Alert archive / West Virginia / 2019
Weather alerts in West Virginia, January 2019
127 weather alerts in January 2019, 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 2019. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 127
- Warnings
- 27
- Watches
- 16
- Advisories
- 68
- Busiest day
- January 8, 201922 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 4, 10:10 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Mercer | 65 min |
| Jan 5, 12:58 PM EST | Wind Advisory | LWX | Pendleton | 5 hr |
| Jan 7, 9:31 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | LWX | Mineral | 3 hr |
| Jan 8, 3:02 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | RLX | Pocahontas, Randolph | 11 hr |
| Jan 8, 3:26 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | LWX | Grant, Pendleton | 11 hr |
| Jan 8, 3:32 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | PBZ | Preston, Tucker | 12 hr |
| Jan 8, 3:42 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | RNK | Greenbrier | 11 hr |
| Jan 8, 3:57 AM EST | Wind Advisory | RNK | Greenbrier, Mercer, Monroe, Summers | 51 hr |
| Jan 8, 10:26 AM EST | Wind Advisory | RLX | Barbour, Braxton, Cabell, Calhoun, Clay, Doddridge and 21 more | 18 hr |
| Jan 8, 11:20 AM EST | Wind Advisory | PBZ | Preston, Tucker | 16 hr |
| Jan 8, 1:54 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Brooke, Hancock, Marion, Marshall, Monongalia, Ohio and 2 more | 2 hr |
| Jan 8, 2:11 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | RLX | Barbour, Boone, Braxton, Calhoun, Clay, Doddridge and 22 more | 41 hr |
| Jan 8, 2:18 PM EST | Wind Advisory | LWX | Grant, Mineral, Pendleton | 22 hr |
| Jan 8, 2:18 PM EST | Winter Storm Warning | LWX | Grant, Pendleton | 27 hr |
| Jan 8, 2:18 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | LWX | Grant, Mineral, Pendleton | 47 hr |
| Jan 8, 2:18 PM EST | Winter Storm Warning | RNK | Greenbrier | 47 hr |
| Jan 8, 2:18 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | RNK | Greenbrier, Mercer, Summers | 41 hr |
| Jan 8, 2:57 PM EST | Winter Storm Warning | RLX | Pocahontas, Randolph | 45 hr |
| Jan 8, 3:21 PM EST | Winter Storm Warning | PBZ | Tucker | 45 hr |
| Jan 8, 3:21 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | PBZ | Preston, Tucker | 45 hr |
| Jan 8, 4:02 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Brooke | 43 min |
| Jan 8, 4:44 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Brooke, Marshall, Ohio | 31 min |
| Jan 8, 5:16 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Marion, Monongalia, Preston | 59 min |
| Jan 8, 6:15 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Preston | 45 min |
| Jan 8, 8:44 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Brooke, Ohio | 61 min |
| Jan 9, 1:11 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Calhoun, Jackson, Roane | 49 min |
| Jan 9, 10:32 PM EST | Snow Squall Warning | LWX | Berkeley, Jefferson | 28 min |
| Jan 10, 2:25 AM EST | Wind Advisory | LWX | Berkeley, Grant, Hampshire, Hardy, Jefferson, Mineral and 2 more | 11 hr |
| Jan 10, 12:10 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Jackson, Kanawha | 50 min |
| Jan 11, 3:37 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | LWX | Hardy, Pendleton | 11 hr |
| Jan 11, 4:06 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | RNK | Greenbrier, Mercer, Monroe, Summers | 12 hr |
| Jan 11, 4:09 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | RLX | Fayette, Nicholas, Pocahontas, Raleigh, Randolph, Webster | 11 hr |
| Jan 11, 4:09 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | RLX | Barbour, Boone, Braxton, Cabell, Calhoun, Clay and 27 more | 56 hr |
| Jan 11, 2:08 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | PBZ | Brooke, Hancock, Marion, Marshall, Monongalia, Ohio and 3 more | 51 hr |
| Jan 11, 2:17 PM EST | Winter Storm Warning | LWX | Berkeley, Grant, Hampshire, Hardy, Jefferson, Mineral and 2 more | 56 hr |
