Alert archive / West Virginia / 2013
Weather alerts in West Virginia, May 2013
187 weather alerts in May 2013, 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 2013. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 187
- Warnings
- 47
- Watches
- 13
- Advisories
- 24
- Busiest day
- May 22, 201355 alerts
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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 6, 1:45 PM EDT | Flood Watch | LWX | Grant, Hampshire, Hardy, Mineral, Pendleton | 34 hr |
| May 6, 5:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Fayette, Kanawha | 58 min |
| May 6, 7:21 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RNK | Greenbrier | 3 hr |
| May 6, 8:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Logan, Mingo, Wyoming | 53 min |
| May 6, 8:23 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RNK | Mercer | 112 min |
| May 7, 11:35 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RNK | Greenbrier, Monroe, Summers | 3 hr |
| May 7, 12:31 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | LWX | Hardy | 15 hr |
| May 7, 2:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Cabell, Lincoln, Wayne | 57 min |
| May 7, 5:25 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | RNK | Greenbrier | 4 hr |
| May 7, 9:44 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | LWX | Jefferson | 62 hr |
| May 7, 9:51 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | RNK | Greenbrier, Monroe, Summers | 6 hr |
| May 7, 10:56 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | RNK | Greenbrier | 10 hr |
| May 7, 11:22 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | LWX | Pendleton | 3 hr |
| May 8, 3:27 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | LWX | Grant, Hampshire, Hardy, Pendleton | 2 hr |
| May 8, 8:40 AM EDT | Flood Watch | LWX | Grant, Hampshire, Hardy, Mineral, Pendleton | 10 hr |
| May 8, 10:19 AM EDT | Flood Watch | RNK | Mercer, Monroe, Summers | 5 hr |
| May 8, 11:22 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | LWX | Hampshire | 20 hr |
| May 8, 11:49 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | LWX | Morgan | 26 hr |
| May 8, 2:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LWX | Hampshire | 26 min |
| May 8, 3:11 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | LWX | Grant, Hardy | 4 hr |
| May 8, 4:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LWX | Morgan | 34 min |
| May 8, 4:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LWX | Morgan | 24 min |
| May 10, 1:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Pleasants, Ritchie, Tyler | 64 min |
| May 10, 1:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Cabell, Mason, Wayne | 53 min |
| May 10, 1:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Kanawha | 34 min |
| May 10, 2:21 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barbour, Braxton, Brooke, Calhoun, Clay, Doddridge and 23 more | 54 min |
| May 10, 2:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Boone, Cabell, Jackson, Kanawha, Lincoln, Logan and 2 more | 54 min |
| May 10, 2:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Marshall, Ohio | 62 min |
| May 10, 3:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Lewis | 30 min |
| May 10, 3:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Pleasants, Ritchie, Wood | 50 min |
| May 10, 3:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Boone, Braxton, Calhoun, Clay, Fayette, Gilmer and 3 more | 62 min |
| May 10, 3:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Brooke, Hancock | 61 min |
| May 10, 3:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Greenbrier | 36 min |
| May 10, 4:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Doddridge, Harrison, Tyler | 55 min |
| May 10, 4:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Marshall, Ohio, Wetzel | 29 min |
| May 10, 4:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Kanawha | 27 min |
| May 10, 5:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LWX | Mineral | 31 min |
| May 10, 5:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Pendleton | 46 min |
| May 10, 6:19 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RNK | Greenbrier | 3 hr |
| May 10, 6:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LWX | Jefferson | 35 min |
| May 10, 7:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Jefferson | 43 min |
| May 11, 3:21 AM EDT | Freeze Watch | RLX | Upshur | 35 hr |
| May 11, 1:44 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Jefferson | 91 min |
| May 11, 3:46 PM EDT | Freeze Watch | RNK | Mercer, Monroe, Summers | 24 hr |
| May 11, 4:30 PM EDT | Freeze Watch | LWX | Grant, Mineral, Pendleton | 21 hr |
| May 12, 1:53 PM EDT | Freeze Watch | LWX | Berkeley, Grant, Hampshire, Hardy, Jefferson, Mineral and 2 more | 25 hr |
| May 12, 1:53 PM EDT | Freeze Warning | LWX | Grant, Mineral, Pendleton | 18 hr |
