Alert archive / West Virginia / 2017
Weather alerts in West Virginia, January 2017
64 weather alerts in January 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 January 2017. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 64
- Warnings
- 4
- Watches
- 1
- Advisories
- 42
- Busiest day
- January 23, 20179 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 1, 9:22 PM EST | Freezing Rain Advisory | LWX | Berkeley, Grant, Mineral, Morgan | 6 hr |
| Jan 1, 9:41 PM EST | Freezing Rain Advisory | PBZ | Tucker | 8 hr |
| Jan 2, 6:12 PM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | RNK | Mercer, Monroe | 9 hr |
| Jan 4, 3:10 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | RLX | Barbour, Boone, Braxton, Cabell, Calhoun, Clay and 28 more | 37 hr |
| Jan 4, 3:11 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | RNK | Greenbrier, Mercer, Summers | 37 hr |
| Jan 4, 3:23 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | PBZ | Marion, Marshall, Monongalia, Ohio, Preston, Tucker and 1 more | 35 hr |
| Jan 4, 8:13 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | LWX | Berkeley, Grant, Hampshire, Hardy, Jefferson, Mineral and 2 more | 32 hr |
| Jan 5, 4:12 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Marshall, Monongalia, Ohio, Wetzel | 3 hr |
| Jan 6, 3:54 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | RNK | Mercer | 34 hr |
| Jan 6, 1:35 PM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | PBZ | Monongalia, Preston, Tucker | 56 hr |
| Jan 6, 2:12 PM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | LWX | Grant, Hardy, Mineral, Pendleton | 61 hr |
| Jan 6, 3:19 PM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | RLX | Fayette, Nicholas, Pocahontas, Raleigh, Randolph, Webster | 58 hr |
| Jan 6, 3:47 PM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | RNK | Greenbrier, Mercer, Monroe, Summers | 50 hr |
| Jan 6, 8:48 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | RLX | McDowell | 13 hr |
| Jan 6, 8:56 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Greenbrier, McDowell, Mercer, Monroe, Raleigh, Summers and 1 more | 6 hr |
| Jan 9, 6:49 PM EST | Freezing Rain Advisory | PBZ | Brooke, Hancock | 17 hr |
| Jan 10, 7:16 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | LWX | Berkeley, Hampshire, Hardy, Jefferson, Morgan | 89 min |
| Jan 10, 8:50 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | LWX | Berkeley, Jefferson | 55 min |
| Jan 10, 9:06 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | LWX | Berkeley, Jefferson, Morgan | 2 hr |
| Jan 10, 1:32 PM EST | Freezing Rain Advisory | LWX | Berkeley, Grant, Hampshire, Hardy, Jefferson, Mineral and 2 more | 14 hr |
| Jan 10, 1:51 PM EST | Freezing Rain Advisory | RLX | Pocahontas | 11 hr |
| Jan 10, 2:43 PM EST | Freezing Rain Advisory | RNK | Greenbrier | 10 hr |
| Jan 10, 4:45 PM EST | Wind Advisory | PBZ | Brooke, Hancock, Ohio | 9 hr |
| Jan 10, 9:45 PM EST | Wind Advisory | RLX | Boone, Cabell, Jackson, Kanawha, Lincoln, Logan and 8 more | 3 hr |
| Jan 12, 10:42 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Brooke, Hancock | 3 hr |
| Jan 12, 2:14 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Hancock | 46 min |
| Jan 12, 2:22 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Brooke, Hancock, Marshall, Ohio | 2 hr |
| Jan 12, 2:42 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Brooke, Hancock, Ohio | 63 min |
| Jan 12, 3:20 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Hancock | 70 min |
| Jan 12, 3:42 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Brooke, Marshall, Ohio | 63 min |
| Jan 13, 3:19 AM EST | Freezing Rain Advisory | PBZ | Marion, Marshall, Monongalia, Preston, Tucker, Wetzel | 43 hr |
| Jan 13, 3:32 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | LWX | Berkeley, Grant, Hampshire, Hardy, Jefferson, Mineral and 1 more | 47 hr |
| Jan 13, 3:32 AM EST | Freezing Rain Advisory | LWX | Grant, Hampshire, Hardy, Mineral, Pendleton | 36 hr |
| Jan 13, 3:33 AM EST | Freezing Rain Advisory | RLX | Doddridge, Harrison, Pleasants, Pocahontas, Randolph, Ritchie and 4 more | 35 hr |
| Jan 13, 4:22 AM EST | Freezing Rain Advisory | RNK | Greenbrier, Monroe | 31 hr |
| Jan 14, 2:37 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | PBZ | Brooke, Hancock, Ohio | 16 hr |