| Jan 11, 2:17 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | LWX | Berkeley, Hampshire, Jefferson, Mineral, Morgan | 56 hr |
| Jan 11, 3:09 PM EST | Winter Storm Warning | RLX | Fayette, Nicholas, Pocahontas, Raleigh, Randolph, Webster | 52 hr |
| Jan 11, 3:44 PM EST | Winter Storm Warning | RNK | Greenbrier, Mercer, Monroe, Summers | 51 hr |
| Jan 12, 10:15 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Mercer | 5 hr |
| Jan 13, 7:08 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | RLX | Barbour, Fayette, Nicholas, Pocahontas, Raleigh, Randolph and 2 more | 23 hr |
| Jan 13, 7:16 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | RNK | Greenbrier, Mercer, Monroe, Summers | 15 hr |
| Jan 13, 9:47 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | LWX | Berkeley, Grant, Hampshire, Hardy, Jefferson, Mineral and 2 more | 20 hr |
| Jan 13, 10:33 PM EST | Freezing Fog Advisory | RNK | Mercer | 11 hr |
| Jan 16, 4:45 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | PBZ | Brooke, Hancock, Marion, Marshall, Monongalia, Ohio and 3 more | 6 hr |
| Jan 16, 7:40 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | RLX | Barbour, Braxton, Doddridge, Fayette, Gilmer, Harrison and 11 more | 4 hr |
| Jan 16, 9:26 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | RNK | Greenbrier, Mercer, Summers | 3 hr |
| Jan 16, 11:30 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | LWX | Grant, Pendleton | 6 hr |
| Jan 17, 2:56 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | RLX | Pocahontas, Randolph, Webster | 41 hr |
| Jan 17, 3:24 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | PBZ | Preston, Tucker | 35 hr |
| Jan 17, 3:41 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | LWX | Berkeley, Grant, Jefferson, Mineral, Morgan, Pendleton | 30 hr |
| Jan 17, 4:49 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | RNK | Greenbrier, Mercer, Monroe, Summers | 24 hr |
| Jan 17, 2:54 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | PBZ | Brooke, Hancock, Marshall, Monongalia, Ohio, Preston and 1 more | 22 hr |
| Jan 18, 3:48 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | LWX | Berkeley, Grant, Hampshire, Hardy, Mineral, Morgan | 10 hr |
| Jan 18, 8:31 AM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | LWX | Jefferson | 3 hr |
| Jan 18, 12:14 PM EST | Flood Watch | RLX | Boone, Cabell, Jackson, Kanawha, Lincoln, Logan and 10 more | 40 hr |
| Jan 18, 1:10 PM EST | Winter Storm Warning | PBZ | Brooke, Hancock, Ohio | 48 hr |
| Jan 18, 1:10 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | PBZ | Brooke, Hancock, Marion, Marshall, Monongalia, Ohio and 3 more | 48 hr |
| Jan 18, 1:27 PM EST | Winter Storm Warning | LWX | Berkeley, Grant, Hampshire, Hardy, Jefferson, Mineral and 2 more | 41 hr |
| Jan 18, 1:27 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | LWX | Berkeley, Grant, Hampshire, Hardy, Jefferson, Mineral and 2 more | 41 hr |
| Jan 18, 2:31 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | RNK | Greenbrier | 22 hr |
| Jan 18, 2:43 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | RLX | Barbour, Boone, Braxton, Cabell, Calhoun, Clay and 28 more | 64 hr |
| Jan 19, 1:44 PM EST | Wind Advisory | LWX | Berkeley, Grant, Hampshire, Hardy, Jefferson, Mineral and 2 more | 29 hr |
| Jan 19, 3:13 PM EST | Wind Advisory | RLX | Pocahontas, Randolph | 24 hr |
| Jan 19, 3:52 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | RNK | Greenbrier, Mercer, Monroe, Summers | 40 hr |
| Jan 19, 4:57 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | PBZ | Brooke, Marion, Marshall, Monongalia, Ohio, Wetzel | 17 hr |
| Jan 19, 6:24 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Berkeley, Morgan | 3 hr |
| Jan 19, 8:31 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | RNK | Greenbrier, Monroe, Summers | 3 hr |
