Weather alerts in West Virginia, May 2017

189 weather alerts in May 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 May 2017. Tap one for its archive.

Alerts: 189
Warnings: 57
Watches: 18
Advisories: 17
Busiest day: May 20, 201732 alerts

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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
May 1, 11:28 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Mason	32 min
May 1, 11:59 AM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Barbour, Boone, Braxton, Brooke, Calhoun, Clay and 26 more	2 hr
May 1, 12:32 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Barbour, Brooke, Doddridge, Hancock, Harrison, Marion and 12 more	4 hr
May 1, 1:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Lincoln, Putnam	30 min
May 1, 1:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Brooke, Hancock, Marshall, Ohio	53 min
May 1, 1:39 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Calhoun, Kanawha, Roane	36 min
May 1, 1:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Ritchie, Tyler	30 min
May 1, 2:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Brooke, Marion, Marshall, Monongalia, Ohio, Wetzel	49 min
May 1, 2:23 PM EDT	Wind Advisory	RNK	Greenbrier, Mercer, Monroe, Summers	26 hr
May 1, 2:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Doddridge, Harrison	33 min
May 1, 2:29 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Greenbrier, Mercer, Monroe, Nicholas, Pendleton, Pocahontas and 3 more	2 hr
May 1, 2:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Doddridge, Harrison, Taylor	18 min
May 1, 2:54 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Marion, Monongalia	66 min
May 1, 3:42 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PBZ	Preston	48 min
May 1, 3:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Greenbrier, Mercer, Summers	59 min
May 1, 4:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Barbour, Randolph, Upshur, Webster	31 min
May 1, 4:36 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Grant, Mineral	84 min
May 1, 4:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PBZ	Preston, Tucker	77 min
May 1, 4:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Barbour, Randolph, Taylor	30 min
May 1, 4:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Greenbrier	57 min
May 1, 5:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Preston, Tucker	41 min
May 1, 5:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Mineral	29 min
May 1, 5:54 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Berkeley, Grant, Hampshire, Hardy, Jefferson, Mineral and 2 more	5 hr
May 2, 4:37 AM EDT	Wind Advisory	PBZ	Brooke, Hancock, Marion, Marshall, Monongalia, Ohio and 3 more	14 hr
May 2, 4:40 AM EDT	Wind Advisory	LWX	Grant, Mineral, Pendleton	13 hr
May 2, 4:40 AM EDT	Wind Advisory	RLX	Barbour, Boone, Braxton, Cabell, Calhoun, Clay and 28 more	13 hr
May 3, 2:15 PM EDT	Wind Advisory	RLX	Boone, Fayette, Logan, McDowell, Mingo, Nicholas and 2 more	30 hr
May 3, 2:51 PM EDT	Wind Advisory	RNK	Greenbrier, Mercer, Summers	31 hr
May 4, 9:03 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Greenbrier	87 min
May 5, 9:47 AM EDT	River Flood Watch	LWX	Berkeley, Jefferson	22 hr
May 5, 12:07 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	LWX	Berkeley	11 hr
May 5, 3:54 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Clay	36 min
May 5, 4:03 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Fayette	42 min
May 5, 4:07 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Barbour, Braxton, Harrison, Lewis, Marion, Monongalia and 5 more	113 min
May 5, 4:43 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	LWX	Berkeley, Jefferson	16 hr
May 5, 4:53 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Barbour, Taylor	37 min
May 5, 5:05 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Barbour, Taylor	25 min
May 5, 5:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Barbour, Taylor	32 min
May 5, 6:03 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Barbour	42 min
May 5, 6:15 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Berkeley, Jefferson	90 min
May 5, 6:20 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PBZ	Preston	40 min
May 5, 6:37 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Mercer, Summers	53 min
May 5, 6:51 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Preston	39 min
May 5, 11:36 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Harrison, Lewis	4 hr
May 5, 11:58 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	LWX	Berkeley	9 hr
May 6, 1:13 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	LWX	Morgan	20 hr
May 6, 2:56 PM EDT	River Flood Watch	LWX	Jefferson	18 hr
May 6, 5:18 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	LWX	Jefferson	19 hr
May 7, 2:44 AM EDT	Frost Advisory	RLX	Barbour, Boone, Braxton, Cabell, Calhoun, Clay and 26 more	30 hr
May 7, 4:03 AM EDT	Freeze Watch	LWX	Grant, Pendleton	10 hr
May 7, 4:24 AM EDT	Frost Advisory	RNK	Greenbrier, Mercer, Monroe, Summers	29 hr
May 7, 4:24 AM EDT	Freeze Watch	RNK	Greenbrier	10 hr
May 7, 1:59 PM EDT	Frost Advisory	PBZ	Brooke, Hancock, Marion, Marshall, Monongalia, Ohio and 1 more	19 hr
May 7, 2:10 PM EDT	Freeze Warning	LWX	Grant, Pendleton	18 hr
May 7, 2:42 PM EDT	Freeze Warning	RNK	Greenbrier	18 hr
May 8, 3:20 AM EDT	Frost Advisory	PBZ	Brooke, Hancock, Marion, Marshall, Monongalia, Ohio and 1 more	30 hr
May 8, 12:41 PM EDT	Frost Advisory	LWX	Berkeley, Jefferson, Morgan	19 hr
May 8, 12:41 PM EDT	Freeze Warning	LWX	Grant, Hampshire, Hardy, Mineral, Pendleton	19 hr
May 8, 1:49 PM EDT	Frost Advisory	RLX	Barbour, Braxton, Calhoun, Doddridge, Gilmer, Harrison and 9 more	19 hr
May 10, 2:00 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Monroe	60 min
May 11, 4:59 AM EDT	Flash Flood Watch	RLX	Boone, Cabell, Clay, Fayette, Kanawha, Lincoln and 10 more	42 hr
May 11, 6:19 AM EDT	Flood Watch	RNK	Greenbrier, Mercer, Monroe, Summers	30 hr
