Alert archive / West Virginia / 2016
Weather alerts in West Virginia, April 2016
124 weather alerts in April 2016, 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 April 2016. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 124
- Warnings
- 33
- Watches
- 17
- Advisories
- 21
- Busiest day
- April 26, 201620 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 1, 1:46 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Berkeley, Hampshire, Hardy, Jefferson, Morgan | 119 min |
| Apr 1, 2:29 PM EDT | Freeze Watch | LWX | Berkeley, Jefferson, Morgan | 14 hr |
| Apr 1, 2:29 PM EDT | High Wind Watch | LWX | Berkeley, Grant, Hampshire, Jefferson, Mineral, Morgan | 14 hr |
| Apr 1, 3:21 PM EDT | High Wind Watch | PBZ | Tucker | 11 hr |
| Apr 1, 3:29 PM EDT | Freeze Watch | RLX | Barbour, Boone, Braxton, Cabell, Calhoun, Clay and 22 more | 12 hr |
| Apr 1, 3:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Greenbrier | 31 min |
| Apr 1, 3:52 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | RNK | Greenbrier, Mercer, Monroe, Summers | 13 hr |
| Apr 2, 2:07 AM EDT | High Wind Warning | PBZ | Monongalia, Preston, Tucker | 30 hr |
| Apr 2, 2:07 AM EDT | Wind Advisory | PBZ | Brooke, Hancock, Marion, Marshall, Monongalia, Ohio and 1 more | 26 hr |
| Apr 2, 3:57 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | RLX | Barbour, Boone, Braxton, Cabell, Calhoun, Clay and 22 more | 30 hr |
| Apr 2, 3:57 AM EDT | High Wind Warning | RLX | 28 hr | |
| Apr 2, 3:57 AM EDT | Wind Advisory | RLX | Barbour, Boone, Braxton, Cabell, Calhoun, Clay and 22 more | 25 hr |
| Apr 2, 4:10 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | LWX | Berkeley, Jefferson, Morgan | 29 hr |
| Apr 2, 4:10 AM EDT | High Wind Warning | LWX | Berkeley, Grant, Hampshire, Hardy, Jefferson, Mineral and 2 more | 28 hr |
| Apr 2, 4:10 AM EDT | Wind Advisory | LWX | Berkeley, Grant, Hampshire, Hardy, Jefferson, Mineral and 2 more | 26 hr |
| Apr 2, 5:13 AM EDT | High Wind Warning | RNK | Greenbrier, Mercer, Monroe, Summers | 25 hr |
| Apr 2, 5:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Cabell, Calhoun, Jackson, Kanawha, Lincoln, Mason and 5 more | 35 min |
| Apr 2, 5:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Barbour, Braxton, Clay, Doddridge, Gilmer, Harrison and 5 more | 30 min |
| Apr 2, 9:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LWX | Jefferson | 2 hr |
| Apr 2, 10:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Ohio | 47 min |
| Apr 3, 12:12 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Preston | 63 min |
| Apr 3, 12:15 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Marshall, Monongalia, Ohio | 60 min |
| Apr 3, 5:49 AM EDT | Wind Advisory | LWX | Berkeley, Grant, Hampshire, Hardy, Jefferson, Mineral and 2 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 3, 2:19 PM EDT | Freeze Watch | RLX | Barbour, Boone, Braxton, Cabell, Calhoun, Clay and 22 more | 12 hr |
| Apr 3, 2:39 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | LWX | Berkeley, Jefferson, Morgan | 17 hr |
| Apr 3, 2:39 PM EDT | Freeze Watch | LWX | Berkeley, Jefferson, Morgan | 25 hr |
| Apr 4, 2:48 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | RLX | Barbour, Boone, Braxton, Cabell, Calhoun, Clay and 22 more | 30 hr |
| Apr 4, 4:04 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | LWX | Berkeley, Jefferson, Morgan | 30 hr |
| Apr 4, 4:43 AM EDT | Freeze Watch | LWX | Berkeley, Jefferson, Morgan | 23 hr |
| Apr 4, 8:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Monroe | 37 min |
| Apr 5, 3:01 AM EDT | Freeze Watch | RLX | Barbour, Boone, Braxton, Cabell, Calhoun, Clay and 22 more | 9 hr |
| Apr 5, 4:09 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | LWX | Berkeley, Jefferson, Morgan | 29 hr |
| Apr 5, 5:39 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Brooke, Hancock, Ohio | 51 min |
| Apr 5, 7:36 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Monongalia | 54 min |
| Apr 5, 7:39 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Monongalia | 51 min |
| Apr 5, 12:21 PM EDT | Freeze Warning | RLX | Barbour, Boone, Braxton, Cabell, Calhoun, Clay and 22 more | 21 hr |
| Apr 6, 1:54 PM EDT | Red Flag Warning | RLX | Boone, Cabell, Jackson, Kanawha, Lincoln, Logan and 7 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 7, 12:33 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Barbour, Boone, Braxton, Cabell, Calhoun, Clay and 28 more | 4 hr |
| Apr 7, 2:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Greenbrier | 30 min |
| Apr 7, 3:47 PM EDT | Freeze Watch | RLX | Barbour, Boone, Braxton, Cabell, Calhoun, Clay and 22 more | 12 hr |
| Apr 7, 6:50 PM EDT | Winter Weather Advisory | LWX | Grant, Pendleton | 14 hr |
| Apr 7, 10:20 PM EDT | Winter Weather Advisory | PBZ | Preston, Tucker | 12 hr |
| Apr 8, 3:33 AM EDT | Winter Weather Advisory | PBZ | Monongalia, Preston, Tucker | 39 hr |
| Apr 8, 3:48 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | RLX | Barbour, Boone, Braxton, Cabell, Calhoun, Clay and 22 more | 32 hr |
