Alert archive / West Virginia / 2023
Weather alerts in West Virginia, January 2023
84 weather alerts in January 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 January 2023. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 84
- Warnings
- 9
- Watches
- 1
- Advisories
- 40
- Busiest day
- January 12, 202323 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 3, 9:36 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Marshall, Monongalia, Ohio, Wetzel | 24 min |
| Jan 3, 10:13 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | PBZ | Marshall, Wetzel | 62 min |
| Jan 3, 10:49 AM EST | Areal Flood Warning | RLX | Mason, Wood | 9 hr |
| Jan 3, 10:50 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | PBZ | Marshall, Monongalia, Wetzel | 38 min |
| Jan 3, 11:15 AM EST | Areal Flood Warning | PBZ | Marshall, Wetzel | 26 hr |
| Jan 3, 11:28 AM EST | Areal Flood Warning | PBZ | Marshall, Monongalia, Ohio, Wetzel | 6 hr |
| Jan 3, 11:58 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Pleasants, Ritchie, Tyler, Wirt | 32 min |
| Jan 3, 12:20 PM EST | Areal Flood Warning | RLX | Jackson, Mason, Pleasants, Ritchie, Tyler, Wirt and 1 more | 7 hr |
| Jan 3, 3:28 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | PBZ | Marion, Monongalia, Wetzel | 5 hr |
| Jan 3, 5:31 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Monroe | 29 min |
| Jan 3, 5:58 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Monroe | 32 min |
| Jan 3, 7:57 PM EST | Areal Flood Warning | RLX | Pleasants, Tyler | 6 hr |
| Jan 7, 2:41 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | RLX | Fayette, Nicholas, Pocahontas, Raleigh, Randolph, Webster | 39 hr |
| Jan 7, 2:58 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | LWX | Grant, Hardy, Mineral, Pendleton | 37 hr |
| Jan 7, 3:27 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | RNK | Greenbrier, Mercer, Monroe, Summers | 39 hr |
| Jan 12, 3:36 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | RNK | Greenbrier, Mercer, Summers | 57 hr |
| Jan 12, 4:09 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | RLX | Barbour, Boone, Braxton, Calhoun, Clay, Doddridge and 20 more | 57 hr |
| Jan 12, 9:14 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Wood | 31 min |
| Jan 12, 9:17 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Jackson | 28 min |
| Jan 12, 9:28 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Cabell, Mason, Wayne | 62 min |
| Jan 12, 9:33 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Pleasants | 27 min |
| Jan 12, 9:41 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cabell, Mason, Putnam, Wayne | 4 hr |
| Jan 12, 9:45 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Wirt | 30 min |
| Jan 12, 9:53 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Doddridge | 37 min |
| Jan 12, 9:59 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Pleasants, Tyler | 31 min |
| Jan 12, 10:14 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Ritchie | 31 min |
| Jan 12, 10:24 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Wetzel | 36 min |
| Jan 12, 10:36 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Doddridge | 24 min |
| Jan 12, 11:01 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Harrison | 29 min |
| Jan 12, 11:18 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Preston | 27 min |
| Jan 12, 11:43 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Wayne | 32 min |
| Jan 12, 11:48 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Preston | 12 min |
| Jan 12, 11:55 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Cabell | 35 min |
| Jan 12, 12:08 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Lincoln, Wayne | 37 min |
| Jan 12, 3:41 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Raleigh, Wyoming | 34 min |
| Jan 12, 5:28 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Kanawha | 62 min |
| Jan 12, 6:27 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Kanawha | 48 min |
| Jan 12, 6:57 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Fayette | 18 min |
| Jan 13, 8:52 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Boone, Kanawha, Roane | 83 min |
| Jan 19, 2:10 AM EST | Wind Advisory | RLX | Pocahontas, Randolph | 38 hr |
| Jan 19, 2:15 AM EST | Wind Advisory | PBZ | Monongalia, Preston, Tucker | 34 hr |
| Jan 19, 2:40 AM EST | Wind Advisory | LWX | Grant, Hampshire, Hardy, Mineral, Pendleton | 35 hr |
| Jan 19, 4:19 AM EST | Wind Advisory | RNK | Greenbrier, Mercer, Monroe, Summers | 36 hr |
| Jan 19, 2:15 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | LWX | Grant, Pendleton | 35 hr |
| Jan 19, 2:46 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | RLX | Pocahontas, Randolph | 34 hr |
| Jan 19, 6:10 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Cabell, Mason, Wayne | 35 min |
| Jan 19, 6:31 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Pleasants, Wirt, Wood | 29 min |
| Jan 19, 6:57 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Brooke, Hancock, Marion, Marshall, Monongalia, Ohio and 1 more | 48 min |
