Alert archive / West Virginia / 2023
Weather alerts in West Virginia, April 2023
154 weather alerts in April 2023, 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 April 2023. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 154
- Warnings
- 29
- Watches
- 17
- Advisories
- 14
- Busiest day
- April 6, 202322 alerts
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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 31, 10:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Braxton, Calhoun, Roane, Upshur | 28 min |
| Apr 1, 1:24 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Pleasants, Ritchie, Wirt, Wood | 21 min |
| Apr 1, 1:46 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Doddridge, Harrison, Ritchie, Tyler | 29 min |
| Apr 1, 2:50 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Cabell | 40 min |
| Apr 1, 3:31 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Cabell, Lincoln, Mason, Putnam, Wayne | 44 min |
| Apr 1, 3:32 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Jackson, Pleasants, Wood | 43 min |
| Apr 1, 4:05 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Boone, Cabell, Calhoun, Clay, Jackson, Kanawha and 6 more | 40 min |
| Apr 1, 4:07 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Doddridge, Gilmer, Pleasants, Ritchie, Tyler, Wirt and 1 more | 38 min |
| Apr 1, 4:47 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Boone, Braxton, Calhoun, Clay, Kanawha, Lincoln and 4 more | 43 min |
| Apr 1, 4:49 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | McDowell, Mingo, Wyoming | 41 min |
| Apr 1, 5:14 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Barbour, Doddridge, Gilmer, Harrison, Lewis, Taylor | 46 min |
| Apr 1, 5:30 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Greenbrier, Mercer, Summers | 90 min |
| Apr 1, 5:33 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Fayette, McDowell, Nicholas, Raleigh, Wyoming | 57 min |
| Apr 1, 5:36 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Barbour, Randolph, Upshur, Webster | 54 min |
| Apr 1, 6:11 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Braxton, Clay, Gilmer, Lewis, Nicholas | 91 min |
| Apr 1, 6:33 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | RLX | Boone, Lincoln, Logan | 6 hr |
| Apr 1, 11:15 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Brooke, Hancock, Marshall, Ohio | 3 hr |
| Apr 1, 11:59 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Brooke, Hancock, Marshall, Ohio | 5 hr |
| Apr 1, 12:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Marshall | 47 min |
| Apr 1, 12:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Brooke, Hancock | 48 min |
| Apr 2, 1:13 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | LWX | Berkeley, Hampshire, Hardy, Jefferson, Morgan | 20 hr |
| Apr 4, 2:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Lincoln | 37 min |
| Apr 4, 3:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Lincoln | 22 min |
| Apr 5, 2:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Brooke, Hancock, Marion, Marshall, Monongalia, Ohio and 3 more | 8 hr |
| Apr 5, 6:46 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Brooke, Hancock, Marshall, Ohio | 89 min |
| Apr 5, 6:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Brooke, Hancock | 66 min |
| Apr 5, 6:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Brooke, Hancock, Marshall, Ohio | 63 min |
| Apr 5, 7:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Upshur | 34 min |
| Apr 5, 7:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Pleasants | 19 min |
| Apr 5, 7:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Hancock | 32 min |
| Apr 5, 7:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Wayne | 25 min |
| Apr 5, 7:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Brooke, Marshall, Monongalia, Ohio, Wetzel | 46 min |
| Apr 5, 7:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Pleasants, Ritchie, Tyler | 31 min |
| Apr 5, 8:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Tucker | 39 min |
| Apr 5, 8:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Randolph | 19 min |
| Apr 5, 8:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Cabell, Lincoln, Wayne | 29 min |
| Apr 5, 8:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Doddridge | 19 min |
| Apr 5, 8:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Randolph | 32 min |