| Apr 8, 3:48 AM EDT | Hard Freeze Watch | RLX | Barbour, Boone, Braxton, Cabell, Calhoun, Clay and 22 more | 24 hr |
| Apr 8, 4:01 AM EDT | Winter Weather Advisory | RLX | Barbour, Upshur | 37 hr |
| Apr 8, 4:06 AM EDT | Winter Weather Advisory | LWX | Grant, Mineral, Pendleton | 34 hr |
| Apr 8, 4:08 AM EDT | Freeze Watch | LWX | Berkeley, Jefferson, Morgan | 23 hr |
| Apr 8, 4:08 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | LWX | Berkeley, Jefferson, Morgan | 24 hr |
| Apr 8, 5:24 AM EDT | Winter Weather Advisory | RNK | Greenbrier | 11 hr |
| Apr 8, 7:42 AM EDT | Wind Advisory | RNK | Greenbrier, Mercer, Monroe, Summers | 32 hr |
| Apr 8, 4:04 PM EDT | Winter Storm Warning | RNK | Greenbrier | 26 hr |
| Apr 8, 4:04 PM EDT | Winter Weather Advisory | RNK | Mercer, Summers | 20 hr |
| Apr 8, 9:27 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | LWX | Berkeley, Grant, Hardy, Jefferson, Mineral, Pendleton | 23 hr |
| Apr 8, 11:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | McDowell, Mingo, Wyoming | 53 min |
| Apr 9, 3:30 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | LWX | Berkeley, Jefferson, Morgan | 31 hr |
| Apr 9, 3:53 AM EDT | Hard Freeze Warning | RLX | Barbour, Boone, Braxton, Cabell, Calhoun, Clay and 22 more | 30 hr |
| Apr 9, 7:25 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Boone, Cabell, Kanawha, Lincoln, Putnam | 80 min |
| Apr 9, 10:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Braxton, Pocahontas, Roane, Webster | 74 min |
| Apr 9, 10:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Braxton, Pocahontas, Roane, Webster | 70 min |
| Apr 11, 3:48 PM EDT | Freeze Watch | RLX | Barbour, Braxton, Calhoun, Clay, Doddridge, Gilmer and 12 more | 12 hr |
| Apr 12, 3:33 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | RLX | Barbour, Braxton, Calhoun, Clay, Doddridge, Gilmer and 12 more | 29 hr |
| Apr 12, 1:46 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | LWX | Berkeley, Jefferson, Morgan | 19 hr |
| Apr 12, 2:16 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | RLX | Boone, Cabell, Kanawha, Lincoln, Logan, McDowell and 4 more | 19 hr |
| Apr 13, 1:26 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | LWX | Berkeley, Jefferson, Morgan | 20 hr |
| Apr 13, 2:12 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | RLX | Barbour, Braxton, Calhoun, Doddridge, Gilmer, Harrison and 11 more | 19 hr |
| Apr 13, 9:21 PM EDT | Freeze Warning | LWX | Berkeley, Jefferson, Morgan | 12 hr |
| Apr 14, 1:27 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | LWX | Berkeley, Jefferson, Morgan | 20 hr |
| Apr 19, 3:17 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | LWX | Berkeley, Jefferson, Morgan | 17 hr |
| Apr 22, 3:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Doddridge, Harrison, Ritchie | 30 min |
| Apr 22, 3:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Mingo | 38 min |
| Apr 22, 5:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Wayne | 43 min |
| Apr 22, 6:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Putnam | 52 min |
| Apr 22, 7:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Wood | 58 min |
| Apr 23, 2:07 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | PBZ | Brooke, Hancock, Marshall, Ohio | 18 hr |
| Apr 26, 5:23 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Brooke, Hancock, Marshall, Ohio | 52 min |
| Apr 26, 1:19 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Berkeley, Hampshire, Jefferson, Mineral, Morgan | 86 min |
| Apr 26, 1:58 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Braxton, Cabell, Calhoun, Clay, Doddridge, Gilmer and 15 more | 3 hr |
| Apr 26, 2:32 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | RLX | Barbour, Braxton, Calhoun, Doddridge, Gilmer, Harrison and 8 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 26, 3:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Mason | 30 min |
| Apr 26, 3:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Brooke | 39 min |
| Apr 26, 3:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Jackson, Mason, Wood | 31 min |
| Apr 26, 4:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Calhoun, Jackson, Roane, Wirt, Wood | 33 min |
| Apr 26, 4:56 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Pleasants, Wood | 2 hr |
| Apr 26, 4:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Clay, Nicholas | 34 min |
| Apr 26, 5:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Doddridge, Ritchie | 46 min |
| Apr 26, 5:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Doddridge, Gilmer, Ritchie | 25 min |
| Apr 26, 5:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Doddridge, Gilmer, Lewis, Ritchie | 46 min |
| Apr 26, 6:05 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Boone, Braxton, Cabell, Calhoun, Clay, Doddridge and 19 more | 115 min |
| Apr 26, 6:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Braxton, Calhoun, Clay, Gilmer, Nicholas, Pocahontas and 2 more | 2 hr |
