Alert archive / West Virginia / 2016
Weather alerts in West Virginia, February 2016
137 weather alerts in February 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 February 2016. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 137
- Warnings
- 22
- Watches
- 22
- Advisories
- 36
- Busiest day
- February 24, 201622 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 2, 7:31 AM EST | River Flood Warning | LWX | Morgan | 17 hr |
| Feb 2, 7:43 AM EST | River Flood Watch | LWX | Berkeley, Jefferson | 24 hr |
| Feb 2, 10:39 AM EST | Flood Watch | LWX | Berkeley, Jefferson, Morgan | 40 hr |
| Feb 2, 1:15 PM EST | River Flood Warning | LWX | Berkeley, Jefferson | 66 hr |
| Feb 2, 2:15 PM EST | River Flood Watch | LWX | Jefferson | 24 hr |
| Feb 2, 3:25 PM EST | Wind Advisory | LWX | Grant, Mineral, Pendleton | 19 hr |
| Feb 2, 4:04 PM EST | Wind Advisory | RNK | Mercer | 17 hr |
| Feb 3, 6:41 AM EST | River Flood Warning | LWX | Morgan | 36 hr |
| Feb 3, 7:33 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Wayne | 3 hr |
| Feb 3, 7:51 AM EST | River Flood Watch | LWX | Berkeley | 53 hr |
| Feb 3, 7:51 AM EST | River Flood Watch | LWX | Jefferson | 59 hr |
| Feb 3, 8:51 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | RNK | Mercer | 6 hr |
| Feb 3, 10:31 AM EST | River Flood Warning | LWX | Jefferson | 69 hr |
| Feb 3, 8:13 PM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | LWX | Berkeley, Hampshire, Jefferson, Mineral, Morgan | 10 hr |
| Feb 4, 12:42 PM EST | Areal Flood Warning | LWX | Jefferson | 6 hr |
| Feb 7, 3:09 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | RNK | Greenbrier, Mercer, Monroe, Summers | 25 hr |
| Feb 7, 3:09 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | RNK | Greenbrier, Mercer, Monroe, Summers | 4 days |
| Feb 7, 8:22 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | LWX | Berkeley, Grant, Hampshire, Hardy, Jefferson, Mineral and 2 more | 4 days |
| Feb 7, 8:26 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | PBZ | Brooke, Hancock, Marion, Marshall, Monongalia, Ohio and 3 more | 4 days |
| Feb 7, 8:28 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | RLX | Barbour, Boone, Braxton, Cabell, Calhoun, Clay and 22 more | 4 days |
| Feb 8, 12:10 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | LWX | Grant, Mineral, Pendleton | 33 hr |
| Feb 8, 3:58 PM EST | Winter Storm Warning | RNK | Greenbrier, Mercer, Summers | 63 hr |
| Feb 9, 4:54 AM EST | Winter Storm Warning | RLX | Pleasants, Ritchie, Wirt, Wood | 13 hr |
| Feb 9, 4:54 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | RLX | Pleasants, Ritchie, Wirt, Wood | 37 hr |
| Feb 10, 3:28 AM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | RNK | Greenbrier, Mercer, Monroe, Summers | 31 hr |
| Feb 10, 3:52 AM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | LWX | Grant, Mineral, Pendleton | 30 hr |
| Feb 10, 4:38 AM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | RLX | 29 hr | |
| Feb 10, 5:57 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Hancock | 93 min |
| Feb 10, 7:32 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Hancock | 58 min |
| Feb 11, 4:48 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | RNK | Greenbrier | 5 hr |
| Feb 12, 3:29 AM EST | Wind Chill Watch | PBZ | Tucker | 12 hr |
| Feb 12, 3:29 AM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | PBZ | Brooke, Hancock, Marion, Marshall, Monongalia, Ohio and 3 more | 54 hr |
| Feb 12, 3:41 AM EST | Wind Chill Watch | LWX | Grant, Mineral, Pendleton | 10 hr |
| Feb 12, 3:49 AM EST | Wind Chill Watch | RLX | 6 hr | |
| Feb 12, 3:49 AM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | RLX | Barbour, Taylor, Upshur | 49 hr |
| Feb 12, 4:42 AM EST | Wind Chill Warning | RNK | Greenbrier | 48 hr |
| Feb 12, 4:42 AM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | RNK | Greenbrier, Mercer, Monroe, Summers | 48 hr |
| Feb 12, 4:42 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | RNK | Greenbrier, Mercer, Summers | 26 hr |
