Alert archive / West Virginia / 2012
Weather alerts in West Virginia, February 2012
106 weather alerts in February 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 February 2012. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 106
- Warnings
- 28
- Watches
- 15
- Advisories
- 27
- Busiest day
- February 29, 201242 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 6, 1:12 AM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | LWX | Grant, Hampshire, Hardy, Mineral, Pendleton | 10 hr |
| Feb 8, 3:20 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | PBZ | 16 hr | |
| Feb 8, 3:27 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | LWX | Berkeley, Grant, Hampshire, Hardy, Jefferson, Mineral and 2 more | 17 hr |
| Feb 10, 3:08 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | RLX | 6 hr | |
| Feb 10, 3:08 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | RLX | Barbour, Boone, Braxton, Cabell, Calhoun, Clay and 22 more | 52 hr |
| Feb 10, 4:07 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | RNK | 6 hr | |
| Feb 10, 9:23 AM EST | Winter Storm Warning | RLX | 46 hr | |
| Feb 10, 9:47 AM EST | Winter Storm Warning | RNK | 44 hr | |
| Feb 10, 9:47 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | RNK | Mercer, Monroe, Summers | 44 hr |
| Feb 10, 9:53 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | LWX | Grant, Mineral, Pendleton | 4 hr |
| Feb 10, 12:25 PM EST | Winter Storm Warning | PBZ | 48 hr | |
| Feb 10, 12:25 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | PBZ | Brooke, Hancock, Marion, Marshall, Ohio, Wetzel | 48 hr |
| Feb 10, 1:56 PM EST | Winter Storm Warning | LWX | Grant, Mineral, Pendleton | 47 hr |
| Feb 10, 1:56 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | LWX | Berkeley, Grant, Hampshire, Hardy, Jefferson, Mineral and 2 more | 29 hr |
| Feb 11, 4:15 AM EST | Wind Advisory | RNK | Monroe | 27 hr |
| Feb 11, 12:38 PM EST | Wind Advisory | LWX | Berkeley, Grant, Hampshire, Hardy, Jefferson, Mineral and 2 more | 17 hr |
| Feb 11, 12:44 PM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | LWX | Grant, Mineral, Pendleton | 21 hr |
| Feb 11, 2:43 PM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | RLX | 21 hr | |
| Feb 11, 3:46 PM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | PBZ | 20 hr | |
| Feb 11, 3:51 PM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | RNK | Mercer, Monroe, Summers | 18 hr |
| Feb 11, 4:56 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Hancock | 64 min |
| Feb 17, 2:47 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | LWX | Grant, Hardy, Pendleton | 31 hr |
| Feb 17, 2:55 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | RLX | Boone, Cabell, Clay, Kanawha, Lincoln, Logan and 5 more | 24 hr |
| Feb 17, 3:06 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | PBZ | 23 hr | |
| Feb 17, 3:11 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | RNK | Mercer, Monroe, Summers | 25 hr |
| Feb 18, 2:10 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | PBZ | 13 hr | |
| Feb 18, 3:16 PM EST | Winter Storm Warning | RLX | Boone, Logan, McDowell, Mingo, Wyoming | 32 hr |
| Feb 18, 3:16 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | RLX | Cabell, Clay, Kanawha, Lincoln, Putnam, Wayne | 31 hr |
| Feb 18, 4:36 PM EST | Winter Storm Warning | RNK | Mercer, Monroe, Summers | 34 hr |
| Feb 18, 9:53 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | LWX | Pendleton | 27 hr |
| Feb 19, 12:47 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | McDowell, Mercer, Monroe | 4 hr |
| Feb 22, 7:04 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Mercer, Monroe | 56 min |
| Feb 22, 7:55 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Monroe | 50 min |
| Feb 22, 9:02 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Monongalia, Preston | 118 min |
| Feb 22, 9:19 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | RNK | Mercer, Monroe | 3 hr |
| Feb 23, 10:05 AM EST | Fire Weather Watch | LWX | Berkeley, Hampshire, Hardy, Jefferson, Mineral, Morgan | 18 hr |
| Feb 23, 1:40 PM EST | High Wind Watch | LWX | Berkeley, Grant, Hampshire, Hardy, Jefferson, Mineral and 2 more | 14 hr |
| Feb 23, 2:21 PM EST | Wind Advisory | RLX | Barbour, Boone, Braxton, Cabell, Calhoun, Clay and 22 more | 35 hr |
