Alert archive / West Virginia / 2018
Weather alerts in West Virginia, April 2018
149 weather alerts in April 2018, 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 2018. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 149
- Warnings
- 67
- Watches
- 23
- Advisories
- 29
- Busiest day
- April 4, 201832 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, 3:16 AM EDT | Winter Storm Watch | PBZ | Monongalia, Preston, Tucker | 10 hr |
| Apr 1, 4:01 AM EDT | Winter Weather Advisory | LWX | Berkeley, Grant, Hampshire, Hardy, Jefferson, Mineral and 2 more | 27 hr |
| Apr 1, 1:32 PM EDT | Winter Storm Warning | PBZ | Preston, Tucker | 17 hr |
| Apr 1, 1:32 PM EDT | Winter Weather Advisory | PBZ | Marion, Monongalia, Preston, Tucker | 17 hr |
| Apr 1, 1:44 PM EDT | Winter Storm Warning | LWX | Grant, Mineral | 17 hr |
| Apr 1, 2:12 PM EDT | Winter Weather Advisory | RLX | Barbour, Doddridge, Harrison, Lewis, Pocahontas, Randolph and 3 more | 14 hr |
| Apr 3, 7:10 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | PBZ | Brooke, Hancock, Marion, Marshall, Monongalia, Ohio and 1 more | 19 hr |
| Apr 3, 7:16 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | RLX | Doddridge, Harrison, Pleasants, Ritchie, Tyler, Wood | 8 hr |
| Apr 3, 9:33 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Jackson, Pleasants, Ritchie, Roane, Tyler, Wirt and 1 more | 57 min |
| Apr 3, 10:40 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Doddridge, Pleasants, Ritchie, Tyler, Wirt, Wood | 2 hr |
| Apr 3, 11:05 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PBZ | Marshall | 6 hr |
| Apr 3, 12:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Doddridge, Harrison, Pleasants, Ritchie, Tyler, Wirt and 1 more | 2 hr |
| Apr 3, 1:38 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | PBZ | Marion, Marshall, Monongalia, Wetzel | 6 hr |
| Apr 3, 1:39 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | RLX | Doddridge, Jackson, Pleasants, Ritchie, Tyler, Wirt and 1 more | 3 hr |
| Apr 3, 1:58 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | PBZ | Brooke, Hancock, Marion, Marshall, Monongalia, Ohio and 3 more | 30 hr |
| Apr 3, 2:24 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | RLX | Doddridge, Harrison, Jackson, Mason, Pleasants, Ritchie and 4 more | 13 hr |
| Apr 3, 2:26 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PBZ | Brooke, Hancock, Ohio | 3 hr |
| Apr 3, 5:13 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | RLX | Doddridge, Harrison, Jackson, Pleasants, Ritchie, Tyler and 2 more | 18 hr |
| Apr 3, 5:33 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | LWX | Berkeley, Grant, Hampshire, Hardy, Jefferson, Mineral and 2 more | 25 hr |
| Apr 3, 6:38 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barbour, Braxton, Brooke, Cabell, Calhoun, Clay and 31 more | 2 hr |
| Apr 3, 7:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Braxton, Brooke, Cabell, Calhoun, Clay, Doddridge and 22 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 3, 7:42 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | PBZ | Marshall, Ohio | 24 hr |
| Apr 3, 7:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Marshall, Ohio | 32 min |
| Apr 3, 7:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Brooke, Ohio | 48 min |
| Apr 3, 7:58 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PBZ | Brooke | 3 hr |
| Apr 3, 8:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Marshall, Monongalia, Ohio, Wetzel | 26 min |
| Apr 3, 8:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Mason | 45 min |
| Apr 3, 8:17 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PBZ | Brooke, Hancock, Ohio | 11 hr |
| Apr 3, 8:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Jackson, Mason | 33 min |
| Apr 3, 9:16 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Boone, Cabell, Clay, Fayette, Kanawha, Lincoln and 9 more | 89 min |
| Apr 3, 9:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Boone, Logan, Mingo | 5 hr |
| Apr 3, 10:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Doddridge, Harrison | 24 min |
| Apr 3, 10:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Doddridge, Harrison | 34 min |
| Apr 3, 11:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Wayne | 23 min |
| Apr 3, 11:49 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Boone, Fayette, Kanawha, Lincoln, Logan, McDowell and 5 more | 86 min |
| Apr 4, 12:46 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Lincoln | 29 min |
