Alert archive / West Virginia / 2020
Weather alerts in West Virginia, January 2020
62 weather alerts in January 2020, 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 2020. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 62
- Warnings
- 15
- Watches
- 3
- Advisories
- 33
- Busiest day
- January 11, 202018 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 31, 8:10 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Hancock | 80 min |
| Jan 4, 3:31 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | RLX | Nicholas, Pocahontas, Randolph, Webster | 30 hr |
| Jan 4, 3:36 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | RNK | Greenbrier | 30 hr |
| Jan 4, 3:42 AM EST | Wind Advisory | RNK | Monroe | 30 hr |
| Jan 4, 4:14 AM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | LWX | Berkeley, Grant, Hampshire, Hardy, Jefferson, Mineral and 1 more | 7 hr |
| Jan 4, 1:51 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | PBZ | Tucker | 20 hr |
| Jan 4, 2:11 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | LWX | Grant, Pendleton | 16 hr |
| Jan 6, 3:35 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | RNK | Greenbrier, Mercer, Monroe, Summers | 34 hr |
| Jan 6, 5:02 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | RLX | Barbour, Boone, Braxton, Calhoun, Clay, Fayette and 15 more | 35 hr |
| Jan 6, 1:49 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | LWX | Berkeley, Grant, Hampshire, Hardy, Jefferson, Mineral and 2 more | 29 hr |
| Jan 7, 12:51 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | PBZ | Preston, Tucker | 15 hr |
| Jan 7, 8:49 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barbour, Berkeley, Boone, Braxton, Clay, Fayette and 22 more | 4 hr |
| Jan 7, 12:29 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Berkeley, Jefferson, Morgan | 2 hr |
| Jan 7, 2:07 PM EST | Wind Advisory | RNK | Greenbrier, Mercer, Monroe, Summers | 28 hr |
| Jan 8, 2:30 AM EST | Wind Advisory | RLX | Pocahontas, Randolph | 16 hr |
| Jan 8, 3:40 AM EST | Wind Advisory | LWX | Berkeley, Grant, Hampshire, Hardy, Jefferson, Mineral and 2 more | 13 hr |
| Jan 8, 3:47 AM EST | Wind Advisory | PBZ | Tucker | 11 hr |
| Jan 8, 10:08 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Hancock | 52 min |
| Jan 10, 2:43 PM EST | Wind Advisory | RNK | Greenbrier, Mercer, Monroe, Summers | 37 hr |
| Jan 11, 3:15 AM EST | High Wind Watch | PBZ | Monongalia, Preston, Tucker | 10 hr |
| Jan 11, 3:15 AM EST | Wind Advisory | PBZ | Brooke, Hancock, Marion, Marshall, Monongalia, Ohio and 3 more | 31 hr |
| Jan 11, 3:38 AM EST | High Wind Watch | LWX | Grant, Mineral, Pendleton | 10 hr |
| Jan 11, 3:53 AM EST | Wind Advisory | RLX | Barbour, Boone, Braxton, Cabell, Calhoun, Clay and 28 more | 30 hr |
| Jan 11, 1:13 PM EST | Wind Advisory | LWX | Berkeley, Grant, Hampshire, Hardy, Mineral, Morgan and 1 more | 20 hr |
| Jan 11, 3:24 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Cabell, Jackson, Lincoln, Mason, Putnam, Wood | 51 min |
| Jan 11, 3:29 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Cabell, Lincoln, Putnam, Wayne | 31 min |
| Jan 11, 3:45 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Wayne | 30 min |
| Jan 11, 3:52 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Jackson, Mason, Putnam | 23 min |
| Jan 11, 4:02 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Cabell, Lincoln, Putnam, Wayne | 15 min |
| Jan 11, 4:14 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Hancock | 31 min |
| Jan 11, 4:36 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Calhoun, Gilmer, Ritchie, Roane, Wirt | 24 min |
| Jan 11, 4:39 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Doddridge, Pleasants, Ritchie, Tyler, Wirt, Wood | 36 min |
| Jan 11, 4:45 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Brooke, Hancock, Marion, Marshall, Monongalia, Ohio and 1 more | 60 min |
| Jan 11, 5:00 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Doddridge, Gilmer, Harrison, Lewis, Ritchie, Taylor and 1 more | 45 min |
| Jan 11, 5:31 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Marion, Monongalia, Preston | 29 min |