May 11, 6:19 AM EDT	Flash Flood Watch	RNK	Greenbrier, Mercer, Monroe, Summers	16 hr
May 11, 1:58 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	McDowell	3 hr
May 11, 4:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Mingo	32 min
May 11, 5:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Kanawha	32 min
May 11, 5:26 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Mercer	49 min
May 11, 5:37 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	McDowell	23 min
May 12, 12:37 PM EDT	Flood Watch	RNK	Greenbrier, Mercer, Monroe, Summers	13 hr
May 12, 3:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Boone, Clay, Fayette, Kanawha, Lincoln, Nicholas and 1 more	4 hr
May 12, 3:03 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Boone, Clay, Fayette, Kanawha, Lincoln, Nicholas and 1 more	4 hr
May 12, 4:50 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	RLX	Boone, Fayette, Kanawha, Lincoln, Raleigh	6 hr
May 13, 11:24 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Boone	4 hr
May 18, 3:32 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PBZ	Brooke	28 min
May 18, 3:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Brooke, Ohio	50 min
May 18, 3:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PBZ	Hancock	34 min
May 18, 4:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Brooke, Hancock	38 min
May 18, 4:35 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Brooke, Hancock, Ohio	85 min
May 18, 5:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	McDowell	33 min
May 18, 6:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Jefferson	24 min
May 18, 6:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Jefferson	63 min
May 18, 6:50 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	LWX	Jefferson	3 hr
May 19, 7:53 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Logan, Mingo	37 min
May 19, 8:33 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Logan, Mingo	42 min
May 19, 10:32 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Logan, Mingo, Wyoming	118 min
May 19, 12:10 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Logan, McDowell, Mingo, Wyoming	3 hr
May 19, 3:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Brooke, Calhoun, Doddridge, Gilmer, Hancock, Jackson and 12 more	6 hr
May 19, 3:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Marion, Marshall, Monongalia, Wetzel	41 min
May 19, 3:36 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Jefferson	114 min
May 19, 4:03 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PBZ	Ohio	27 min
May 19, 4:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Preston	37 min
May 19, 5:50 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Brooke, Calhoun, Doddridge, Gilmer, Harrison, Jackson and 14 more	55 min
May 19, 7:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Cabell, Mason	32 min
May 19, 8:22 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Cabell, Lincoln, Mason, Putnam, Roane	53 min
May 19, 9:05 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Kanawha	55 min
May 19, 9:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Boone, Lincoln	61 min
May 19, 9:53 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Clay, Fayette, Nicholas	67 min
May 19, 10:21 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Greenbrier	54 min
May 19, 11:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Mingo	65 min
May 20, 1:06 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Greenbrier	54 min
May 20, 2:06 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Pocahontas	39 min
May 20, 2:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Greenbrier	63 min
May 20, 2:56 PM EDT	Flash Flood Watch	RLX	Boone, Lincoln, Logan, McDowell, Mingo, Raleigh and 2 more	31 hr
May 20, 3:19 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Pocahontas	3 hr
May 20, 3:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Wayne	28 min
May 20, 3:32 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Mercer	43 min
May 20, 4:19 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Mercer	56 min
May 20, 4:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Mercer, Summers	62 min
May 20, 4:37 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Monroe	41 min
May 20, 5:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Cabell	30 min
May 20, 5:11 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	McDowell, Wyoming	34 min
May 20, 5:22 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Cabell	3 hr
May 20, 5:23 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Monroe	37 min
May 20, 5:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	McDowell, Mingo, Wyoming	32 min
May 20, 5:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Greenbrier, Summers	37 min
May 20, 6:21 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Greenbrier	24 min
May 20, 6:39 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Nicholas	36 min
May 20, 6:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Boone, Fayette, Nicholas	32 min
May 20, 7:02 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Boone, Kanawha	28 min
May 20, 7:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Fayette	31 min
May 20, 7:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Lincoln	28 min
May 20, 7:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Boone, Fayette, Kanawha, Lincoln, Logan, Nicholas and 1 more	52 min
May 20, 7:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Pocahontas	45 min
May 20, 7:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Randolph	44 min
May 20, 7:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Braxton	46 min
May 20, 8:02 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Boone, Kanawha	28 min
May 24, 4:27 AM EDT	Flash Flood Watch	RNK	Greenbrier, Mercer, Monroe, Summers	20 hr
May 24, 1:37 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Logan	23 min
May 24, 1:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Logan	32 min
