Alert archive / West Virginia / 2017
Weather alerts in West Virginia, April 2017
105 weather alerts in April 2017, 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 2017. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 105
- Warnings
- 20
- Watches
- 4
- Advisories
- 12
- Busiest day
- April 20, 201716 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 5, 3:39 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | RNK | Greenbrier, Mercer, Monroe, Summers | 48 hr |
| Apr 5, 7:19 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Boone, Cabell, Calhoun, Jackson, Kanawha, Lincoln and 10 more | 2 hr |
| Apr 5, 9:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Cabell, Jackson, Mason, Pleasants, Putnam, Tyler and 3 more | 66 min |
| Apr 5, 10:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Calhoun, Doddridge, Gilmer, Jackson, Pleasants, Ritchie and 3 more | 57 min |
| Apr 5, 10:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Cabell, Clay, Kanawha, Putnam, Roane | 55 min |
| Apr 5, 10:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | McDowell | 38 min |
| Apr 5, 11:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | McDowell | 63 min |
| Apr 6, 12:17 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Mercer | 58 min |
| Apr 6, 12:52 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Monroe, Summers | 53 min |
| Apr 6, 1:22 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Greenbrier, Monroe | 53 min |
| Apr 6, 3:12 AM EDT | Winter Weather Advisory | PBZ | Monongalia, Preston, Tucker | 35 hr |
| Apr 6, 3:25 AM EDT | Winter Weather Advisory | RLX | Nicholas, Pocahontas, Randolph, Webster | 37 hr |
| Apr 6, 3:26 AM EDT | Winter Weather Advisory | RNK | Greenbrier | 35 hr |
| Apr 6, 8:27 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Greenbrier, Monroe | 48 min |
| Apr 6, 10:32 AM EDT | Winter Weather Advisory | LWX | Grant, Mineral, Pendleton | 27 hr |
| Apr 6, 12:50 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | LWX | Berkeley, Grant, Hampshire, Hardy, Jefferson, Mineral and 2 more | 30 hr |
| Apr 6, 4:24 PM EDT | Freeze Watch | LWX | Berkeley, Jefferson, Morgan | 21 hr |
| Apr 7, 3:42 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | RLX | Barbour, Boone, Braxton, Cabell, Calhoun, Clay and 22 more | 29 hr |
| Apr 7, 1:31 PM EDT | Freeze Warning | LWX | Berkeley, Jefferson, Morgan | 19 hr |
| Apr 8, 2:10 PM EDT | Freeze Warning | LWX | Berkeley, Jefferson, Morgan | 18 hr |
| Apr 11, 5:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Mason | 30 min |
| Apr 11, 5:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Pleasants, Tyler | 43 min |
| Apr 11, 6:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Cabell | 31 min |
| Apr 11, 6:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Marion, Preston | 32 min |
| Apr 11, 6:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Cabell, Wayne | 38 min |
| Apr 11, 7:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Putnam | 46 min |
| Apr 11, 9:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Boone, Logan | 34 min |
| Apr 11, 10:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Boone, Kanawha | 40 min |
| Apr 15, 5:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Calhoun, Jackson, Roane, Wirt | 35 min |
| Apr 15, 5:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Randolph, Upshur | 23 min |
| Apr 15, 5:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Randolph | 26 min |
| Apr 15, 6:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Gilmer, Lewis | 27 min |
| Apr 15, 6:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Braxton, Doddridge, Harrison, Lewis | 34 min |
| Apr 15, 7:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Barbour, Taylor | 30 min |
| Apr 15, 7:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Barbour, Taylor | 30 min |
| Apr 16, 2:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Boone, Fayette | 26 min |
| Apr 16, 2:15 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Brooke, Hancock, Marion, Marshall, Monongalia, Ohio and 2 more | 3 hr |
| Apr 16, 3:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Lincoln | 36 min |
| Apr 16, 3:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Cabell, Putnam | 26 min |
| Apr 16, 5:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Brooke | 42 min |
| Apr 16, 5:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Marshall, Ohio | 42 min |
| Apr 16, 5:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Ohio | 43 min |
| Apr 16, 6:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Marshall | 45 min |
| Apr 16, 7:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Pleasants | 33 min |
| Apr 16, 8:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Pleasants, Ritchie | 25 min |
| Apr 16, 8:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Doddridge, Pleasants | 30 min |
| Apr 16, 9:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Doddridge, Pleasants, Ritchie | 3 hr |
| Apr 16, 9:43 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Pleasants, Ritchie, Wood | 3 hr |
| Apr 19, 9:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Hancock | 46 min |
| Apr 19, 10:27 PM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | RNK | Greenbrier, Mercer, Monroe | 10 hr |
| Apr 20, 2:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Fayette | 33 min |
| Apr 20, 2:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Calhoun, Gilmer | 31 min |
| Apr 20, 2:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Braxton, Clay | 44 min |
| Apr 20, 2:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Greenbrier | 39 min |
| Apr 20, 2:40 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barbour, Berkeley, Brooke, Doddridge, Gilmer, Grant and 21 more | 65 min |
| Apr 20, 2:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Nicholas, Webster | 49 min |
| Apr 20, 2:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Gilmer, Lewis | 26 min |
| Apr 20, 2:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Braxton | 32 min |