| Jan 17, 9:20 PM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | LWX | Berkeley, Hampshire, Jefferson, Mineral, Morgan | 7 hr |
| Jan 21, 12:06 AM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | LWX | Berkeley, Grant, Hampshire, Hardy, Jefferson, Mineral and 2 more | 13 hr |
| Jan 21, 3:57 AM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | RNK | Greenbrier, Monroe | 8 hr |
| Jan 21, 8:42 PM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | LWX | Berkeley, Grant, Hampshire, Hardy, Jefferson, Mineral and 1 more | 14 hr |
| Jan 23, 6:17 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | RNK | Mercer | 6 hr |
| Jan 23, 10:27 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | RLX | McDowell, Wyoming | 3 hr |
| Jan 23, 10:37 AM EST | Flood Watch | LWX | Berkeley, Jefferson | 5 hr |
| Jan 23, 12:18 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | LWX | Grant, Mineral, Pendleton | 17 hr |
| Jan 23, 2:09 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Boone, Fayette, Logan, McDowell, Raleigh, Wyoming | 3 hr |
| Jan 23, 2:16 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Boone, Fayette, Logan, McDowell, Raleigh, Wyoming | 3 hr |
| Jan 23, 2:30 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Braxton, Calhoun, Clay, Gilmer, Kanawha, Roane | 60 min |
| Jan 23, 3:52 PM EST | River Flood Warning | LWX | Berkeley, Jefferson | 30 hr |
| Jan 23, 4:47 PM EST | Areal Flood Warning | RLX | Fayette, Raleigh | 6 hr |
| Jan 24, 4:30 AM EST | River Flood Warning | LWX | Berkeley, Jefferson | 11 hr |
| Jan 26, 3:12 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | PBZ | Monongalia, Preston, Tucker | 51 hr |
| Jan 26, 3:35 AM EST | Wind Advisory | LWX | Berkeley, Grant, Hampshire, Hardy, Jefferson, Mineral and 2 more | 15 hr |
| Jan 26, 10:48 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | LWX | Grant, Mineral, Pendleton | 38 hr |
| Jan 27, 10:18 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Pleasants, Wirt, Wood | 57 min |
| Jan 28, 3:05 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | RLX | Barbour, Boone, Braxton, Calhoun, Clay, Fayette and 16 more | 45 hr |
| Jan 28, 3:59 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | RNK | Greenbrier, Mercer, Summers | 44 hr |
| Jan 29, 2:46 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | PBZ | Tucker | 33 hr |
| Jan 29, 3:42 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | LWX | Grant, Pendleton | 33 hr |
| Jan 29, 9:50 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Greenbrier, Mercer, Monroe, Summers | 115 min |
| Jan 30, 9:14 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Preston | 91 min |
| Jan 30, 12:17 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | LWX | Grant, Mineral | 23 hr |
| Jan 30, 1:46 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | PBZ | Preston, Tucker | 21 hr |
| Jan 31, 4:01 AM EST | Wind Advisory | LWX | Grant, Hampshire, Hardy, Mineral, Pendleton | 12 hr |
| Jan 31, 8:45 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Hancock | 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 | 1 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 3 |
| Special Weather Statement | 14 |
| Flooding | |
| Areal Flood Warning | 1 |
| River Flood Warning | 2 |
| Flood Watch | 1 |
| Areal Flood Advisory | 1 |
| Winter | |
| Freezing Rain Advisory | 10 |
| Winter Weather Advisory | 18 |
| Cold | |
| Wind Chill Advisory | 4 |
| Wind and dust | |
| Wind Advisory | 4 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 5 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Berkeley County14
- Grant County14
- Mineral County14
- Jefferson County13
- Morgan County10
- Hampshire County10
- Hardy County10
- Pendleton County10
- Hancock County9
- Mercer County8
- Greenbrier County8
- Tucker County7
- McDowell County7
- Raleigh County7
- Ohio County7
- Brooke County7
- Monroe County6
- Fayette County6
- Wyoming County6
- Preston County6
- Boone County5
- Logan County5
- Pocahontas County5
- Summers County5
- Marshall County5
- Monongalia County5
- Kanawha County4
- Pleasants County4
- Randolph County4
- Roane County4
- Wirt County4
- Wood County4
- Braxton County3
- Calhoun County3
- Clay County3
- Gilmer County3
- Lincoln County3
- Mingo County3
- Nicholas County3
- Wayne County3
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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.