| Feb 23, 2:26 PM EST | Wind Advisory | RNK | Mercer, Monroe, Summers | 34 hr |
| Feb 23, 2:46 PM EST | High Wind Watch | PBZ | 6 hr | |
| Feb 23, 8:36 PM EST | High Wind Warning | PBZ | 24 hr | |
| Feb 23, 8:36 PM EST | Wind Advisory | PBZ | Brooke, Hancock, Marion, Marshall, Ohio, Wetzel | 24 hr |
| Feb 23, 8:52 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Cabell, Kanawha, Lincoln, Wayne | 53 min |
| Feb 23, 11:52 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Wayne | 38 min |
| Feb 24, 12:24 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Boone, Logan | 51 min |
| Feb 24, 12:44 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Boone, Kanawha, Lincoln, Logan, Mingo, Raleigh and 1 more | 46 min |
| Feb 24, 2:00 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Boone, Kanawha, Lincoln, Logan, Mingo, Wayne | 2 hr |
| Feb 24, 2:38 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Lincoln, Wayne | 37 min |
| Feb 24, 3:53 AM EST | High Wind Warning | LWX | Berkeley, Grant, Hampshire, Hardy, Jefferson, Mineral and 2 more | 14 hr |
| Feb 24, 3:53 AM EST | Wind Advisory | LWX | Berkeley, Grant, Hampshire, Hardy, Jefferson, Mineral and 2 more | 20 hr |
| Feb 24, 4:18 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | RLX | McDowell | 27 min |
| Feb 24, 9:05 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | McDowell, Mercer, Monroe | 25 min |
| Feb 24, 11:36 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Mercer, Monroe, Summers | 32 min |
| Feb 24, 12:00 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Mercer, Monroe, Summers | 60 min |
| Feb 24, 12:06 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Greenbrier | 39 min |
| Feb 24, 1:50 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | PBZ | 28 hr | |
| Feb 24, 3:24 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Mercer, Monroe, Summers | 66 min |
| Feb 24, 6:59 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | LWX | Grant, Mineral, Pendleton | 23 hr |
| Feb 24, 10:17 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Brooke, Hancock | 58 min |
| Feb 24, 11:21 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Hancock | 54 min |
| Feb 25, 12:00 AM EST | Wind Advisory | RNK | Mercer | 18 hr |
| Feb 25, 12:08 AM EST | Wind Advisory | LWX | Berkeley, Grant, Hampshire, Hardy, Jefferson, Mineral and 2 more | 3 hr |
| Feb 25, 1:49 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Clay, Nicholas, Webster | 41 min |
| Feb 25, 2:52 AM EST | Wind Advisory | LWX | Berkeley, Grant, Hampshire, Hardy, Jefferson, Mineral and 2 more | 15 hr |
| Feb 29, 8:43 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | LWX | Pendleton | 62 min |
| Feb 29, 10:26 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Cabell, Jackson, Lincoln, Mason, Putnam, Wayne and 1 more | 34 min |
| Feb 29, 11:19 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Braxton, Clay, Kanawha, Nicholas, Roane | 41 min |
| Feb 29, 11:25 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Barbour, Doddridge, Harrison, Lewis, Ritchie, Taylor | 50 min |
| Feb 29, 12:19 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Pleasants, Wirt, Wood | 71 min |
| Feb 29, 12:31 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | LWX | Pendleton | 59 min |
| Feb 29, 12:59 PM EST | Flash Flood Watch | RLX | Barbour, Boone, Braxton, Cabell, Calhoun, Clay and 22 more | 9 hr |
| Feb 29, 1:11 PM EST | Flash Flood Watch | PBZ | Marion, Wetzel | 8 hr |
| Feb 29, 1:11 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Wayne | 34 min |
| Feb 29, 1:24 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Boone, Cabell, Calhoun, Jackson, Kanawha, Lincoln and 10 more | 36 min |
| Feb 29, 1:26 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Barbour, Braxton, Calhoun, Doddridge, Gilmer, Harrison and 5 more | 57 days |
| Feb 29, 1:37 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Barbour, Boone, Braxton, Brooke, Cabell, Calhoun and 33 more | 7 hr |
| Feb 29, 1:54 PM EST | Tornado Warning | RLX | Wayne | 36 min |
| Feb 29, 2:10 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Calhoun, Gilmer, Jackson, Mason, Ritchie, Wirt and 1 more | 45 min |
| Feb 29, 2:30 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Boone, Lincoln, Logan, Mingo, Wayne | 60 min |
| Feb 29, 3:13 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | LWX | Grant, Hampshire, Hardy, Mineral, Morgan | 3 hr |
