Alert archive / West Virginia / 2020
Weather alerts in West Virginia, March 2020
68 weather alerts in March 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 March 2020. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 68
- Warnings
- 23
- Watches
- 4
- Advisories
- 13
- Busiest day
- March 28, 202015 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 3, 1:22 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barbour, Braxton, Brooke, Calhoun, Clay, Doddridge and 30 more | 113 min |
| Mar 3, 3:01 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Roane | 29 min |
| Mar 3, 3:19 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Braxton | 26 min |
| Mar 3, 3:35 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Braxton | 40 min |
| Mar 3, 4:23 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Braxton, Webster | 52 min |
| Mar 3, 4:27 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barbour, Berkeley, Braxton, Fayette, Grant, Greenbrier and 18 more | 2 hr |
| Mar 3, 5:01 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Randolph | 29 min |
| Mar 3, 5:25 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Webster | 50 min |
| Mar 3, 6:14 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Jefferson | 18 min |
| Mar 3, 8:52 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Marion, Monongalia, Preston | 23 min |
| Mar 3, 9:12 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Barbour, Doddridge, Harrison, Ritchie, Taylor | 48 min |
| Mar 3, 9:20 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Monongalia, Preston, Tucker | 25 min |
| Mar 3, 10:03 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Berkeley, Hampshire, Mineral, Morgan | 27 min |
| Mar 3, 10:26 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Berkeley, Hampshire, Jefferson, Morgan | 34 min |
| Mar 3, 10:28 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Grant, Hampshire, Hardy, Pendleton | 30 min |
| Mar 3, 10:52 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Jefferson | 113 min |
| Mar 3, 10:54 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Jefferson | 36 min |
| Mar 4, 2:20 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | RLX | Pocahontas, Randolph | 23 hr |
| Mar 5, 3:24 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | PBZ | Tucker | 11 hr |
| Mar 5, 1:48 PM EST | Winter Storm Warning | RLX | Nicholas, Pocahontas, Randolph, Webster | 35 hr |
| Mar 5, 1:48 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | RLX | Fayette, Nicholas, Raleigh, Randolph, Webster | 35 hr |
| Mar 5, 2:25 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | PBZ | Tucker | 35 hr |
| Mar 5, 2:28 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | LWX | Grant, Pendleton | 32 hr |
| Mar 5, 2:59 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | RNK | Greenbrier, Mercer, Summers | 39 hr |
| Mar 5, 8:34 PM EST | Wind Advisory | RNK | Greenbrier, Monroe | 36 hr |
| Mar 12, 12:13 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | RLX | Cabell, Lincoln, Mason, Putnam, Wayne | 14 hr |
| Mar 13, 6:00 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Logan, McDowell, Mingo, Wyoming | 4 hr |
| Mar 14, 1:30 PM EDT | Winter Weather Advisory | LWX | Grant, Mineral, Pendleton | 22 hr |
| Mar 14, 2:12 PM EDT | Winter Weather Advisory | PBZ | Tucker | 21 hr |
| Mar 14, 2:43 PM EDT | Winter Weather Advisory | RLX | Pocahontas, Randolph | 20 hr |
| Mar 18, 11:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Pleasants, Wood | 46 min |
| Mar 20, 7:14 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PBZ | Brooke, Hancock | 3 hr |
| Mar 20, 12:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Marion, Monongalia | 54 min |
| Mar 20, 12:40 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Brooke, Hancock, Marshall, Ohio | 2 hr |
| Mar 20, 1:01 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | PBZ | Hancock | 3 hr |
| Mar 20, 2:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Hancock | 43 min |
| Mar 20, 2:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Brooke | 45 min |
| Mar 20, 5:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Preston | 29 min |
| Mar 22, 12:42 PM EDT | Winter Weather Advisory | RLX | Pocahontas, Randolph | 21 hr |
| Mar 24, 11:55 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | RLX | McDowell | 6 hr |
| Mar 28, 3:12 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Pocahontas, Randolph, Upshur, Webster | 48 min |
| Mar 28, 3:17 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Greenbrier | 43 min |
| Mar 28, 10:32 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Hancock | 88 min |
| Mar 28, 1:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Brooke, Hancock, Marshall, Ohio | 6 hr |
| Mar 28, 3:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Brooke, Hancock | 42 min |
| Mar 28, 3:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Hancock | 29 min |
| Mar 28, 3:40 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PBZ | Brooke, Hancock | 35 min |
| Mar 28, 4:03 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Brooke, Hancock, Marshall, Ohio | 87 min |
| Mar 28, 4:10 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Brooke, Hancock | 9 hr |
| Mar 28, 4:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Marshall, Ohio | 46 min |
| Mar 28, 4:19 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Hancock | 3 hr |
| Mar 28, 5:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Marshall, Ohio | 41 min |
| Mar 28, 5:23 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Brooke, Marshall, Ohio | 3 hr |
| Mar 28, 5:51 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Mineral, Morgan, Preston | 84 min |
| Mar 28, 7:09 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | PBZ | Hancock | 3 hr |
| Mar 28, 9:24 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Brooke, Marshall, Ohio | 3 hr |
| Mar 28, 9:58 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | PBZ | Hancock | 5 hr |
| Mar 28, 10:04 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Hancock | 111 min |
| Mar 28, 10:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Brooke, Marshall, Ohio | 35 min |
| Mar 29, 12:32 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | PBZ | Brooke, Hancock, Marshall, Ohio | 8 hr |
| Mar 29, 2:57 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Mason | 33 min |
| Mar 29, 3:22 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Jackson | 23 min |
| Mar 29, 3:32 AM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | LWX | Berkeley, Hampshire, Hardy, Jefferson, Morgan, Pendleton | 7 hr |
| Mar 29, 7:31 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Upshur | 44 min |
| Mar 29, 7:51 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Wyoming | 24 min |
| Mar 29, 8:06 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Mercer | 24 min |
| Mar 29, 1:58 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | PBZ | Brooke, Hancock, Marion, Marshall, Monongalia, Ohio and 3 more | 7 hr |
| Mar 29, 11:16 PM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | LWX | Berkeley, Jefferson, Morgan | 5 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 |
| Tornado Warning | 1 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 1 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 7 |
| Special Weather Statement | 21 |
| Flooding | |
| Areal Flood Warning | 5 |
| Flash Flood Warning | 6 |
| Flash Flood Watch | 1 |
| Areal Flood Advisory | 1 |
| Winter | |
| Winter Storm Warning | 1 |
| Winter Storm Watch | 2 |
| Winter Weather Advisory | 8 |
| Wind and dust | |
| Wind Advisory | 2 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 2 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Hancock County17
- Brooke County14
- Marshall County11
- Ohio County11
- Randolph County9
- Morgan County7
- Preston County7
- Tucker County7
- Webster County7
- Jefferson County7
- Hampshire County6
- Monongalia County6
- Pendleton County6
- Pocahontas County6
- Braxton County5
- Grant County5
- Mineral County5
- Berkeley County5
- Hardy County4
- Marion County4
- Upshur County4
- Greenbrier County4
- Barbour County3
- Mason County3
- Taylor County3
- Nicholas County3
- Doddridge County2
- Harrison County2
- Jackson County2
- Pleasants County2
- Putnam County2
- Ritchie County2
- Roane County2
- Wetzel County2
- Wood County2
- Fayette County2
- Monroe County2
- Raleigh County2
- Summers County2
- Mercer County2
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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.