| Apr 26, 6:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Jackson, Mason, Roane, Wirt | 2 hr |
| Apr 26, 6:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barbour, Boone, Braxton, Cabell, Calhoun, Clay and 33 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 26, 7:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Nicholas | 33 min |
| Apr 26, 7:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Mason | 59 min |
| Apr 26, 7:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Cabell | 27 min |
| Apr 26, 8:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Jackson, Mason, Putnam | 51 min |
| Apr 26, 8:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Lincoln | 44 min |
| Apr 26, 8:20 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Boone, Braxton, Cabell, Calhoun, Clay, Fayette and 16 more | 55 min |
| Apr 26, 8:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Braxton, Clay, Nicholas, Webster | 86 min |
| Apr 26, 8:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Kanawha, Putnam | 96 min |
| Apr 26, 9:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Lincoln, Logan, Mingo, Wayne | 2 hr |
| Apr 26, 10:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Monroe | 51 min |
| Apr 28, 1:59 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | RLX | Boone, Braxton, Cabell, Calhoun, Clay, Doddridge and 15 more | 8 hr |
| Apr 28, 2:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Wirt | 43 min |
| Apr 28, 2:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Jackson, Roane, Wirt | 35 min |
| Apr 28, 3:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Kanawha | 36 min |
| Apr 28, 3:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Calhoun, Gilmer | 46 min |
| Apr 28, 3:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Wirt, Wood | 41 min |
| Apr 28, 3:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Jackson, Wirt, Wood | 34 min |
| Apr 28, 3:56 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barbour, Boone, Braxton, Cabell, Calhoun, Clay and 31 more | 64 min |
| Apr 28, 4:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barbour, Boone, Braxton, Cabell, Calhoun, Clay and 30 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 28, 4:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Wirt | 59 min |
| Apr 28, 4:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Doddridge, Pleasants, Tyler | 41 min |
| Apr 28, 5:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Randolph | 30 min |
| Apr 28, 5:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Pleasants, Tyler | 44 min |
| Apr 28, 5:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Taylor | 42 min |
| Apr 28, 5:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Barbour, Taylor | 26 min |
| Apr 28, 5:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Wood | 33 min |
| Apr 28, 6:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Preston, Tucker | 32 min |
| Apr 28, 6:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Calhoun, Gilmer, Ritchie, Wirt, Wood | 46 min |
| Apr 28, 7:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Calhoun, Gilmer, Ritchie | 32 min |
| Apr 28, 9:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Jackson | 29 min |
| Apr 28, 9:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Wirt | 39 min |
| Apr 30, 8:54 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | RLX | Barbour, Boone, Braxton, Cabell, Calhoun, Clay and 22 more | 38 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 | 13 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 2 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 6 |
| Special Weather Statement | 47 |
| Flooding | |
| Flash Flood Warning | 1 |
| Flash Flood Watch | 3 |
| Winter | |
| Winter Storm Warning | 1 |
| Winter Weather Advisory | 7 |
| Cold | |
| Freeze Warning | 11 |
| Hard Freeze Warning | 1 |
| Freeze Watch | 9 |
| Hard Freeze Watch | 1 |
| Frost Advisory | 7 |
| Wind and dust | |
| High Wind Warning | 4 |
| High Wind Watch | 2 |
| Wind Advisory | 7 |
| Fire | |
| Red Flag Warning | 2 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Wirt County34
- Jackson County32
- Wood County32
- Roane County31
- Calhoun County30
- Gilmer County30
- Mason County30
- Ritchie County30
- Braxton County29
- Doddridge County29
- Putnam County27
- Clay County26
- Kanawha County26
- Lincoln County26
- Cabell County25
- Lewis County25
- Pleasants County25
- Wayne County25
- Upshur County24
- Jefferson County23
- Barbour County23
- Mingo County23
- Tyler County23
- Berkeley County22
- Boone County22
- Harrison County22
- Taylor County22
- Morgan County21
- Logan County21
- McDowell County19
- Wyoming County19
- Greenbrier County11
- Nicholas County11
- Webster County11
- Monroe County8
- Summers County8
- Grant County7
- Mineral County7
- Mercer County7
- Pendleton 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. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.