| Feb 12, 11:37 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | LWX | Grant, Mineral, Pendleton | 27 hr |
| Feb 12, 11:58 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | PBZ | Monongalia, Preston, Tucker | 27 hr |
| Feb 12, 1:12 PM EST | Wind Chill Warning | LWX | Grant, Mineral, Pendleton | 39 hr |
| Feb 12, 1:12 PM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | LWX | Berkeley, Grant, Hampshire, Hardy, Jefferson, Mineral and 2 more | 43 hr |
| Feb 12, 1:13 PM EST | Wind Advisory | LWX | Berkeley, Jefferson, Morgan | 23 hr |
| Feb 12, 7:26 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Hancock | 79 min |
| Feb 12, 8:33 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Brooke, Hancock | 57 min |
| Feb 12, 8:43 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Braxton, Clay, Kanawha, Putnam | 62 min |
| Feb 12, 9:01 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Mason, Wirt, Wood | 89 min |
| Feb 12, 9:06 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Greenbrier, Mercer, Monroe, Summers | 114 min |
| Feb 12, 9:09 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Pleasants, Ritchie, Tyler | 81 min |
| Feb 12, 9:33 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Marshall, Ohio | 57 min |
| Feb 12, 9:38 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Boone, Lincoln, Logan, Mingo, Wayne | 82 min |
| Feb 12, 9:50 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Barbour, Braxton, Cabell, Calhoun, Clay, Doddridge and 12 more | 85 min |
| Feb 12, 9:53 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Fayette, Nicholas, Pocahontas, Webster | 82 min |
| Feb 12, 10:55 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Boone, Logan, McDowell, Mingo, Raleigh, Wyoming | 95 min |
| Feb 12, 11:04 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Barbour, Braxton, Clay, Fayette, Gilmer, Kanawha and 7 more | 56 min |
| Feb 12, 11:08 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Boone, Lincoln, Logan, McDowell, Mingo, Raleigh and 2 more | 82 min |
| Feb 13, 12:14 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Fayette, Nicholas, Pocahontas, Randolph, Webster | 46 min |
| Feb 13, 1:16 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Boone, Fayette, Logan, McDowell, Mingo, Nicholas and 5 more | 59 min |
| Feb 13, 2:30 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | RNK | Greenbrier, Mercer, Monroe, Summers | 14 hr |
| Feb 13, 2:56 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | RLX | McDowell, Wyoming | 14 hr |
| Feb 13, 3:06 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | LWX | Berkeley, Grant, Hampshire, Hardy, Jefferson, Mineral and 2 more | 23 hr |
| Feb 14, 3:44 AM EST | Winter Storm Warning | LWX | Berkeley, Grant, Hampshire, Hardy, Jefferson, Mineral and 2 more | 56 hr |
| Feb 14, 4:48 AM EST | Winter Storm Warning | RLX | Boone, Cabell, Kanawha, Lincoln, Logan, McDowell and 4 more | 50 hr |
| Feb 14, 4:48 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | RLX | Barbour, Boone, Braxton, Cabell, Calhoun, Clay and 20 more | 53 hr |
| Feb 14, 8:01 AM EST | Winter Storm Warning | RNK | Greenbrier, Mercer, Monroe, Summers | 51 hr |
| Feb 14, 3:45 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | PBZ | Brooke, Hancock, Marion, Marshall, Monongalia, Ohio and 3 more | 45 hr |
| Feb 15, 4:33 AM EST | Flood Watch | RLX | Boone, Cabell, Calhoun, Doddridge, Gilmer, Harrison and 15 more | 29 hr |
| Feb 15, 11:04 AM EST | River Flood Watch | LWX | Jefferson | 24 hr |
| Feb 15, 11:13 AM EST | River Flood Watch | LWX | Berkeley, Jefferson | 54 hr |
| Feb 15, 11:15 AM EST | River Flood Watch | LWX | Morgan | 53 hr |
| Feb 15, 1:46 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Jefferson | 5 hr |
| Feb 15, 2:11 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Mercer, Monroe, Summers | 4 hr |
| Feb 15, 3:06 PM EST | Flood Watch | LWX | Berkeley, Jefferson, Morgan, Pendleton | 24 hr |
| Feb 15, 8:29 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Berkeley, Hampshire, Jefferson, Mineral, Morgan | 5 hr |