| Apr 5, 8:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Braxton, Calhoun, Clay, Gilmer, Kanawha | 27 min |
| Apr 5, 8:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Preston | 26 min |
| Apr 5, 8:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Boone, Logan, Mingo | 24 min |
| Apr 5, 8:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Harrison, Lewis, Taylor | 31 min |
| Apr 5, 8:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Boone, Fayette, Kanawha, Logan, Mingo | 31 min |
| Apr 5, 9:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Braxton, Clay, Nicholas | 29 min |
| Apr 5, 9:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Monongalia, Preston, Tucker | 52 min |
| Apr 5, 9:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Barbour, Lewis, Taylor, Upshur | 34 min |
| Apr 5, 9:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Logan, Mingo, Wyoming | 39 min |
| Apr 5, 9:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Fayette, Nicholas, Raleigh | 36 min |
| Apr 5, 9:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Barbour, Pocahontas, Randolph, Upshur, Webster | 30 min |
| Apr 5, 9:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Tucker | 32 min |
| Apr 5, 9:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | McDowell, Wyoming | 32 min |
| Apr 5, 10:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Fayette, Nicholas, Raleigh | 30 min |
| Apr 5, 10:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Barbour, Pocahontas, Randolph, Upshur, Webster | 28 min |
| Apr 5, 10:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Greenbrier | 24 min |
| Apr 5, 10:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Pocahontas, Randolph | 31 min |
| Apr 7, 11:21 AM EDT | Freeze Watch | LWX | Berkeley, Hampshire, Hardy, Jefferson, Morgan | 16 hr |
| Apr 8, 3:21 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | LWX | Berkeley, Hampshire, Hardy, Jefferson, Morgan | 30 hr |
| Apr 8, 9:59 AM EDT | Freeze Watch | LWX | Berkeley, Hampshire, Hardy, Jefferson, Morgan | 23 hr |
| Apr 8, 2:18 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | RLX | Boone, Cabell, Clay, Jackson, Kanawha, Lincoln and 9 more | 19 hr |
| Apr 9, 3:02 AM EDT | Frost Advisory | RLX | Boone, Cabell, Clay, Jackson, Kanawha, Lincoln and 9 more | 30 hr |
| Apr 9, 9:08 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | LWX | Berkeley, Hampshire, Hardy, Jefferson, Morgan | 24 hr |
| Apr 11, 3:46 PM EDT | Fire Weather Watch | LWX | Berkeley, Grant, Hampshire, Hardy, Jefferson, Mineral and 1 more | 17 hr |
| Apr 12, 9:01 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | LWX | Berkeley, Grant, Hampshire, Hardy, Jefferson, Mineral and 2 more | 11 hr |
| Apr 14, 4:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Logan | 30 min |
| Apr 14, 4:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Mingo | 32 min |
| Apr 14, 5:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Logan | 34 min |
| Apr 14, 5:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Wyoming | 31 min |
| Apr 14, 5:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Boone | 33 min |
| Apr 14, 5:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Boone | 26 min |
| Apr 14, 5:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Boone | 37 min |
| Apr 14, 5:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Wyoming | 33 min |
| Apr 14, 6:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Putnam | 35 min |
| Apr 14, 6:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Kanawha | 33 min |
| Apr 14, 7:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Mason, Putnam | 29 min |
| Apr 14, 7:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Jackson, Roane | 32 min |
| Apr 14, 7:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Fayette | 27 min |
| Apr 14, 7:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Gilmer | 35 min |
| Apr 14, 7:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Fayette | 31 min |
| Apr 14, 8:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Ritchie | 36 min |
| Apr 15, 5:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Pleasants | 20 min |
| Apr 16, 1:23 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Calhoun, Doddridge, Gilmer, Jackson, Marshall, Mason and 8 more | 2 hr |
| Apr 16, 5:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Roane | 21 min |
| Apr 16, 5:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Kanawha | 13 min |