| Jan 11, 5:41 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Marion, Monongalia, Preston, Tucker | 79 min |
| Jan 11, 6:36 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | McDowell | 84 min |
| Jan 11, 7:37 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Mercer | 5 hr |
| Jan 11, 8:04 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Mercer, Monroe, Summers | 43 min |
| Jan 11, 8:44 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Greenbrier, Monroe, Summers | 61 min |
| Jan 11, 8:57 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Fayette, Nicholas, Randolph, Webster | 48 min |
| Jan 11, 9:26 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Greenbrier | 64 min |
| Jan 14, 10:41 PM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | LWX | Berkeley, Jefferson, Morgan | 10 hr |
| Jan 15, 2:32 AM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | PBZ | Brooke, Hancock, Marion, Marshall, Monongalia, Ohio and 1 more | 9 hr |
| Jan 15, 9:26 AM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | LWX | Berkeley, Jefferson | 34 min |
| Jan 15, 2:30 PM EST | Wind Advisory | RNK | Greenbrier, Monroe | 34 hr |
| Jan 15, 2:50 PM EST | Wind Advisory | LWX | Berkeley, Grant, Hampshire, Hardy, Jefferson, Mineral and 2 more | 22 hr |
| Jan 17, 3:11 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | RLX | Barbour, Doddridge, Fayette, Harrison, Lewis, Nicholas and 8 more | 40 hr |
| Jan 17, 3:53 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | RNK | Greenbrier, Mercer, Monroe, Summers | 35 hr |
| Jan 17, 1:33 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | LWX | Berkeley, Grant, Hampshire, Hardy, Jefferson, Mineral and 2 more | 29 hr |
| Jan 17, 2:02 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | PBZ | Brooke, Hancock, Marion, Marshall, Monongalia, Ohio and 3 more | 28 hr |
| Jan 19, 3:28 AM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | RLX | Pocahontas, Randolph | 31 hr |
| Jan 19, 2:32 PM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | RNK | Greenbrier | 19 hr |
| Jan 23, 3:17 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | RNK | Greenbrier, Monroe | 20 hr |
| Jan 23, 3:19 PM EST | Wind Advisory | RNK | Greenbrier, Mercer, Summers | 27 hr |
| Jan 24, 2:24 AM EST | Wind Advisory | RLX | Fayette, Nicholas, Pocahontas, Randolph, Webster | 17 hr |
| Jan 24, 2:56 AM EST | Wind Advisory | PBZ | Monongalia, Preston, Tucker | 16 hr |
| Jan 24, 4:29 PM EST | Areal Flood Warning | RLX | Wood | 9 hr |
| Jan 24, 6:41 PM EST | Areal Flood Warning | RLX | Ritchie, Wirt | 9 hr |
| Jan 24, 6:59 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Jackson, Kanawha, Putnam, Roane | 3 hr |
| Jan 24, 8:54 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Jackson, Kanawha, Putnam, Roane | 6 hr |
| Jan 25, 4:22 AM EST | Areal Flood Warning | RLX | Pleasants, Tyler | 9 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 | 12 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 1 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 3 |
| Special Weather Statement | 8 |
| Flooding | |
| Areal Flood Warning | 3 |
| Winter | |
| Winter Weather Advisory | 13 |
| Cold | |
| Wind Chill Advisory | 2 |
| Wind and dust | |
| High Wind Watch | 2 |
| Wind Advisory | 14 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 4 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Greenbrier County12
- Monroe County10
- Berkeley County10
- Randolph County9
- Grant County9
- Morgan County9
- Tucker County9
- Pocahontas County8
- Jefferson County8
- Mineral County8
- Pendleton County8
- Mercer County8
- Summers County8
- Preston County8
- Monongalia County8
- Hancock County7
- Nicholas County7
- Webster County7
- Hampshire County7
- Hardy County7
- Putnam County7
- Fayette County6
- Marion County6
- Lewis County5
- Lincoln County5
- Roane County5
- Jackson County5
- Ritchie County5
- Tyler County5
- Barbour County4
- Gilmer County4
- Kanawha County4
- McDowell County4
- Raleigh County4
- Upshur County4
- Taylor County4
- Brooke County4
- Marshall County4
- Ohio County4
- Wetzel 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.