Weather alerts in West Virginia, May 2021

77 weather alerts in May 2021, 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 2021. Tap one for its archive.

Alerts: 77
Warnings: 30
Watches: 13
Advisories: 9
Busiest day: May 26, 202117 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 3, 2:47 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Barbour, Boone, Braxton, Brooke, Cabell, Calhoun and 36 more	118 min
May 3, 2:56 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Putnam	113 min
May 3, 5:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Hampshire	35 min
May 3, 5:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Berkeley, Jefferson	52 min
May 3, 6:26 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	LWX	Jefferson	34 min
May 3, 7:08 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	LWX	Berkeley, Jefferson	3 hr
May 3, 7:16 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Jefferson	29 min
May 4, 10:13 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PBZ	Wetzel	32 min
May 4, 11:01 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Pleasants, Ritchie, Tyler, Wirt, Wood	3 hr
May 4, 11:39 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PBZ	Monongalia	36 min
May 4, 11:47 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Marion, Monongalia, Preston	28 min
May 4, 11:59 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Doddridge, Harrison, Ritchie, Tyler	5 hr
May 4, 12:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Grant, Mineral	48 min
May 4, 1:04 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Greenbrier, Hardy, Mercer, Monroe, Pendleton, Pocahontas and 2 more	56 min
May 4, 1:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Mercer, Monroe	30 min
May 4, 1:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Grant, Hardy, Pendleton	42 min
May 4, 1:51 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Berkeley, Grant, Hampshire, Hardy, Jefferson, Morgan and 1 more	6 hr
May 4, 1:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Hardy, Pendleton	38 min
May 4, 2:06 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	RLX	Ritchie, Tyler	3 hr
May 4, 2:35 PM EDT	Flash Flood Watch	RLX	Braxton, Calhoun, Clay, Doddridge, Gilmer, Harrison and 11 more	17 hr
May 4, 6:00 PM EDT	Flash Flood Watch	PBZ	Marion, Monongalia, Wetzel	11 hr
May 5, 1:31 PM EDT	Freeze Warning	RLX	Pocahontas, Randolph	19 hr
May 5, 2:05 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	RLX	Tyler	8 hr
May 5, 2:42 PM EDT	Freeze Warning	LWX	Pendleton	18 hr
May 6, 2:07 PM EDT	Freeze Watch	LWX	Pendleton	22 hr
May 6, 2:14 PM EDT	Freeze Watch	RLX	Pocahontas, Randolph	14 hr
May 7, 4:10 AM EDT	Freeze Warning	RLX	Pocahontas, Randolph	30 hr
May 10, 3:26 PM EDT	Freeze Watch	LWX	Grant, Pendleton	23 hr
May 10, 8:15 PM EDT	Freeze Watch	RLX	Pocahontas, Randolph	16 hr
May 11, 3:13 AM EDT	Freeze Watch	PBZ	Preston, Tucker	9 hr
May 11, 11:52 AM EDT	Frost Advisory	PBZ	Brooke, Hancock, Marion, Marshall, Monongalia, Ohio and 3 more	19 hr
May 11, 11:52 AM EDT	Freeze Warning	PBZ	Tucker	19 hr
May 11, 12:12 PM EDT	Frost Advisory	RLX	Barbour, Braxton, Calhoun, Clay, Doddridge, Gilmer and 14 more	21 hr
May 11, 12:12 PM EDT	Freeze Warning	RLX	Pocahontas, Randolph	21 hr
May 11, 2:25 PM EDT	Freeze Warning	LWX	Grant, Pendleton	19 hr
May 12, 3:45 AM EDT	Freeze Watch	PBZ	Tucker	8 hr
May 12, 3:58 AM EDT	Freeze Watch	RLX	Pocahontas, Randolph	8 hr
May 12, 4:06 AM EDT	Freeze Watch	LWX	Grant, Pendleton	9 hr
May 12, 11:40 AM EDT	Frost Advisory	PBZ	Brooke, Hancock, Marion, Marshall, Monongalia, Ohio and 3 more	20 hr
May 12, 11:40 AM EDT	Freeze Warning	PBZ	Tucker	20 hr
May 12, 11:56 AM EDT	Frost Advisory	RLX	Barbour, Boone, Braxton, Cabell, Calhoun, Clay and 26 more	21 hr
May 12, 11:56 AM EDT	Freeze Warning	RLX	Pocahontas, Randolph	21 hr
May 12, 12:37 PM EDT	Frost Advisory	RNK	Greenbrier, Mercer, Summers	20 hr
May 12, 1:32 PM EDT	Frost Advisory	LWX	Grant, Hampshire, Hardy, Mineral, Pendleton	19 hr
May 12, 1:32 PM EDT	Freeze Warning	LWX	Grant, Mineral, Pendleton	19 hr
May 13, 2:40 PM EDT	Frost Advisory	RLX	Barbour, Boone, Braxton, Cabell, Calhoun, Clay and 28 more	18 hr
May 13, 2:40 PM EDT	Freeze Warning	RLX	Pocahontas, Randolph, Webster	18 hr
May 13, 6:50 PM EDT	Frost Advisory	LWX	Pendleton	14 hr
May 13, 6:50 PM EDT	Freeze Warning	LWX	Pendleton	14 hr
May 17, 2:51 AM EDT	Dense Fog Advisory	LWX	Berkeley, Grant, Hampshire, Hardy, Jefferson, Mineral and 2 more	7 hr
May 17, 2:41 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Braxton	94 min
May 24, 1:57 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Pendleton	2 hr
May 25, 3:08 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Monroe	37 min
May 25, 9:41 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Greenbrier	34 min
May 26, 12:16 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Brooke, Hancock, Ohio	119 min
May 26, 12:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Brooke, Hancock, Marion, Marshall, Monongalia, Ohio and 3 more	7 hr
May 26, 1:21 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Berkeley, Jefferson	84 min
May 26, 2:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Berkeley, Grant, Hampshire, Hardy, Jefferson, Mineral and 2 more	7 hr
May 26, 2:51 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Jefferson	39 min
May 26, 3:21 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Marion, Monongalia, Preston	27 min
May 26, 4:20 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Pleasants	25 min
May 26, 4:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Brooke, Hancock	22 min
May 26, 4:35 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Calhoun, Jackson, Wirt	25 min
May 26, 5:04 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Wirt	26 min
May 26, 5:26 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Greenbrier	34 min
May 26, 5:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Doddridge	30 min
May 26, 5:41 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Pocahontas	34 min
May 26, 6:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Berkeley, Jefferson	45 min
May 26, 6:34 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Berkeley, Jefferson	116 min
May 26, 6:51 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Jefferson	39 min
May 28, 10:44 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PBZ	Marshall	31 min
May 28, 3:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Boone	28 min
May 28, 4:01 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	RLX	Braxton, Clay	3 hr
May 28, 4:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Kanawha	45 min
May 28, 9:40 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Wayne	35 min
May 28, 9:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Wayne	44 min
May 28, 10:23 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Kanawha	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	11
Tornado Warning	1
Severe Thunderstorm Watch	3
Mesoscale Discussion	7
Special Weather Statement	18
Flooding
Areal Flood Warning	4
Flash Flood Warning	3
Flash Flood Watch	2
Cold
Freeze Warning	11
Freeze Watch	8
Frost Advisory	8
Fog and smoke
Dense Fog Advisory	1

By county

Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.

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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. Rebuilt daily.