| Apr 16, 5:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Monroe | 25 min |
| Apr 16, 5:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Calhoun | 19 min |
| Apr 16, 6:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Braxton, Clay, Nicholas | 29 min |
| Apr 16, 6:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Calhoun, Gilmer, Ritchie | 32 min |
| Apr 16, 6:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Greenbrier | 46 min |
| Apr 16, 7:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Pocahontas, Randolph | 35 min |
| Apr 16, 7:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Monroe | 45 min |
| Apr 17, 4:22 AM EDT | Wind Advisory | PBZ | Tucker | 37 hr |
| Apr 17, 4:25 AM EDT | Wind Advisory | RLX | Pocahontas, Randolph | 37 hr |
| Apr 17, 12:25 PM EDT | Fire Weather Watch | LWX | Berkeley, Grant, Hampshire, Hardy, Jefferson, Mineral and 2 more | 15 hr |
| Apr 17, 3:28 PM EDT | Fire Weather Watch | RNK | Greenbrier, Mercer, Monroe, Summers | 12 hr |
| Apr 17, 5:10 PM EDT | Fire Weather Watch | RLX | Barbour, Boone, Braxton, Calhoun, Clay, Fayette and 17 more | 11 hr |
| Apr 18, 3:14 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | LWX | Berkeley, Grant, Hampshire, Hardy, Jefferson, Mineral and 2 more | 17 hr |
| Apr 18, 3:31 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | RNK | Greenbrier, Mercer, Monroe, Summers | 16 hr |
| Apr 18, 4:38 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | RLX | Barbour, Boone, Braxton, Calhoun, Clay, Fayette and 17 more | 15 hr |
| Apr 18, 11:39 AM EDT | Frost Advisory | PBZ | Brooke, Marion, Marshall, Monongalia, Ohio, Preston and 1 more | 21 hr |
| Apr 18, 11:39 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | PBZ | Hancock | 21 hr |
| Apr 18, 2:04 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | RLX | Barbour, Boone, Braxton, Cabell, Calhoun, Clay and 24 more | 19 hr |
| Apr 20, 11:22 AM EDT | Fire Weather Watch | LWX | Berkeley, Grant, Hampshire, Hardy, Jefferson, Mineral and 2 more | 15 hr |
| Apr 22, 4:19 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | McDowell | 26 min |
| Apr 22, 5:00 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Calhoun, Clay, Fayette, Kanawha, Roane | 30 min |
| Apr 22, 5:02 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Raleigh, Wyoming | 28 min |
| Apr 22, 5:10 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Mercer, Summers | 35 min |
| Apr 22, 5:30 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Braxton, Calhoun, Clay, Fayette, Gilmer, Nicholas and 3 more | 30 min |
| Apr 22, 5:49 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Greenbrier, Monroe, Summers | 56 min |
| Apr 22, 5:53 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Braxton, Clay, Nicholas, Webster | 37 min |
| Apr 22, 5:59 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Doddridge, Gilmer, Lewis, Pleasants, Ritchie, Tyler | 31 min |
| Apr 22, 6:25 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Monroe | 65 min |
| Apr 22, 6:26 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Doddridge, Harrison, Lewis, Tyler | 34 min |
| Apr 22, 6:33 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Pocahontas, Upshur, Webster | 27 min |
| Apr 22, 6:56 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Barbour, Pocahontas, Randolph, Upshur | 34 min |
| Apr 22, 9:34 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Berkeley, Hampshire, Jefferson | 116 min |
| Apr 22, 2:43 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | RLX | Jackson, Mason, Roane, Wirt, Wood | 18 hr |
| Apr 23, 3:46 AM EDT | Freeze Watch | LWX | Grant, Hardy, Mineral, Pendleton | 9 hr |
| Apr 23, 4:09 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | RNK | Greenbrier | 29 hr |
| Apr 23, 12:24 PM EDT | Freeze Warning | LWX | Grant, Hampshire, Hardy, Mineral, Pendleton | 21 hr |
| Apr 23, 2:20 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | RLX | Logan, McDowell, Mingo, Raleigh, Wayne, Wyoming | 19 hr |
| Apr 23, 2:29 PM EDT | Freeze Watch | RNK | Greenbrier, Mercer, Monroe, Summers | 19 hr |
| Apr 23, 2:42 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | PBZ | Monongalia, Preston, Tucker | 18 hr |
| Apr 23, 2:42 PM EDT | Freeze Warning | PBZ | Tucker | 18 hr |
| Apr 23, 3:51 PM EDT | Freeze Warning | RLX | Pocahontas, Randolph, Webster | 17 hr |
| Apr 23, 7:54 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | RNK | Greenbrier, Monroe | 13 hr |
