Weather alerts in West Virginia, May 2020

143 weather alerts in May 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 May 2020. Tap one for its archive.

Alerts: 143
Warnings: 49
Watches: 14
Advisories: 22
Busiest day: May 29, 202028 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, 12:11 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	LWX	Morgan	17 hr
May 1, 4:18 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	LWX	Berkeley, Jefferson	23 hr
May 3, 2:19 AM EDT	Flash Flood Watch	RLX	Boone, Braxton, Calhoun, Clay, Fayette, Gilmer and 13 more	20 hr
May 3, 6:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Jackson	95 min
May 3, 6:35 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Boone, Braxton, Cabell, Calhoun, Clay, Fayette and 21 more	55 min
May 3, 7:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Wayne	32 min
May 3, 7:35 PM EDT	Flash Flood Watch	LWX	Pendleton	5 hr
May 3, 7:42 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Gilmer	93 min
May 3, 9:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Mercer, Summers	31 min
May 3, 10:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Mercer, Monroe	29 min
May 3, 10:39 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Mercer, Monroe	36 min
May 5, 6:41 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Logan, McDowell, Mingo, Wyoming	109 min
May 5, 7:39 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Mercer	36 min
May 6, 3:17 AM EDT	Freeze Warning	RNK	Greenbrier	30 hr
May 6, 3:27 AM EDT	Frost Advisory	RLX	Boone, Braxton, Cabell, Calhoun, Clay, Doddridge and 21 more	30 hr
May 6, 3:27 AM EDT	Freeze Warning	RLX	Barbour, Braxton, Calhoun, Clay, Doddridge, Gilmer and 10 more	30 hr
May 6, 4:30 AM EDT	Freeze Warning	LWX	Grant, Pendleton	29 hr
May 6, 1:01 PM EDT	Frost Advisory	PBZ	Brooke, Hancock, Marshall, Ohio, Wetzel	20 hr
May 6, 1:01 PM EDT	Freeze Warning	PBZ	Brooke, Marion, Marshall, Monongalia, Ohio, Preston and 2 more	20 hr
May 6, 2:13 PM EDT	Frost Advisory	LWX	Grant, Mineral	19 hr
May 7, 4:09 AM EDT	Freeze Warning	RLX	Barbour, Boone, Braxton, Cabell, Calhoun, Clay and 28 more	53 hr
May 7, 4:29 AM EDT	Freeze Watch	LWX	Berkeley, Grant, Hampshire, Hardy, Jefferson, Mineral and 2 more	10 hr
May 7, 4:57 AM EDT	Freeze Watch	RNK	Greenbrier, Mercer, Monroe, Summers	22 hr
May 7, 1:13 PM EDT	Freeze Warning	PBZ	Brooke, Hancock, Marion, Marshall, Monongalia, Ohio and 3 more	45 hr
May 7, 2:16 PM EDT	Freeze Warning	LWX	Berkeley, Grant, Hampshire, Hardy, Jefferson, Mineral and 2 more	43 hr
May 8, 2:53 AM EDT	Freeze Warning	RNK	Greenbrier, Mercer, Monroe, Summers	31 hr
May 8, 3:30 AM EDT	Freeze Watch	LWX	Berkeley, Grant, Hampshire, Hardy, Jefferson, Mineral and 2 more	24 hr
May 8, 1:52 PM EDT	Freeze Watch	RNK	Greenbrier, Mercer, Monroe, Summers	13 hr
May 9, 3:00 AM EDT	Freeze Warning	RNK	Greenbrier, Mercer, Monroe, Summers	31 hr
May 9, 3:13 AM EDT	Freeze Warning	RLX	Barbour, Boone, Braxton, Cabell, Calhoun, Clay and 28 more	30 hr
May 9, 3:17 AM EDT	Freeze Warning	PBZ	Brooke, Hancock, Marion, Marshall, Monongalia, Ohio and 3 more	28 hr
May 9, 3:36 AM EDT	Freeze Warning	LWX	Berkeley, Grant, Hampshire, Hardy, Jefferson, Mineral and 2 more	28 hr
May 10, 3:04 AM EDT	Freeze Warning	RNK	Greenbrier	30 hr
May 10, 3:12 AM EDT	Freeze Warning	RLX	Barbour, Braxton, Cabell, Calhoun, Clay, Doddridge and 25 more	56 hr
May 10, 1:47 PM EDT	Freeze Watch	LWX	Pendleton	14 hr
May 10, 2:14 PM EDT	Freeze Watch	RNK	Greenbrier, Mercer, Monroe, Summers	13 hr
May 10, 6:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Mason	32 min
May 10, 6:36 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Boone, Brooke, Cabell, Calhoun, Doddridge, Gilmer and 16 more	24 min
May 10, 7:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Cabell, Lincoln, Putnam, Wayne	31 min
May 10, 7:26 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Calhoun, Jackson, Pleasants, Ritchie, Roane, Tyler and 2 more	34 min
May 10, 7:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PBZ	Brooke, Hancock, Marion, Marshall, Monongalia, Ohio and 1 more	47 min
May 10, 7:42 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Braxton, Clay, Kanawha	33 min
May 10, 7:57 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Calhoun, Doddridge, Gilmer, Harrison, Lewis	33 min
May 10, 8:19 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PBZ	Monongalia, Preston, Tucker	56 min
May 10, 8:20 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Boone, Logan, Mingo	25 min
May 10, 8:24 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Barbour, Braxton, Clay, Gilmer, Harrison, Lewis and 4 more	36 min