| Apr 4, 12:57 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Wayne | 33 min |
| Apr 4, 1:29 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Boone, Kanawha, Logan, Mingo | 31 min |
| Apr 4, 1:35 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Mingo | 55 min |
| Apr 4, 1:57 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Braxton, Clay | 63 min |
| Apr 4, 2:07 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Fayette | 23 min |
| Apr 4, 2:09 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Fayette | 21 min |
| Apr 4, 2:16 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Boone, Logan, McDowell, Mingo, Wyoming | 29 min |
| Apr 4, 2:17 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Mercer, Summers | 58 min |
| Apr 4, 2:31 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Greenbrier | 59 min |
| Apr 4, 2:51 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Fayette, Raleigh, Wyoming | 24 min |
| Apr 4, 3:00 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Barbour, Randolph, Upshur, Webster | 60 min |
| Apr 4, 3:14 AM EDT | Wind Advisory | RLX | Barbour, Doddridge, Harrison, Pleasants, Pocahontas, Randolph and 2 more | 16 hr |
| Apr 4, 3:17 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Greenbrier, Mercer, Monroe, Summers | 43 min |
| Apr 4, 5:46 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Clay | 44 min |
| Apr 4, 10:59 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | RLX | Pleasants, Wood | 62 hr |
| Apr 4, 10:59 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | RLX | Wood | 50 hr |
| Apr 4, 10:59 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | RLX | Jackson, Wood | 3 days |
| Apr 4, 10:59 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | RLX | Mason | 3 days |
| Apr 4, 10:59 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | RLX | Mason | 3 days |
| Apr 4, 11:21 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | RLX | Pleasants, Wood | 15 hr |
| Apr 4, 1:56 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | RLX | Mason | 63 hr |
| Apr 5, 4:11 AM EDT | Winter Storm Watch | RLX | Cabell, Lincoln, Mason, Putnam, Wayne | 24 hr |
| Apr 6, 4:25 AM EDT | Winter Weather Advisory | RLX | Boone, Cabell, Fayette, Kanawha, Lincoln, Logan and 7 more | 30 hr |
| Apr 6, 3:02 PM EDT | Winter Weather Advisory | RNK | Greenbrier, Mercer, Monroe, Summers | 21 hr |
| Apr 8, 2:54 PM EDT | Winter Weather Advisory | RNK | Greenbrier, Mercer, Monroe, Summers | 20 hr |
| Apr 8, 3:12 PM EDT | Winter Weather Advisory | RLX | Fayette, Nicholas, Raleigh | 20 hr |
| Apr 9, 10:49 PM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | RNK | Monroe | 5 hr |
| Apr 9, 10:49 PM EDT | Freezing Fog Advisory | RNK | Greenbrier | 5 hr |
| Apr 11, 11:27 AM EDT | Fire Weather Watch | RLX | Barbour, Boone, Braxton, Cabell, Calhoun, Clay and 28 more | 33 hr |
| Apr 11, 1:34 PM EDT | Fire Weather Watch | LWX | Berkeley, Grant, Hampshire, Hardy, Jefferson, Mineral and 2 more | 14 hr |
| Apr 12, 3:07 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | RNK | Greenbrier, Mercer, Monroe, Summers | 17 hr |
| Apr 12, 3:42 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | LWX | Berkeley, Grant, Hampshire, Hardy, Jefferson, Mineral and 2 more | 16 hr |
| Apr 12, 3:58 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | RLX | Barbour, Boone, Braxton, Cabell, Calhoun, Clay and 28 more | 16 hr |
| Apr 12, 8:44 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | PBZ | Marion, Marshall, Monongalia, Ohio, Preston, Tucker and 1 more | 11 hr |
| Apr 13, 8:49 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | RLX | Barbour, Braxton, Calhoun, Doddridge, Gilmer, Harrison and 12 more | 11 hr |
| Apr 13, 9:30 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | PBZ | Marion, Marshall, Monongalia, Ohio, Preston, Tucker and 1 more | 11 hr |
| Apr 13, 10:53 AM EDT | River Flood Watch | PBZ | Preston | 24 hr |
| Apr 13, 10:53 AM EDT | River Flood Watch | PBZ | Ohio | 47 hr |
| Apr 13, 10:53 AM EDT | River Flood Watch | PBZ | Ohio | 47 hr |
| Apr 13, 10:53 AM EDT | River Flood Watch | PBZ | Marshall | 47 hr |
| Apr 13, 10:53 AM EDT | River Flood Watch | PBZ | Marshall | 24 hr |
| Apr 14, 2:18 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | RLX | Barbour, Boone, Braxton, Calhoun, Clay, Doddridge and 23 more | 38 hr |
| Apr 14, 2:41 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | PBZ | Brooke, Hancock, Marion, Marshall, Monongalia, Ohio and 3 more | 37 hr |