| Apr 24, 2:48 AM EDT | Freeze Watch | PBZ | Brooke, Hancock, Marion, Marshall, Monongalia, Ohio and 3 more | 9 hr |
| Apr 24, 3:08 AM EDT | Freeze Watch | LWX | Berkeley, Grant, Hampshire, Hardy, Jefferson, Mineral and 2 more | 11 hr |
| Apr 24, 3:12 AM EDT | Freeze Watch | RLX | Barbour, Boone, Braxton, Cabell, Calhoun, Clay and 28 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 24, 9:09 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | RLX | Barbour, Boone, Braxton, Cabell, Calhoun, Clay and 28 more | 19 hr |
| Apr 24, 9:58 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | RNK | Greenbrier, Mercer, Monroe, Summers | 22 hr |
| Apr 24, 11:22 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | PBZ | Brooke, Hancock, Marion, Marshall, Monongalia, Ohio and 3 more | 22 hr |
| Apr 24, 2:32 PM EDT | Freeze Warning | LWX | Berkeley, Grant, Hampshire, Hardy, Jefferson, Mineral and 2 more | 17 hr |
| Apr 25, 4:05 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | RLX | Barbour, Boone, Braxton, Cabell, Calhoun, Clay and 28 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 25, 3:31 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | RLX | McDowell, Mingo, Wayne | 17 hr |
| Apr 25, 7:57 PM EDT | Freeze Watch | RLX | Barbour, Randolph, Taylor | 16 hr |
| Apr 25, 8:00 PM EDT | Freeze Watch | PBZ | Brooke, Hancock, Monongalia, Ohio, Preston, Tucker | 17 hr |
| Apr 25, 8:06 PM EDT | Freeze Watch | LWX | Grant, Pendleton | 15 hr |
| Apr 26, 11:25 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | LWX | Grant | 21 hr |
| Apr 26, 12:06 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | RLX | Barbour, Braxton, Calhoun, Doddridge, Gilmer, Harrison and 9 more | 20 hr |
| Apr 26, 12:59 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | PBZ | Brooke, Marion, Marshall, Monongalia, Ohio, Preston and 2 more | 20 hr |
| Apr 26, 12:59 PM EDT | Freeze Warning | PBZ | Hancock | 20 hr |
| Apr 28, 3:20 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Boone, Cabell, Jackson, Kanawha, Lincoln, Logan and 8 more | 85 min |
| Apr 28, 5:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Wayne | 45 min |
| Apr 28, 5:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Kanawha | 67 min |
| Apr 28, 5:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Lincoln, Wayne | 46 min |
| Apr 28, 6:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Boone | 46 min |
| Apr 28, 6:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Wyoming | 33 min |
| Apr 28, 7:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Mercer | 34 min |
| Apr 29, 9:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Mercer | 30 min |
| Apr 29, 10:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | McDowell | 54 min |
| Apr 29, 11:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Raleigh, Wyoming | 32 min |
| Apr 30, 3:37 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | PBZ | Tucker | 29 hr |
| Apr 30, 3:41 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | LWX | Grant, Pendleton | 29 hr |
| Apr 30, 7:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Cabell | 40 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 | 7 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 2 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 5 |
| Special Weather Statement | 89 |
| Flooding | |
| Areal Flood Warning | 1 |
| Flash Flood Warning | 1 |
| Cold | |
| Freeze Warning | 16 |
| Freeze Watch | 10 |
| Frost Advisory | 12 |
| Wind and dust | |
| Wind Advisory | 2 |
| Fire | |
| Red Flag Warning | 4 |
| Fire Weather Watch | 5 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Wyoming County19
- Roane County18
- Boone County18
- Logan County18
- Lincoln County17
- Clay County17
- Kanawha County17
- Randolph County17
- Calhoun County16
- Upshur County16
- Gilmer County16
- McDowell County16
- Mingo County16
- Braxton County15
- Wayne County15
- Ritchie County14
- Barbour County14
- Fayette County14
- Raleigh County14
- Hampshire County14
- Hardy County14
- Pleasants County13
- Putnam County13
- Lewis County13
- Nicholas County13
- Brooke County13
- Hancock County13
- Berkeley County13
- Jefferson County13
- Pocahontas County13
- Doddridge County12
- Cabell County12
- Mason County12
- Jackson County12
- Marshall County12
- Morgan County12
- Tucker County12
- Grant County12
- Wood County11
- Harrison County11
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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.