| Jan 19, 7:38 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Brooke, Hancock, Ohio | 37 min |
| Jan 19, 7:41 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Marion, Marshall, Monongalia, Preston, Tucker, Wetzel | 79 min |
| Jan 19, 8:13 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Brooke, Hancock | 47 min |
| Jan 20, 2:13 AM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | LWX | Berkeley, Jefferson | 4 hr |
| Jan 21, 4:05 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | RNK | Greenbrier, Mercer, Monroe, Summers | 38 hr |
| Jan 21, 1:58 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | RLX | Fayette, Nicholas, Pocahontas, Randolph, Webster | 52 hr |
| Jan 21, 2:44 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | LWX | Grant, Hampshire, Hardy, Mineral, Pendleton | 33 hr |
| Jan 21, 3:59 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | PBZ | Monongalia, Preston, Tucker | 50 hr |
| Jan 22, 2:24 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | RNK | Greenbrier, Mercer, Summers | 28 hr |
| Jan 22, 5:44 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Brooke, Hancock | 61 min |
| Jan 22, 6:32 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Hancock | 43 min |
| Jan 22, 7:15 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Hancock | 60 min |
| Jan 22, 8:27 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | LWX | Grant, Pendleton | 22 hr |
| Jan 24, 3:31 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | PBZ | Hancock, Monongalia, Preston, Tucker | 35 hr |
| Jan 24, 4:12 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | RLX | Fayette, Nicholas, Pocahontas, Randolph, Webster | 33 hr |
| Jan 24, 12:03 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | LWX | Berkeley, Grant, Hampshire, Hardy, Jefferson, Mineral and 2 more | 30 hr |
| Jan 24, 3:01 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | RNK | Greenbrier | 22 hr |
| Jan 24, 3:02 PM EST | Wind Advisory | RNK | Mercer | 21 hr |
| Jan 25, 10:14 AM EST | Wind Advisory | LWX | Grant, Mineral, Pendleton | 26 hr |
| Jan 25, 11:04 AM EST | Winter Storm Warning | LWX | Hampshire, Mineral, Morgan | 2 hr |
| Jan 25, 5:18 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | RLX | Barbour, Nicholas, Pocahontas, Randolph, Taylor, Upshur and 1 more | 28 hr |
| Jan 25, 5:21 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | RNK | Greenbrier | 28 hr |
| Jan 25, 6:06 PM EST | Winter Storm Warning | LWX | Grant | 34 hr |
| Jan 25, 6:06 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | LWX | Grant, Pendleton | 34 hr |
| Jan 25, 6:14 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | PBZ | Preston, Tucker | 30 hr |
| Jan 26, 8:50 AM EST | Wind Advisory | RNK | Greenbrier | 4 hr |
| Jan 26, 6:14 PM EST | Snow Squall Warning | LWX | Mineral | 61 min |
| Jan 26, 6:15 PM EST | Snow Squall Warning | LWX | Mineral | 60 min |
| Jan 28, 1:33 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | RLX | Pocahontas, Randolph | 20 hr |
| Jan 28, 1:40 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | LWX | Pendleton | 20 hr |
| Jan 30, 4:14 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | RLX | Barbour, Boone, Braxton, Cabell, Calhoun, Clay and 28 more | 51 hr |
| Jan 30, 10:46 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | LWX | Grant, Pendleton | 23 hr |
| Jan 30, 12:01 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | PBZ | Monongalia, Preston, Tucker | 22 hr |
| Jan 30, 1:44 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | RNK | Greenbrier | 23 hr |
| Jan 31, 2:39 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | RNK | Greenbrier, Mercer, Monroe, Summers | 16 hr |
| Jan 31, 5:34 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | LWX | Grant, Hampshire, Hardy, Mineral, Pendleton | 13 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 Watch | 1 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 1 |
| Special Weather Statement | 33 |
| Flooding | |
| Areal Flood Warning | 5 |
| Areal Flood Advisory | 3 |
| Winter | |
| Snow Squall Warning | 2 |
| Winter Storm Warning | 2 |
| Winter Weather Advisory | 29 |
| Wind and dust | |
| Wind Advisory | 7 |
| 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.
- Grant County11
- Pendleton County11
- Monongalia County10
- Greenbrier County10
- Wetzel County9
- Pocahontas County9
- Randolph County9
- Mineral County9
- Pleasants County8
- Preston County8
- Marshall County7
- Mercer County7
- Hancock County7
- Mason County6
- Wirt County6
- Monroe County6
- Fayette County6
- Nicholas County6
- Webster County6
- Summers County6
- Wayne County6
- Tucker County6
- Wood County5
- Ritchie County5
- Tyler County5
- Hardy County5
- Kanawha County5
- Cabell County5
- Hampshire County5
- Ohio County4
- Raleigh County4
- Doddridge County4
- Brooke County4
- Jackson County3
- Marion County3
- Barbour County3
- Boone County3
- Harrison County3
- Roane County3
- Taylor County3
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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.