| May 12, 2:20 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | RLX | Barbour, Boone, Braxton, Cabell, Calhoun, Clay and 22 more | 14 hr |
| May 12, 2:20 PM EDT | Freeze Warning | RLX | 14 hr | |
| May 12, 2:31 PM EDT | Freeze Warning | PBZ | Brooke, Hancock, Marion, Marshall, Ohio, Wetzel | 18 hr |
| May 12, 4:01 PM EDT | Freeze Warning | RNK | Mercer, Monroe, Summers | 17 hr |
| May 12, 4:35 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | LWX | Berkeley, Grant, Hampshire, Hardy, Jefferson, Mineral and 1 more | 15 hr |
| May 13, 4:05 AM EDT | Freeze Watch | RLX | Barbour, Doddridge, Harrison, Lewis, Pleasants, Ritchie and 3 more | 11 hr |
| May 13, 4:08 AM EDT | Freeze Watch | RNK | 12 hr | |
| May 13, 1:43 PM EDT | Freeze Warning | PBZ | Brooke, Hancock, Marion, Marshall, Ohio, Wetzel | 18 hr |
| May 13, 2:45 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | RLX | Braxton, Calhoun, Clay, Gilmer, Pleasants, Ritchie and 3 more | 18 hr |
| May 13, 2:45 PM EDT | Freeze Warning | RLX | Barbour, Doddridge, Harrison, Lewis, Taylor, Tyler and 1 more | 18 hr |
| May 13, 3:15 PM EDT | Freeze Warning | LWX | Berkeley, Grant, Hampshire, Hardy, Jefferson, Mineral and 2 more | 17 hr |
| May 13, 4:00 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | RNK | Summers | 17 hr |
| May 13, 4:00 PM EDT | Freeze Warning | RNK | 17 hr | |
| May 15, 5:07 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Monongalia, Preston, Wetzel | 83 min |
| May 16, 2:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Greenbrier | 64 min |
| May 16, 3:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Cabell, Putnam | 119 min |
| May 16, 3:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Clay, Jackson, Kanawha, Roane | 53 min |
| May 16, 4:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Braxton, Clay, Fayette, Nicholas, Pocahontas, Webster | 62 min |
| May 16, 5:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Boone, Logan, Mingo, Raleigh, Wyoming | 54 min |
| May 16, 5:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Greenbrier | 51 min |
| May 16, 6:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Fayette, Mingo, Raleigh, Wyoming | 55 min |
| May 16, 6:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Pocahontas | 53 min |
| May 16, 6:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Summers | 53 min |
| May 17, 3:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Pocahontas, Randolph | 58 min |
| May 17, 4:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Randolph | 55 min |
| May 17, 4:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Summers | 35 min |
| May 17, 5:10 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RNK | Summers | 110 min |
| May 17, 5:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Summers | 63 min |
| May 17, 5:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Lincoln | 24 min |
| May 17, 6:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Lincoln | 55 min |
| May 17, 6:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Greenbrier | 28 min |
| May 17, 8:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Putnam | 28 min |
| May 18, 2:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LWX | Grant | 38 min |
| May 18, 4:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Taylor | 35 min |
| May 18, 4:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Monongalia | 32 min |
| May 18, 5:14 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PBZ | Monongalia | 6 hr |
| May 19, 3:45 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Preston, Tucker | 3 hr |
| May 19, 4:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Fayette, Raleigh | 29 min |
| May 19, 4:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | McDowell, Wyoming | 37 min |
| May 19, 4:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Boone, Kanawha, Logan | 33 min |
| May 19, 5:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Boone, Kanawha, Logan | 39 min |
| May 19, 6:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Boone, Kanawha, Logan | 23 min |
| May 19, 6:56 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RNK | Mercer | 2 hr |
| May 19, 7:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Jackson, Ritchie, Wirt | 22 min |
| May 20, 8:59 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Logan, McDowell, Mingo, Wyoming | 2 hr |
| May 20, 10:40 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | McDowell | 3 hr |
| May 20, 11:01 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Boone, Lincoln, Logan, McDowell, Mingo, Raleigh and 1 more | 119 min |
| May 20, 3:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Pocahontas, Randolph | 42 min |
| May 20, 6:23 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Hardy | 3 hr |
| May 21, 3:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Boone, Cabell, Fayette, Kanawha, Lincoln, Logan and 6 more | 7 hr |