| Apr 15, 3:57 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | RNK | Greenbrier, Mercer, Monroe, Summers | 20 hr |
| Apr 15, 2:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Wayne | 57 min |
| Apr 15, 2:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Mercer | 56 min |
| Apr 15, 2:42 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | LWX | Grant, Hardy, Pendleton | 13 hr |
| Apr 15, 2:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Fayette, Nicholas | 44 min |
| Apr 15, 3:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Cabell, Wayne | 36 min |
| Apr 15, 3:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Braxton, Nicholas | 29 min |
| Apr 15, 3:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Monroe | 63 min |
| Apr 15, 4:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Braxton, Lewis, Pocahontas, Webster | 36 min |
| Apr 15, 4:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Barbour, Lewis, Randolph, Upshur | 30 min |
| Apr 15, 5:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Barbour, Taylor | 33 min |
| Apr 15, 8:27 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | RLX | Boone, McDowell, Mingo, Raleigh, Wyoming | 15 hr |
| Apr 15, 10:10 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | PBZ | Brooke, Hancock, Marshall, Ohio | 18 hr |
| Apr 15, 10:19 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | RLX | Barbour, Braxton, Doddridge, Gilmer, Harrison, Lewis and 6 more | 24 hr |
| Apr 15, 10:29 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | PBZ | Marion, Monongalia, Preston, Tucker, Wetzel | 18 hr |
| Apr 16, 1:17 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | LWX | Pendleton | 13 hr |
| Apr 16, 1:40 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | RNK | Mercer, Monroe, Summers | 12 hr |
| Apr 16, 3:03 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | RLX | Boone, Braxton, Cabell, Calhoun, Clay, Doddridge and 17 more | 31 hr |
| Apr 16, 4:13 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Grant, Hardy, Pendleton | 85 min |
| Apr 16, 4:29 AM EDT | Freeze Watch | LWX | Berkeley, Jefferson, Morgan | 12 hr |
| Apr 16, 5:33 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | RLX | Pocahontas | 10 hr |
| Apr 16, 5:33 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | RLX | Pocahontas | 18 hr |
| Apr 16, 5:37 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | LWX | Grant, Hardy, Pendleton | 13 hr |
| Apr 16, 5:51 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | RLX | Pleasants, Ritchie, Tyler | 24 hr |
| Apr 16, 7:28 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | RNK | Greenbrier | 6 hr |
| Apr 16, 8:32 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | RNK | Greenbrier, Monroe, Summers | 23 hr |
| Apr 16, 9:24 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | RLX | Calhoun, Gilmer | 14 hr |
| Apr 16, 9:53 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | RLX | Harrison | 18 hr |
| Apr 16, 10:07 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | LWX | Hampshire, Hardy | 28 hr |
| Apr 16, 10:08 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | LWX | Berkeley, Jefferson | 18 hr |
| Apr 16, 10:40 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | RLX | Barbour | 26 hr |
| Apr 16, 10:52 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | PBZ | Preston | 18 hr |
| Apr 16, 11:12 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | RLX | Upshur | 20 hr |
| Apr 16, 12:06 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | RLX | Barbour | 31 hr |
| Apr 16, 1:05 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PBZ | Tucker | 7 hr |
| Apr 16, 3:01 PM EDT | Winter Weather Advisory | RNK | Greenbrier | 20 hr |
| Apr 16, 3:35 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | RLX | Barbour, Randolph | 4 hr |
| Apr 16, 4:25 PM EDT | Freeze Warning | LWX | Berkeley, Jefferson, Morgan | 15 hr |
| Apr 16, 4:43 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RNK | Mercer | 5 hr |
| Apr 16, 10:17 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | LWX | Berkeley, Jefferson | 32 hr |
| Apr 17, 2:56 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | LWX | Morgan | 5 hr |
| Apr 17, 4:08 AM EDT | Freeze Watch | LWX | Berkeley, Jefferson, Morgan | 9 hr |
| Apr 17, 4:50 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | RLX | Pleasants, Tyler | 111 min |
| Apr 17, 5:49 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | RLX | Fayette | 6 hr |
