, Jefferson, Morgan | 89 min |
| Aug 10, 4:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Greenbrier | 22 min |
| Aug 10, 4:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Mercer | 29 min |
| Aug 10, 4:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LWX | Berkeley, Morgan | 52 min |
| Aug 10, 4:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Monroe | 25 min |
| Aug 10, 4:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Berkeley, Morgan | 39 min |
| Aug 10, 7:31 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Berkeley, Jefferson | 119 min |
| Aug 14, 1:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LWX | Hardy | 33 min |
| Aug 14, 2:07 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Berkeley, Hampshire, Hardy, Jefferson, Morgan | 113 min |
| Aug 14, 2:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LWX | Mineral | 37 min |
| Aug 14, 2:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LWX | Hardy | 36 min |
| Aug 14, 2:51 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Hardy | 24 min |
| Aug 14, 3:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LWX | Mineral | 35 min |
| Aug 14, 3:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Hardy | 32 min |
| Aug 14, 3:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LWX | Hampshire | 25 min |
| Aug 14, 3:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Hampshire, Mineral | 49 min |
| Aug 14, 3:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LWX | Hampshire | 28 min |
| Aug 14, 3:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Hampshire, Morgan | 49 min |
| Aug 14, 4:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Lincoln | 27 min |
| Aug 14, 4:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LWX | Hampshire | 35 min |
| Aug 14, 4:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Pocahontas | 28 min |
| Aug 14, 4:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Berkeley, Hampshire, Morgan | 41 min |
| Aug 14, 5:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Fayette | 34 min |
| Aug 14, 5:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LWX | Mineral | 32 min |
| Aug 14, 5:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LWX | Pendleton | 42 min |
| Aug 14, 6:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LWX | Hardy | 24 min |
| Aug 14, 6:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LWX | Hardy | 35 min |
| Aug 14, 6:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LWX | Mineral | 32 min |
| Aug 14, 6:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Hampshire, Hardy | 38 min |
| Aug 14, 6:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Wyoming | 31 min |
| Aug 14, 6:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Hampshire, Hardy | 35 min |
| Aug 14, 7:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | McDowell | 27 min |
| Aug 15, 12:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Mingo | 48 min |
| Aug 15, 2:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LWX | Pendleton | 28 min |
| Aug 15, 2:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LWX | Hardy | 39 min |
| Aug 15, 3:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LWX | Hardy | 33 min |
| Aug 16, 5:08 AM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | LWX | Grant, Hampshire, Hardy, Mineral, Pendleton | 3 hr |
| Aug 17, 2:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LWX | Hardy | 36 min |
| Aug 17, 2:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LWX | Pendleton | 27 min |
| Aug 17, 2:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Hardy | 38 min |
| Aug 17, 3:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LWX | Hampshire | 32 min |
| Aug 19, 5:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Preston | 51 min |
| Aug 19, 6:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Summers | 54 min |
| Aug 20, 12:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Barbour, Braxton, Gilmer, Lewis, Pocahontas, Randolph and 3 more | 59 min |
| Aug 20, 12:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Barbour, Braxton, Gilmer, Lewis, Pocahontas, Randolph and 3 more | 50 min |
| Aug 21, 7:19 AM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | LWX | Berkeley, Grant, Hampshire, Hardy, Jefferson, Mineral and 2 more | 101 min |
| Aug 21, 8:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LWX | Grant, Mineral | 31 min |
| Aug 21, 9:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LWX | Hampshire | 30 min |
| Aug 21, 9:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LWX | Morgan | 40 min |
| Aug 23, 6:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Greenbrier | 55 min |
| Aug 23, 7:05 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RNK | Greenbrier | 3 hr |
| Aug 23, 7:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Greenbrier | 62 min |
| Aug 23, 7:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Summers | 64 min |
| Aug 24, 4:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Mercer | 59 min |
| Aug 24, 4:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Summers | 33 min |
| Aug 24, 5:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Raleigh | 55 min |
| Aug 24, 5:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Greenbrier | 48 min |
| Aug 24, 6:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Greenbrier | 49 min |
| Aug 24, 7:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Summers | 59 min |
| Aug 26, 12:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LWX | Jefferson | 41 min |
| Aug 26, 12:52 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Berkeley, Jefferson | 83 min |
| Aug 26, 1:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LWX | Berkeley | 42 min |
| Aug 26, 2:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LWX | Morgan | 38 min |
| Aug 26, 2:42 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | LWX | Berkeley, Jefferson, Morgan | 7 hr |
| Aug 27, 5:25 AM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | LWX | Grant, Hampshire, Hardy, Mineral | 4 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 | 21 |
| Tornado Warning | 2 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 1 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 8 |
| Special Weather Statement | 117 |
| Flooding | |
| Flash Flood Warning | 6 |
| Flash Flood Watch | 2 |
| Areal Flood Advisory | 6 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 3 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Hampshire County25
- Hardy County21
- Berkeley County19
- Morgan County18
- Greenbrier County15
- Mineral County13
- Barbour County11
- Grant County11
- Jefferson County9
- Pendleton County8
- Harrison County7
- Mercer County7
- Taylor County7
- Upshur County6
- Preston County6
- Summers County6
- Braxton County5
- Mingo County5
- Gilmer County5
- McDowell County5
- Wyoming County5
- Brooke County5
- Marshall County5
- Webster County4
- Ohio County4
- Wirt County4
- Kanawha County4
- Randolph County4
- Lewis County4
- Hancock County4
- Pleasants County4
- Monroe County4
- Wetzel County4
- Monongalia County4
- Logan County3
- Clay County3
- Doddridge County3
- Tyler County3
- Marion County3
- Pocahontas 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. Rebuilt daily.