| May 21, 4:14 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | RLX | Logan, McDowell, Mingo, Wyoming | 6 hr |
| May 21, 5:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Mingo, Wayne | 13 min |
| May 21, 6:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Mingo, Wayne | 22 min |
| May 21, 7:00 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Boone, Cabell, Lincoln, Logan, McDowell, Mingo and 3 more | 60 min |
| May 21, 7:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Lincoln, Logan, Mingo, Wayne | 57 min |
| May 21, 8:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Boone, Lincoln, Logan | 41 min |
| May 21, 8:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Kanawha, Putnam | 33 min |
| May 21, 8:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Mercer | 25 min |
| May 21, 8:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Brooke, Ohio | 39 min |
| May 21, 8:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Cabell, Kanawha, Mason, Putnam | 46 min |
| May 21, 8:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Brooke, Ohio | 41 min |
| May 21, 8:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Fayette, Raleigh, Wyoming | 21 min |
| May 21, 9:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Summers | 36 min |
| May 21, 9:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Calhoun, Jackson, Roane, Wirt, Wood | 35 min |
| May 21, 9:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Mercer, Summers | 28 min |
| May 21, 9:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Calhoun, Gilmer, Pleasants, Ritchie, Roane, Wirt and 1 more | 41 min |
| May 21, 10:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Summers | 29 min |
| May 21, 10:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Barbour, Doddridge, Harrison, Lewis, Pleasants, Ritchie and 2 more | 47 min |
| May 22, 1:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Summers | 50 min |
| May 22, 2:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LWX | Hardy | 67 min |
| May 22, 2:08 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Boone, Braxton, Brooke, Cabell, Calhoun, Clay and 25 more | 2 hr |
| May 22, 2:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Grant, Hampshire, Hardy | 60 min |
| May 22, 2:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LWX | Grant | 66 min |
| May 22, 2:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barbour, Boone, Braxton, Brooke, Cabell, Calhoun and 37 more | 7 hr |
| May 22, 2:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Harrison, Lewis | 62 min |
| May 22, 2:38 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LWX | Hardy | 3 hr |
| May 22, 2:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Marshall | 40 min |
| May 22, 2:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Harrison | 62 min |
| May 22, 2:59 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RNK | Greenbrier | 2 hr |
| May 22, 3:06 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Grant, Hardy, Pendleton | 3 hr |
| May 22, 3:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Monroe | 50 min |
| May 22, 3:13 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RNK | Summers | 2 hr |
| May 22, 3:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Monongalia | 41 min |
| May 22, 3:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Summers | 30 min |
| May 22, 3:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Hardy, Pendleton | 58 min |
| May 22, 3:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Grant, Mineral | 41 min |
| May 22, 3:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Jackson, Putnam | 51 min |
| May 22, 3:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Braxton, Lewis, Upshur | 57 min |
| May 22, 3:53 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Berkeley, Hampshire, Hardy, Jefferson, Mineral, Morgan and 1 more | 67 min |
| May 22, 4:07 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RNK | Greenbrier, Monroe | 113 min |
| May 22, 4:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Greenbrier, Summers | 53 min |
| May 22, 4:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Berkeley, Hampshire, Hardy | 61 min |
| May 22, 4:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Calhoun, Gilmer, Roane | 44 min |
| May 22, 4:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Barbour | 65 min |
| May 22, 5:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Greenbrier | 9 min |
| May 22, 5:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Hampshire, Morgan | 38 min |
| May 22, 5:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Marshall | 47 min |
| May 22, 5:16 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Hampshire, Hardy | 3 hr |
| May 22, 5:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Gilmer, Harrison, Lewis | 43 min |