May 10, 8:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Barbour, Braxton, Clay, Gilmer, Harrison, Lewis and 4 more	35 min
May 10, 8:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Fayette, McDowell, Raleigh, Wyoming	27 min
May 10, 9:03 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Barbour, Nicholas, Pocahontas, Randolph, Taylor, Upshur and 1 more	27 min
May 10, 9:20 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PBZ	Tucker	40 min
May 10, 9:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Calhoun, Jackson, Ritchie, Roane, Wirt	23 min
May 10, 9:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Pocahontas, Randolph	26 min
May 10, 10:38 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Braxton, Gilmer, Lewis, Upshur	22 min
May 11, 2:44 AM EDT	Frost Advisory	RLX	Boone, Logan, Mingo	29 hr
May 11, 2:50 AM EDT	Freeze Warning	RNK	Greenbrier, Mercer, Monroe, Summers	28 hr
May 11, 2:53 AM EDT	Freeze Warning	PBZ	Brooke, Hancock, Marion, Marshall, Monongalia, Ohio and 3 more	29 hr
May 11, 3:43 AM EDT	Frost Advisory	LWX	Berkeley, Grant, Hampshire, Hardy, Jefferson, Mineral and 1 more	26 hr
May 11, 3:43 AM EDT	Freeze Warning	LWX	Grant, Mineral, Pendleton	29 hr
May 12, 2:03 AM EDT	Frost Advisory	RLX	Barbour, Braxton, Calhoun, Clay, Doddridge, Fayette and 14 more	31 hr
May 12, 2:03 AM EDT	Freeze Warning	RLX	Pocahontas, Randolph, Webster	31 hr
May 12, 6:41 AM EDT	Freeze Warning	RNK	Greenbrier, Mercer, Monroe, Summers	2 hr
May 12, 11:46 AM EDT	Frost Advisory	PBZ	Brooke, Hancock, Marion, Marshall, Monongalia, Ohio and 2 more	21 hr
May 12, 11:46 AM EDT	Freeze Warning	PBZ	Preston, Tucker	21 hr
May 12, 2:29 PM EDT	Frost Advisory	RNK	Greenbrier, Monroe, Summers	19 hr
May 12, 2:41 PM EDT	Frost Advisory	LWX	Berkeley, Grant, Hampshire, Hardy, Jefferson, Mineral and 1 more	18 hr
May 12, 2:41 PM EDT	Freeze Warning	LWX	Grant, Pendleton	18 hr
May 14, 8:57 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PBZ	Marion, Monongalia, Wetzel	48 min
May 16, 5:36 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Greenbrier	24 min
May 16, 6:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Nicholas	28 min
May 16, 8:44 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RNK	Greenbrier	4 hr
May 17, 2:23 PM EDT	Flash Flood Watch	RLX	Cabell, Jackson, Mason, Pleasants, Ritchie, Wayne and 2 more	4 days
May 19, 2:40 AM EDT	Wind Advisory	RLX	Fayette, Nicholas, Pocahontas, Raleigh, Randolph, Webster	25 hr
May 19, 3:20 AM EDT	Wind Advisory	PBZ	Monongalia, Preston, Tucker	29 hr
May 19, 3:43 AM EDT	Wind Advisory	RNK	Greenbrier, Mercer, Summers	24 hr
May 20, 5:10 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RNK	Mercer, Monroe, Summers	4 hr
May 20, 7:58 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	RLX	Ritchie, Wood	10 hr
May 20, 10:56 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	RLX	Pleasants, Wood	7 hr
May 20, 11:28 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	RNK	Mercer, Monroe, Summers	69 hr
May 20, 1:36 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Kanawha	54 min
May 20, 5:49 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	RLX	Wood	17 hr
May 20, 6:50 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	RLX	Clay, Jackson, Kanawha, Roane	16 hr
May 21, 3:09 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RNK	Mercer, Monroe	7 hr
May 21, 3:48 AM EDT	Flash Flood Watch	LWX	Pendleton	15 hr
May 21, 4:08 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	RLX	Cabell, Lincoln, Putnam	6 hr
May 21, 10:10 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	RLX	Lincoln	4 hr
May 22, 3:50 AM EDT	Dense Fog Advisory	RNK	Mercer	5 hr
May 22, 7:36 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PBZ	Marshall	24 min
May 22, 7:48 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Doddridge, Ritchie	3 hr
May 23, 2:56 AM EDT	Dense Fog Advisory	RNK	Greenbrier, Monroe	6 hr
May 23, 3:51 AM EDT	Dense Fog Advisory	PBZ	Brooke, Hancock, Marion, Marshall, Monongalia, Ohio and 3 more	5 hr
May 23, 4:09 AM EDT	Dense Fog Advisory	LWX	Berkeley, Grant, Hampshire, Hardy, Jefferson, Mineral and 2 more	4 hr
May 24, 12:07 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Nicholas	23 min
May 24, 12:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Kanawha	29 min
May 24, 1:44 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Greenbrier, Mercer, Monroe, Pocahontas, Summers	2 hr
May 24, 6:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Mercer	30 min
May 24, 7:20 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Mingo	55 min