| Feb 29, 3:23 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Greenbrier, McDowell, Mercer, Monroe, Summers | 67 min |
| Feb 29, 3:25 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Barbour, Calhoun, Doddridge, Harrison, Jackson, Mason and 7 more | 6 hr |
| Feb 29, 3:29 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Boone, Fayette, Kanawha, Nicholas | 46 min |
| Feb 29, 3:35 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Boone, Logan, McDowell, Mingo, Raleigh, Wyoming | 55 min |
| Feb 29, 3:37 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Marion, Monongalia, Preston, Tucker, Wetzel | 23 min |
| Feb 29, 3:43 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Greenbrier, Mercer, Monroe, Summers | 5 hr |
| Feb 29, 4:03 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Marion, Monongalia, Preston | 57 min |
| Feb 29, 4:07 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Greenbrier | 53 min |
| Feb 29, 4:17 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Pocahontas | 58 min |
| Feb 29, 4:18 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barbour, Boone, Braxton, Brooke, Cabell, Calhoun and 31 more | 87 min |
| Feb 29, 4:23 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Greenbrier, Monroe, Summers | 38 min |
| Feb 29, 4:34 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | RNK | Greenbrier, Mercer, Summers | 3 hr |
| Feb 29, 4:35 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Marion, Monongalia, Preston, Tucker, Wetzel | 3 hr |
| Feb 29, 4:45 PM EST | Flood Watch | LWX | Berkeley, Grant, Hampshire, Hardy, Jefferson, Mineral and 2 more | 9 hr |
| Feb 29, 4:53 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Summers | 37 min |
| Feb 29, 4:55 PM EST | Areal Flood Warning | LWX | Hampshire, Mineral | 6 hr |
| Feb 29, 5:12 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Monroe, Summers | 48 min |
| Feb 29, 5:27 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Marshall, Ohio, Wetzel | 63 min |
| Feb 29, 5:38 PM EST | Areal Flood Warning | LWX | Grant, Hampshire, Hardy, Mineral, Pendleton | 3 hr |
| Feb 29, 5:47 PM EST | Areal Flood Warning | RNK | Greenbrier, Monroe | 6 hr |
| Feb 29, 6:01 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Boone, Fayette, Logan, McDowell, Mingo, Nicholas and 4 more | 3 hr |
| Feb 29, 6:06 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Mercer | 24 min |
| Feb 29, 6:15 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Mercer, Monroe, Summers | 26 min |
| Feb 29, 6:19 PM EST | Areal Flood Warning | LWX | Pendleton | 5 hr |
| Feb 29, 6:25 PM EST | Areal Flood Warning | LWX | Berkeley, Hampshire, Jefferson, Morgan | 3 hr |
| Feb 29, 6:30 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Marshall, Wetzel | 60 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 | 11 |
| Tornado Warning | 1 |
| Tornado Watch | 2 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 8 |
| Special Weather Statement | 28 |
| Flooding | |
| Areal Flood Warning | 5 |
| Flash Flood Warning | 3 |
| Flash Flood Watch | 2 |
| Flood Watch | 1 |
| Areal Flood Advisory | 2 |
| Winter | |
| Winter Storm Warning | 6 |
| Winter Storm Watch | 7 |
| Winter Weather Advisory | 11 |
| Cold | |
| Wind Chill Advisory | 4 |
| Wind and dust | |
| High Wind Warning | 2 |
| High Wind Watch | 2 |
| Wind Advisory | 9 |
| Fire | |
| Fire Weather Watch | 1 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 1 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Pendleton County20
- Monroe County20
- Mineral County18
- Mercer County18
- Grant County17
- Wayne County17
- Hampshire County15
- Boone County15
- Summers County15
- Hardy County14
- Lincoln County14
- Kanawha County13
- Logan County13
- McDowell County13
- Morgan County12
- Mingo County12
- Berkeley County11
- Jefferson County11
- Cabell County10
- Ritchie County10
- Wood County10
- Calhoun County9
- Clay County9
- Jackson County9
- Mason County9
- Putnam County9
- Wirt County9
- Wyoming County9
- Wetzel County9
- Barbour County8
- Doddridge County8
- Harrison County8
- Pleasants County8
- Roane County8
- Braxton County7
- Gilmer County7
- Lewis County7
- Tyler County7
- Hancock County7
- Marshall County7
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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.