May 24, 1:53 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Boone, Lincoln, Logan, Mingo	3 hr
May 24, 2:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Logan	30 min
May 24, 2:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Boone	30 min
May 24, 3:06 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Mingo	84 min
May 25, 2:56 AM EDT	Flash Flood Watch	RLX	Boone, Clay, Fayette, Kanawha, Lincoln, Logan and 5 more	17 hr
May 25, 3:19 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	RNK	Greenbrier, Monroe	6 hr
May 25, 9:13 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	RNK	Greenbrier	3 hr
May 25, 12:08 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RNK	Greenbrier	3 hr
May 25, 12:59 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Jefferson	61 min
May 25, 1:08 PM EDT	Wind Advisory	RNK	Greenbrier, Mercer, Monroe, Summers	23 hr
May 25, 7:13 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RNK	Summers	6 hr
May 26, 1:03 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RNK	Summers	6 hr
May 26, 6:49 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	LWX	Jefferson	15 hr
May 27, 1:23 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Pleasants	22 min
May 27, 4:14 AM EDT	Flash Flood Watch	RLX	Barbour, Boone, Braxton, Cabell, Calhoun, Clay and 25 more	39 hr
May 27, 1:50 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Boone, Cabell, Jackson, Kanawha, Lincoln, Logan and 9 more	85 min
May 27, 3:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Doddridge	44 min
May 27, 3:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Doddridge, Gilmer, Harrison, Lewis	40 min
May 27, 4:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Barbour, Boone, Braxton, Cabell, Calhoun, Clay and 26 more	6 hr
May 27, 4:21 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Lewis, Upshur	24 min
May 27, 4:24 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Wood	36 min
May 27, 4:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Lewis, Upshur	29 min
May 27, 5:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Braxton, Lewis, Upshur	29 min
May 27, 6:11 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Wayne	94 min
May 27, 6:11 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Mercer, Monroe, Summers	64 min
May 27, 6:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Roane	32 min
May 27, 6:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Mercer	60 min
May 27, 6:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Jackson	24 min
May 27, 7:02 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Kanawha, Roane	28 min
May 27, 7:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Clay	30 min
May 27, 7:28 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Jackson, Mason, Putnam	3 hr
May 27, 7:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Doddridge, Pleasants	87 min
May 27, 7:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Greenbrier	54 min
May 27, 8:03 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Jackson	27 min
May 27, 8:07 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Braxton, Cabell, Calhoun, Clay, Doddridge, Gilmer and 13 more	83 min
May 27, 8:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Wirt	29 min
May 27, 9:21 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Ritchie	24 min
May 28, 1:42 AM EDT	Dense Fog Advisory	LWX	Berkeley, Hampshire, Jefferson, Mineral, Morgan	6 hr
May 28, 2:27 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Lewis	33 min
May 28, 2:31 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Upshur	44 min
May 28, 3:15 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Barbour, Doddridge, Harrison, Upshur	45 min
May 28, 11:11 AM EDT	Flash Flood Watch	PBZ	Marion, Monongalia, Preston, Tucker	8 hr
May 28, 11:13 AM EDT	Flash Flood Watch	LWX	Grant, Mineral, Pendleton	8 hr
May 28, 1:08 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	LWX	Pendleton	3 hr
May 30, 12:03 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Hampshire, Mineral	2 hr
May 30, 5:56 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Jefferson	64 min
May 30, 5:57 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	LWX	Jefferson	19 min
May 30, 6:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Jefferson	22 min
May 31, 10:48 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Wayne	42 min
May 31, 11:34 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Kanawha	41 min
May 31, 11:59 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Kanawha	31 min
May 31, 12:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Clay, Fayette, Kanawha, Nicholas	42 min
May 31, 12:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Fayette, Nicholas	31 min
May 31, 12:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Greenbrier	60 min
May 31, 2:05 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Brooke, Doddridge, Hancock, Marshall, Mason, Ohio and 6 more	85 min
May 31, 2:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Hancock	47 min
May 31, 3:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Wayne	15 min
May 31, 4:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Brooke, Marshall, Ohio	38 min
May 31, 4:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Mingo	34 min
May 31, 6:19 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Mercer	41 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	35
Tornado Warning	1
Severe Thunderstorm Watch	3
Tornado Watch	1
Mesoscale Discussion	16
Special Weather Statement	81
Flooding
Areal Flood Warning	6
Flash Flood Warning	8
River Flood Warning	4
Flash Flood Watch	8
Flood Watch	2
River Flood Watch	2
Areal Flood Advisory	3
Cold
Freeze Warning	3
Freeze Watch	2
Frost Advisory	6
Wind and dust
Wind Advisory	7
Fog and smoke
Dense Fog Advisory	1

By county

Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.

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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.