| Apr 17, 9:45 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Kanawha | 3 hr |
| Apr 17, 11:24 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | RLX | Mason | 48 hr |
| Apr 17, 12:49 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | RLX | Fayette | 3 hr |
| Apr 17, 1:24 PM EDT | Freeze Warning | LWX | Berkeley, Jefferson, Morgan | 19 hr |
| Apr 17, 4:58 PM EDT | Freeze Warning | RLX | Braxton, Calhoun, Clay, Doddridge, Gilmer, Harrison and 9 more | 16 hr |
| Apr 18, 2:03 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | RLX | Fayette, Nicholas, Pocahontas, Raleigh, Randolph, Webster | 27 hr |
| Apr 18, 2:22 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | LWX | Grant, Mineral, Pendleton | 27 hr |
| Apr 18, 2:59 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | RNK | Greenbrier, Mercer, Monroe, Summers | 26 hr |
| Apr 18, 10:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Cabell, Mason | 37 min |
| Apr 18, 11:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Cabell, Jackson, Mason, Putnam, Wirt, Wood | 42 min |
| Apr 19, 3:05 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | RLX | Boone, Braxton, Cabell, Calhoun, Clay, Doddridge and 17 more | 31 hr |
| Apr 19, 4:27 AM EDT | Freeze Watch | LWX | Berkeley, Jefferson, Morgan | 10 hr |
| Apr 19, 2:22 PM EDT | Freeze Warning | LWX | Berkeley, Jefferson, Morgan | 18 hr |
| Apr 20, 4:16 AM EDT | Freeze Watch | LWX | Berkeley, Jefferson, Morgan | 10 hr |
| Apr 20, 2:13 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | RLX | Wayne | 20 hr |
| Apr 20, 2:13 PM EDT | Freeze Warning | RLX | Boone, Braxton, Cabell, Calhoun, Clay, Doddridge and 18 more | 20 hr |
| Apr 20, 2:28 PM EDT | Freeze Warning | LWX | Berkeley, Jefferson, Morgan | 19 hr |
| Apr 22, 3:36 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | RNK | Greenbrier, Mercer, Summers | 34 hr |
| Apr 23, 3:30 AM EDT | Wind Advisory | RLX | Fayette, Nicholas, Raleigh, Webster | 23 hr |
| Apr 28, 3:08 AM EDT | Frost Advisory | RLX | Boone, Braxton, Cabell, Calhoun, Clay, Doddridge and 17 more | 30 hr |
| Apr 29, 9:39 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | RLX | Boone, Braxton, Cabell, Calhoun, Clay, Doddridge and 19 more | 23 hr |
| Apr 29, 3:15 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | LWX | Berkeley, Jefferson, Morgan | 17 hr |
| Apr 29, 3:18 PM EDT | Fire Weather Watch | LWX | Berkeley, Grant, Hampshire, Hardy, Jefferson, Mineral and 1 more | 12 hr |
| Apr 30, 3:32 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | LWX | Berkeley, Grant, Hampshire, Hardy, Jefferson, Mineral and 1 more | 16 hr |
| Apr 30, 7:04 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | RNK | Greenbrier, Monroe | 13 hr |
| Apr 30, 7:18 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | RLX | Boone, Braxton, Calhoun, Clay, Doddridge, Gilmer and 14 more | 14 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 | 10 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 2 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 3 |
| Special Weather Statement | 27 |
| Flooding | |
| Areal Flood Warning | 16 |
| Flash Flood Warning | 1 |
| River Flood Warning | 22 |
| Flash Flood Watch | 7 |
| River Flood Watch | 5 |
| Areal Flood Advisory | 6 |
| Winter | |
| Winter Storm Warning | 2 |
| Winter Storm Watch | 2 |
| Winter Weather Advisory | 8 |
| Cold | |
| Freeze Warning | 9 |
| Freeze Watch | 4 |
| Frost Advisory | 5 |
| Wind and dust | |
| Wind Advisory | 8 |
| Fire | |
| Red Flag Warning | 7 |
| Fire Weather Watch | 3 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 1 |
| Freezing Fog Advisory | 1 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Pleasants County25
- Wood County25
- Doddridge County24
- Harrison County23
- Tyler County23
- Ritchie County21
- Mason County21
- Jackson County20
- Wirt County20
- Berkeley County17
- Jefferson County17
- Lewis County17
- Braxton County17
- Wayne County17
- Mingo County17
- Morgan County16
- Ohio County16
- Kanawha County16
- Boone County16
- Marshall County15
- Cabell County15
- Clay County15
- Gilmer County15
- Fayette County15
- Logan County15
- Barbour County14
- Roane County14
- Calhoun County14
- Lincoln County14
- Putnam County14
- Greenbrier County13
- Monongalia County12
- Grant County12
- Randolph County12
- Mercer County12
- Wyoming County12
- Preston County11
- Taylor County11
- Nicholas County11
- McDowell County11
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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.