May 24, 7:23 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Mercer	37 min
May 25, 5:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Webster	62 min
May 25, 5:32 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	McDowell	58 min
May 25, 5:52 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Webster	3 hr
May 27, 3:25 AM EDT	Flash Flood Watch	RNK	Greenbrier, Mercer, Monroe, Summers	23 hr
May 27, 7:15 PM EDT	Flash Flood Watch	RLX	Boone, Braxton, Calhoun, Clay, Doddridge, Fayette and 12 more	3 min
May 27, 7:18 PM EDT	Flash Flood Watch	RLX	Boone, Braxton, Calhoun, Clay, Doddridge, Fayette and 12 more	11 hr
May 28, 2:38 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	McDowell, Wyoming	112 min
May 28, 3:18 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Kanawha	3 hr
May 28, 3:35 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RNK	Mercer	9 hr
May 28, 4:53 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Roane	112 min
May 28, 5:14 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Pleasants, Ritchie, Wirt, Wood	2 hr
May 28, 11:06 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RNK	Mercer	8 hr
May 28, 3:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Mercer	38 min
May 28, 3:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Monroe	31 min
May 28, 5:46 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	RNK	Mercer, Monroe, Summers	22 hr
May 28, 6:57 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RNK	Mercer	4 hr
May 28, 7:35 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Logan	25 min
May 28, 7:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Lincoln	27 min
May 28, 8:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Lincoln	34 min
May 28, 8:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Boone	29 min
May 28, 8:19 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Boone, Kanawha	26 min
May 28, 9:06 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Boone, Kanawha	114 min
May 28, 9:46 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Jackson, Roane	3 hr
May 28, 10:20 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Jackson, Wirt, Wood	3 hr
May 28, 10:56 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RNK	Mercer	4 hr
May 29, 10:47 AM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Brooke, Hancock, Ohio	118 min
May 29, 12:27 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Berkeley, Hampshire, Hardy, Jefferson, Morgan	63 min
May 29, 1:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	McDowell	29 min
May 29, 2:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Wayne	34 min
May 29, 2:11 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PBZ	Marion, Monongalia	34 min
May 29, 2:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Berkeley, Jefferson	29 min
May 29, 2:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Berkeley, Jefferson	7 hr
May 29, 2:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Hancock	47 min
May 29, 2:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Jefferson	25 min
May 29, 2:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Clay, Fayette, Kanawha, Nicholas	46 min
May 29, 2:52 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Wyoming	23 min
May 29, 2:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Jefferson	25 min
May 29, 3:33 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Putnam	42 min
May 29, 3:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Raleigh	24 min
May 29, 4:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Hancock	30 min
May 29, 4:07 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Lincoln	23 min
May 29, 4:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Hancock	24 min
May 29, 4:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Kanawha	33 min
May 29, 5:05 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Ritchie	25 min
May 29, 5:19 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Braxton	26 min
May 29, 5:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Braxton	37 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	12
Severe Thunderstorm Watch	1
Mesoscale Discussion	5
Special Weather Statement	53
Flooding
Areal Flood Warning	6
Flash Flood Warning	6
River Flood Warning	4
Flash Flood Watch	7
Areal Flood Advisory	6
Cold
Freeze Warning	21
Freeze Watch	6
Frost Advisory	9
Wind and dust
Wind Advisory	3
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.

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Nearby

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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.