| Jan 20, 2:02 AM EST | Areal Flood Warning | RLX | Randolph | 12 hr |
| Jan 20, 3:44 AM EST | Wind Chill Warning | LWX | Grant, Mineral, Pendleton | 33 hr |
| Jan 20, 3:44 AM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | LWX | Berkeley, Grant, Hampshire, Hardy, Jefferson, Mineral and 1 more | 31 hr |
| Jan 20, 5:33 AM EST | Wind Chill Warning | RLX | Pocahontas, Randolph, Webster | 31 hr |
| Jan 20, 5:33 AM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | RLX | Barbour, Braxton, Calhoun, Clay, Doddridge, Fayette and 15 more | 28 hr |
| Jan 20, 8:55 AM EST | River Flood Warning | LWX | Berkeley, Jefferson | 16 hr |
| Jan 20, 10:03 AM EST | Wind Chill Warning | PBZ | Preston, Tucker | 27 hr |
| Jan 20, 10:03 AM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | PBZ | Brooke, Hancock, Marion, Marshall, Monongalia, Ohio and 1 more | 27 hr |
| Jan 20, 12:16 PM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | RNK | Greenbrier, Mercer, Monroe, Summers | 24 hr |
| Jan 21, 12:26 PM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | LWX | Grant, Mineral, Pendleton | 12 hr |
| Jan 21, 12:59 PM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | RLX | Pocahontas, Randolph | 12 hr |
| Jan 21, 1:24 PM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | PBZ | Preston, Tucker | 10 hr |
| Jan 23, 3:24 AM EST | Flood Watch | RLX | Jackson, Mason, Pleasants, Tyler, Wood | 31 hr |
| Jan 23, 8:13 AM EST | River Flood Watch | LWX | Berkeley, Jefferson | 6 hr |
| Jan 23, 9:25 AM EST | River Flood Watch | LWX | Morgan | 26 hr |
| Jan 23, 11:36 AM EST | Wind Advisory | RNK | Mercer | 7 hr |
| Jan 23, 12:54 PM EST | Wind Advisory | LWX | Grant, Mineral, Pendleton | 21 hr |
| Jan 23, 1:10 PM EST | Flood Watch | PBZ | Hancock | 15 hr |
| Jan 23, 1:56 PM EST | River Flood Warning | LWX | Berkeley, Jefferson | 36 hr |
| Jan 23, 2:07 PM EST | River Flood Watch | LWX | Pendleton | 8 hr |
| Jan 23, 10:05 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | RNK | Mercer | 3 hr |
| Jan 23, 10:16 PM EST | River Flood Warning | LWX | Pendleton | 11 hr |
| Jan 23, 10:22 PM EST | River Flood Watch | LWX | Berkeley, Jefferson | 11 hr |
| Jan 24, 12:29 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | RNK | Greenbrier | 3 hr |
| Jan 24, 1:01 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | RNK | Mercer | 5 hr |
| Jan 24, 1:14 AM EST | Wind Advisory | LWX | Pendleton | 8 hr |
| Jan 24, 9:34 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Mercer, Summers | 41 min |
| Jan 24, 10:44 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Barbour, Boone, Braxton, Cabell, Calhoun, Clay and 28 more | 3 hr |
| Jan 25, 9:22 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | LWX | Berkeley, Jefferson, Morgan | 53 min |
| Jan 26, 7:35 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Boone, Calhoun, Clay, Gilmer, Kanawha, Roane and 1 more | 85 min |
| Jan 28, 4:14 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | RLX | Barbour, Boone, Braxton, Cabell, Calhoun, Clay and 28 more | 34 hr |
| Jan 28, 4:21 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | RNK | Greenbrier, Mercer, Monroe, Summers | 35 hr |
| Jan 28, 2:58 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | LWX | Berkeley, Grant, Jefferson, Mineral, Pendleton | 29 hr |
| Jan 28, 11:52 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | PBZ | Brooke, Hancock, Marion, Marshall, Monongalia, Ohio and 3 more | 9 hr |
| Jan 29, 3:20 AM EST | Wind Chill Warning | LWX | Grant, Mineral, Pendleton | 57 hr |
| Jan 29, 3:20 AM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | LWX | Berkeley, Grant, Hampshire, Hardy, Jefferson, Mineral and 2 more | 57 hr |
| Jan 29, 3:36 AM EST | Wind Chill Warning | PBZ | Monongalia, Preston, Tucker | 59 hr |
| Jan 29, 3:36 AM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | PBZ | Brooke, Hancock, Marion, Marshall, Monongalia, Ohio and 1 more | 59 hr |