| Apr 20, 3:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Upshur | 27 min |
| Apr 20, 3:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Doddridge, Harrison | 55 min |
| Apr 20, 3:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Barbour | 54 min |
| Apr 20, 4:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Taylor | 41 min |
| Apr 20, 4:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Monongalia, Preston | 47 min |
| Apr 20, 4:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Preston | 28 min |
| Apr 21, 1:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Mercer | 58 min |
| Apr 21, 4:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Greenbrier | 34 min |
| Apr 21, 4:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Wyoming | 32 min |
| Apr 21, 4:19 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Greenbrier, McDowell, Mercer, Monroe, Summers | 56 min |
| Apr 22, 3:43 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | RLX | McDowell, Wyoming | 54 hr |
| Apr 22, 4:11 PM EDT | Flood Watch | RNK | Mercer | 64 hr |
| Apr 23, 1:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | McDowell, Wyoming | 3 hr |
| Apr 23, 3:09 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RNK | Mercer | 6 hr |
| Apr 23, 3:57 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | RLX | McDowell, Mingo, Wyoming | 18 hr |
| Apr 24, 5:20 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RNK | Mercer | 6 hr |
| Apr 24, 10:06 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | McDowell | 3 hr |
| Apr 24, 11:17 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RNK | Mercer, Summers | 6 hr |
| Apr 24, 2:53 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | RNK | Mercer, Monroe, Summers | 34 hr |
| Apr 24, 5:15 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RNK | Mercer, Summers | 6 hr |
| Apr 26, 6:29 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Mercer, Monroe, Summers | 2 hr |
| Apr 27, 3:28 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Cabell, Jackson, Lincoln, Mason, Pleasants, Putnam and 4 more | 2 hr |
| Apr 27, 6:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Pocahontas | 27 min |
| Apr 27, 7:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Brooke, Hancock | 23 min |
| Apr 27, 7:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Brooke, Hancock, Ohio | 34 min |
| Apr 28, 4:35 AM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | RNK | Greenbrier, Mercer, Monroe, Summers | 4 hr |
| Apr 28, 11:19 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Braxton, Cabell, Calhoun, Clay, Gilmer, Jackson and 7 more | 116 min |
| Apr 28, 11:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Mason | 35 min |
| Apr 29, 12:28 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Calhoun, Jackson, Mason, Ritchie, Roane, Wirt and 1 more | 32 min |
| Apr 29, 2:14 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Jackson, Mason | 46 min |
| Apr 29, 2:34 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Randolph | 26 min |
| Apr 29, 3:10 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Cabell, Wayne | 50 min |
| Apr 29, 3:22 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | RLX | Pleasants, Tyler, Wood | 10 hr |
| Apr 29, 4:01 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Jackson, Mason | 44 min |
| Apr 29, 4:46 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Calhoun, Gilmer, Roane, Wirt | 29 min |
| Apr 29, 4:55 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Doddridge, Harrison | 35 min |
| Apr 29, 5:31 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Barbour, Taylor | 29 min |
| Apr 29, 4:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Mercer | 36 min |
| Apr 29, 7:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Boone | 33 min |
| Apr 29, 8:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Fayette | 24 min |
| Apr 29, 11:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Wayne | 25 min |
| Apr 30, 2:58 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barbour, Braxton, Brooke, Calhoun, Doddridge, Gilmer and 21 more | 2 hr |
| Apr 30, 3:25 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Berkeley, Grant, Hampshire, Hardy, Jefferson, Mineral and 2 more | 95 min |
| Apr 30, 4:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Hampshire | 40 min |
| Apr 30, 4:33 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Hampshire | 27 min |
| Apr 30, 4:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Berkeley, Hampshire, Morgan | 47 min |
| Apr 30, 5:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Berkeley, Jefferson | 51 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 | 13 |
| Tornado Warning | 1 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 8 |
| Special Weather Statement | 61 |
| Flooding | |
| Areal Flood Warning | 1 |
| Flash Flood Warning | 1 |
| River Flood Warning | 1 |
| Flash Flood Watch | 2 |
| Flood Watch | 1 |
| Areal Flood Advisory | 4 |
| Winter | |
| Winter Weather Advisory | 4 |
| Cold | |
| Freeze Warning | 3 |
| Freeze Watch | 1 |
| Wind and dust | |
| Wind Advisory | 2 |
| 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.
- Mercer County14
- Pleasants County14
- Jackson County11
- Mason County11
- Wirt County11
- Wood County11
- Cabell County10
- Ritchie County10
- Greenbrier County9
- Monroe County9
- Calhoun County9
- Roane County9
- Doddridge County9
- Gilmer County9
- Summers County8
- Putnam County8
- Tyler County8
- McDowell County8
- Berkeley County8
- Wayne County7
- Jefferson County7
- Morgan County7
- Barbour County7
- Lewis County7
- Taylor County7
- Boone County6
- Preston County6
- Hampshire County6
- Braxton County6
- Harrison County6
- Brooke County6
- Hancock County6
- Ohio County6
- Monongalia County5
- Randolph County5
- Upshur County5
- Wyoming County5
- Marshall County5
- Kanawha County4
- Lincoln County4
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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.