| Feb 15, 10:35 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Cabell, Wayne | 3 hr |
| Feb 16, 1:21 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Cabell, Lincoln, Logan, Mason, Mingo, Wayne | 3 hr |
| Feb 16, 3:33 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Greenbrier, Monroe, Summers | 57 min |
| Feb 16, 4:10 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Cabell, Calhoun, Doddridge, Jackson, Kanawha, Lincoln and 10 more | 3 hr |
| Feb 16, 6:38 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Kanawha, Lincoln, Putnam | 3 hr |
| Feb 16, 8:44 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Calhoun, Doddridge, Gilmer, Harrison, Jackson, Lewis and 3 more | 61 min |
| Feb 16, 10:44 AM EST | River Flood Warning | LWX | Pendleton | 17 hr |
| Feb 16, 11:16 AM EST | Areal Flood Warning | RLX | Pleasants, Tyler | 3 hr |
| Feb 16, 12:43 PM EST | Areal Flood Warning | RLX | Doddridge, Tyler | 92 min |
| Feb 16, 2:21 PM EST | Areal Flood Warning | RLX | Doddridge, Pleasants, Tyler | 20 hr |
| Feb 17, 4:40 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Brooke, Hancock | 50 min |
| Feb 17, 5:54 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Brooke | 51 min |
| Feb 17, 7:07 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Ohio | 53 min |
| Feb 18, 12:45 AM EST | River Flood Warning | LWX | Jefferson | 12 hr |
| Feb 20, 3:04 PM EST | Flash Flood Watch | RLX | Barbour, Boone, Braxton, Cabell, Calhoun, Clay and 16 more | 25 hr |
| Feb 20, 3:40 PM EST | Flood Watch | RNK | Greenbrier, Monroe, Summers | 27 hr |
| Feb 21, 5:20 AM EST | Flash Flood Watch | LWX | Grant, Hampshire, Hardy, Pendleton | 7 hr |
| Feb 21, 6:32 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Mason | 118 min |
| Feb 21, 6:49 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Cabell, Kanawha, Lincoln, Putnam | 56 min |
| Feb 21, 8:39 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Greenbrier, Monroe, Summers | 51 min |
| Feb 21, 8:51 AM EST | River Flood Warning | RNK | Greenbrier, Monroe, Summers | 39 hr |
| Feb 21, 9:08 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Boone, Logan, McDowell, Mingo, Raleigh, Wyoming | 52 min |
| Feb 21, 9:48 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Summers | 57 min |
| Feb 21, 9:59 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | RLX | McDowell, Raleigh, Wyoming | 61 min |
| Feb 21, 10:45 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Greenbrier, Monroe, Summers | 60 min |
| Feb 21, 11:27 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Boone, Cabell, Fayette, Kanawha, Lincoln, Logan and 5 more | 93 min |
| Feb 21, 1:38 PM EST | Areal Flood Warning | RLX | Logan, Mingo, Wyoming | 3 hr |
| Feb 21, 6:46 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | RNK | Mercer, Summers | 4 hr |
| Feb 23, 5:19 AM EST | Flood Watch | RNK | Greenbrier, Mercer, Monroe, Summers | 36 hr |
| Feb 23, 2:46 PM EST | Wind Advisory | RNK | Greenbrier, Mercer, Monroe, Summers | 64 hr |
| Feb 23, 3:21 PM EST | Flood Watch | LWX | Berkeley, Grant, Hampshire, Hardy, Jefferson, Mineral and 2 more | 33 hr |
| Feb 23, 5:34 PM EST | Freezing Rain Advisory | LWX | Berkeley, Grant, Hampshire, Hardy, Mineral, Morgan and 1 more | 16 hr |
| Feb 23, 6:00 PM EST | Freezing Rain Advisory | PBZ | Tucker | 15 hr |
| Feb 23, 9:26 PM EST | Wind Advisory | RLX | McDowell, Wyoming | 48 hr |
| Feb 23, 9:28 PM EST | Wind Advisory | LWX | Grant, Hardy, Pendleton | 51 hr |
| Feb 24, 12:07 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Calhoun, Kanawha, Roane, Wirt, Wood | 53 min |
| Feb 24, 12:33 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Brooke, Marion, Marshall, Monongalia, Ohio, Preston and 2 more | 3 hr |
| Feb 24, 12:35 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Clay, Fayette, Raleigh, Wyoming | 55 min |
| Feb 24, 1:47 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Braxton, Calhoun, Clay, Doddridge, Gilmer, Lewis and 3 more | 58 min |