| Jan 29, 5:04 AM EST | Wind Chill Warning | RLX | Pocahontas, Randolph | 53 hr |
| Jan 29, 5:04 AM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | RLX | Barbour, Boone, Braxton, Cabell, Calhoun, Clay and 24 more | 53 hr |
| Jan 29, 3:20 PM EST | Wind Chill Warning | RNK | Greenbrier | 45 hr |
| Jan 29, 3:20 PM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | RNK | Greenbrier, Mercer, Monroe, Summers | 45 hr |
| Jan 29, 9:00 PM EST | Wind Advisory | LWX | Berkeley, Grant, Hampshire, Hardy, Jefferson, Mineral and 2 more | 20 hr |
| Jan 29, 10:25 PM EST | Wind Advisory | RNK | Greenbrier, Mercer, Monroe, Summers | 21 hr |
| Jan 30, 1:15 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | RLX | Barbour, Boone, Braxton, Cabell, Calhoun, Clay and 28 more | 14 hr |
| Jan 30, 3:20 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Hancock | 55 min |
| Jan 30, 3:31 AM EST | High Wind Warning | LWX | Grant, Mineral, Pendleton | 13 hr |
| Jan 30, 4:06 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | PBZ | Brooke, Hancock, Marion, Marshall, Monongalia, Ohio and 1 more | 5 hr |
| Jan 30, 5:23 AM EST | Snow Squall Warning | PBZ | Brooke, Ohio | 52 min |
| Jan 30, 8:33 AM EST | Snow Squall Warning | LWX | Grant, Mineral | 57 min |
| Jan 30, 10:13 AM EST | Snow Squall Warning | LWX | Berkeley, Jefferson, Morgan | 62 min |
| Jan 30, 11:13 AM EST | Snow Squall Warning | LWX | Berkeley, Hardy, Jefferson | 92 min |
| Jan 31, 9:58 AM EST | Wind Chill Warning | RLX | Pocahontas, Randolph | 3 hr |
| Jan 31, 9:58 AM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | RLX | Barbour, Braxton, Calhoun, Doddridge, Fayette, Gilmer and 14 more | 3 hr |
| Jan 31, 12:50 PM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | RLX | Pocahontas, Randolph | 9 hr |
| Jan 31, 2:45 PM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | PBZ | Monongalia, Preston, Tucker | 3 hr |
| Jan 31, 2:45 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | PBZ | Brooke, Hancock, Marion, Marshall, Monongalia, Ohio and 3 more | 24 hr |
| Jan 31, 2:53 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | RLX | Barbour, Boone, Braxton, Cabell, Calhoun, Clay and 28 more | 31 hr |
| Jan 31, 3:05 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | RNK | Greenbrier, Mercer, Monroe, Summers | 28 hr |
| Jan 31, 3:27 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | LWX | Berkeley, Grant, Hampshire, Hardy, Jefferson, Mineral and 2 more | 27 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 | |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 3 |
| Special Weather Statement | 13 |
| Flooding | |
| Areal Flood Warning | 1 |
| River Flood Warning | 3 |
| Flood Watch | 3 |
| River Flood Watch | 4 |
| Areal Flood Advisory | 4 |
| Winter | |
| Snow Squall Warning | 5 |
| Winter Storm Warning | 9 |
| Winter Storm Watch | 9 |
| Winter Weather Advisory | 35 |
| Cold | |
| Wind Chill Warning | 8 |
| Wind Chill Advisory | 14 |
| Wind and dust | |
| High Wind Warning | 1 |
| Wind Advisory | 13 |
| 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.
- Pendleton County26
- Randolph County25
- Grant County24
- Mineral County23
- Pocahontas County23
- Berkeley County23
- Jefferson County22
- Mercer County20
- Greenbrier County19
- Webster County17
- Morgan County17
- Preston County16
- Brooke County16
- Tucker County15
- Summers County15
- Nicholas County15
- Tyler County15
- Ohio County15
- Pleasants County14
- Monongalia County14
- Fayette County14
- Raleigh County14
- Barbour County13
- Calhoun County13
- Gilmer County13
- Jackson County13
- Ritchie County13
- Upshur County13
- Wirt County13
- Wood County13
- Hancock County13
- Hardy County13
- Monroe County12
- Braxton County12
- Doddridge County12
- Harrison County12
- Kanawha County12
- Lewis County12
- Roane County12
- Taylor County12
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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.