| May 22, 5:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Clay | 52 min |
| May 22, 5:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Morgan | 50 min |
| May 22, 5:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Berkeley, Morgan | 71 min |
| May 22, 5:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Hancock | 48 min |
| May 22, 6:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Barbour, Upshur | 50 min |
| May 22, 6:20 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Jefferson | 85 min |
| May 22, 6:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Berkeley, Jefferson | 37 min |
| May 22, 6:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | McDowell | 49 min |
| May 22, 7:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Kanawha | 40 min |
| May 22, 7:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Roane | 39 min |
| May 22, 7:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Kanawha | 44 min |
| May 22, 8:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Wood | 40 min |
| May 22, 8:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Pleasants, Wood | 45 min |
| May 22, 9:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Lincoln, Wayne | 49 min |
| May 22, 10:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Boone, Calhoun, Jackson, Kanawha, Roane, Wirt | 63 min |
| May 23, 11:50 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barbour, Boone, Braxton, Brooke, Cabell, Calhoun and 32 more | 115 min |
| May 23, 1:01 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | RLX | Barbour, Boone, Braxton, Calhoun, Clay, Doddridge and 16 more | 5 hr |
| May 23, 2:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Calhoun | 20 min |
| May 23, 2:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Kanawha | 67 min |
| May 23, 3:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Barbour, Lewis, Upshur | 61 min |
| May 23, 3:37 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Berkeley, Jefferson, Morgan | 53 min |
| May 23, 3:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Hardy | 43 min |
| May 23, 4:12 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Hampshire, Hardy | 5 hr |
| May 23, 5:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Berkeley, Hampshire, Morgan | 47 min |
| May 23, 5:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Ohio | 43 min |
| May 23, 5:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Morgan | 61 min |
| May 23, 6:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Hampshire, Mineral, Morgan | 44 min |
| May 24, 3:37 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | LWX | Grant, Mineral, Pendleton | 28 hr |
| May 24, 3:41 AM EDT | Frost Advisory | PBZ | Brooke, Hancock, Marion, Marshall, Ohio, Wetzel | 28 hr |
| May 24, 3:41 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | PBZ | 28 hr | |
| May 24, 4:07 AM EDT | Frost Advisory | RLX | Barbour, Boone, Braxton, Cabell, Calhoun, Clay and 18 more | 28 hr |
| May 24, 4:07 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | RLX | 28 hr | |
| May 24, 4:19 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | RNK | Mercer, Monroe, Summers | 28 hr |
| May 25, 3:36 AM EDT | Frost Advisory | LWX | Grant, Mineral, Pendleton | 26 hr |
| May 25, 3:50 AM EDT | Frost Advisory | PBZ | Brooke, Hancock, Marion, Marshall, Ohio, Wetzel | 28 hr |
| May 25, 3:59 AM EDT | Frost Advisory | RNK | Monroe | 25 hr |
| May 25, 4:02 AM EDT | Frost Advisory | RLX | Barbour, Braxton, Doddridge, Gilmer, Harrison, Lewis and 4 more | 28 hr |
| May 26, 1:52 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | PBZ | 18 hr | |
| May 26, 2:37 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | LWX | Grant, Mineral, Pendleton | 15 hr |
| May 26, 2:45 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | RLX | 17 hr | |
| May 30, 6:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Randolph | 64 min |
By product
Every kind of product issued here, grouped by hazard. Each opens the same place narrowed to that product.
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Kanawha County23
- Hardy County19
- Logan County18
- Summers County18
- Grant County17
- Boone County17
- Hampshire County16
- Lincoln County16
- Lewis County16
- Pendleton County15
- Ritchie County15
- Harrison County15
- Roane County15
- Mineral County14
- Greenbrier County14
- Mingo County14
- Morgan County14
- Pleasants County14
- Calhoun County14
- Tyler County13
- Barbour County13
- Gilmer County13
- Jackson County13
- Ohio County13
- Upshur County13
- Wirt County13
- Wood County13
- Putnam County13
- Wyoming County12
- Cabell County12
- Wayne County12
- Braxton County12
- Clay County12
- Doddridge County12
- Marshall County12
- Taylor County12
- Jefferson County11
- Brooke County11
- Fayette County10
- Hancock County10
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Sources
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