Areal Flood Warnings in West Virginia
1,184 areal flood warnings since 1986. An alert counts here when it covered any part of the state, so the counties below add up to more than the state. The archive of areal flood warnings reaches back to 2005.
Areal Flood Warnings by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- Areal Flood Warnings
- 1,184
- Busiest year
- 2018195 areal flood warnings
- Average year
- 59over 20 years on file
Over time
By year
Before late 2005 the archive holds only tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings, and from 1997 SPC's watches, so the jump that year is the archive widening, not the weather.
By month of the year
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Kanawha County116
- Cabell County107
- Jackson County103
- Mason County100
- Lincoln County95
- Roane County89
- Wayne County87
- Boone County83
- Putnam County79
- Lewis County77
- Braxton County76
- Randolph County76
- Ritchie County75
- Wood County75
- Hardy County72
- Calhoun County71
- Gilmer County70
- Upshur County69
- Greenbrier County68
- Harrison County66
- Fayette County66
- Pendleton County65
- Clay County64
- Tyler County64
- Doddridge County60
- Mineral County60
- Grant County60
- Nicholas County60
- Pleasants County60
- Barbour County59
- Hampshire County59
- Raleigh County58
- Monongalia County57
- Berkeley County57
- Wirt County56
- Logan County56
- Mingo County56
- Mercer County55
- Pocahontas County55
- Marshall County54
The latest areal flood warnings
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 24, 7:12 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | RLX | Braxton, Calhoun, Gilmer, Ritchie, Roane | 21 hr |
| Sep 23, 8:42 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | RLX | Boone, Lincoln, Logan | 5 hr |
| Sep 23, 8:18 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | RLX | Boone, Lincoln | 5 hr |
| Sep 23, 8:15 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | RLX | Lincoln | 5 hr |
| Sep 23, 8:02 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | RLX | Braxton, Calhoun, Clay, Gilmer, Roane | 5 hr |
| Sep 23, 2:35 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | RLX | Cabell, Lincoln, Wayne | 3 hr |
| Sep 23, 2:06 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | RLX | Cabell, Mason | 3 hr |
| Sep 22, 11:26 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | RLX | Fayette, Raleigh | 3 hr |
| Sep 22, 8:02 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | RLX | Barbour, Braxton, Lewis, Randolph, Upshur | 3 hr |
| Sep 22, 2:18 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | RLX | McDowell, Mingo, Wyoming | 117 min |
| Sep 22, 12:56 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | RLX | Barbour, Braxton, Gilmer, Harrison, Lewis, Upshur | 3 hr |
| Sep 21, 1:02 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | RLX | Ritchie, Wirt | 10 hr |
Nearby
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.