| Feb 24, 1:53 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Hancock | 37 min |
| Feb 24, 2:27 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Brooke, Ohio | 33 min |
| Feb 24, 2:45 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Barbour, Harrison, Randolph, Taylor, Upshur | 60 min |
| Feb 24, 3:40 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Monongalia | 50 min |
| Feb 24, 3:53 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Preston, Tucker | 37 min |
| Feb 24, 4:51 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Berkeley, Jefferson | 39 min |
| Feb 24, 4:57 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Wood | 33 min |
| Feb 24, 5:01 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Berkeley, Jefferson | 3 hr |
| Feb 24, 5:21 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Braxton, Calhoun, Clay, Gilmer, Jackson, Kanawha and 3 more | 39 min |
| Feb 24, 5:32 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Upshur | 28 min |
| Feb 24, 5:35 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Nicholas | 25 min |
| Feb 24, 6:00 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Barbour, Upshur | 30 min |
| Feb 24, 6:03 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Webster | 27 min |
| Feb 24, 6:23 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Doddridge, Harrison, Lewis, Taylor, Tyler | 22 min |
| Feb 24, 6:33 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Barbour, Randolph, Upshur | 27 min |
| Feb 24, 6:48 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Doddridge, Harrison, Lewis, Taylor, Tyler | 27 min |
| Feb 24, 10:13 PM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | LWX | Berkeley, Jefferson | 2 hr |
| Feb 25, 2:49 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | RLX | McDowell, Wyoming | 31 hr |
| Feb 25, 3:05 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | PBZ | Monongalia, Preston, Tucker | 30 hr |
| Feb 25, 3:05 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | RNK | Greenbrier, Mercer, Summers | 28 hr |
| Feb 25, 5:26 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Fayette, Kanawha, Nicholas, Putnam | 94 min |
| Feb 25, 5:31 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Braxton, Calhoun, Gilmer, Roane, Wirt | 59 min |
| Feb 28, 9:18 PM EST | Wind Advisory | LWX | Grant, Hampshire, Hardy, Mineral, Pendleton | 13 hr |
| Feb 29, 2:12 AM EST | Wind Advisory | PBZ | Brooke, Hancock, Marion, Marshall, Monongalia, Ohio and 3 more | 7 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 | 1 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 3 |
| Special Weather Statement | 54 |
| Flooding | |
| Areal Flood Warning | 5 |
| Flash Flood Warning | 2 |
| River Flood Warning | 7 |
| Flash Flood Watch | 2 |
| Flood Watch | 6 |
| River Flood Watch | 7 |
| Areal Flood Advisory | 2 |
| Winter | |
| Winter Storm Warning | 5 |
| Winter Storm Watch | 4 |
| Freezing Rain Advisory | 2 |
| Winter Weather Advisory | 15 |
| Cold | |
| Wind Chill Warning | 2 |
| Wind Chill Watch | 3 |
| Wind Chill Advisory | 7 |
| Wind and dust | |
| Wind Advisory | 8 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 2 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Jefferson County23
- Summers County20
- Greenbrier County19
- Berkeley County18
- Pendleton County17
- Mercer County16
- Grant County15
- Mineral County15
- Monroe County15
- Kanawha County15
- Morgan County14
- Mingo County13
- Wirt County13
- Wyoming County13
- Wayne County12
- Doddridge County12
- Lincoln County12
- Logan County12
- Putnam County12
- Ritchie County12
- Boone County11
- Cabell County11
- Calhoun County11
- Hampshire County10
- Hancock County10
- Tucker County10
- Gilmer County10
- Lewis County10
- McDowell County10
- Roane County10
- Tyler County10
- Upshur County10
- Wood County10
- Hardy County9
- Brooke County9
- Barbour County9
- Braxton County9
- Clay County9
- Harrison County9
- Mason County9
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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.