Extreme Cold Warnings in West Virginia
25 extreme cold 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 extreme cold warnings reaches back to 2005.
Extreme Cold Warnings by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- Extreme Cold Warnings
- 25
- Busiest year
- 202617 extreme cold warnings
- Average year
- 13over 2 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.
- Greenbrier County7
- Pocahontas County7
- Randolph County7
- Grant County5
- Pendleton County5
- Tucker County5
- Webster County5
- Mineral County4
- Mercer County3
- Nicholas County3
- Preston County3
- Summers County3
- Barbour County2
- Doddridge County2
- Harrison County2
- Lewis County2
- Taylor County2
- Upshur County2
- Hampshire County2
- Hancock County2
- Hardy County2
- Monroe County2
- Fayette County1
- Raleigh County1
- Berkeley County1
- Braxton County1
- Brooke County1
- Calhoun County1
- Clay County1
- Gilmer County1
- Jackson County1
- Jefferson County1
- Marion County1
- Marshall County1
- Mason County1
- Monongalia County1
- Morgan County1
- Ohio County1
- Pleasants County1
- Ritchie County1
The latest extreme cold warnings
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 5, 1:07 PM EST | Extreme Cold Warning | LWX | Berkeley, Grant, Hampshire, Hardy, Jefferson, Mineral and 2 more | 69 hr |
| Feb 5, 12:41 PM EST | Extreme Cold Warning | RNK | Greenbrier | 66 hr |
| Feb 5, 12:40 PM EST | Extreme Cold Warning | RLX | Pocahontas, Randolph, Webster | 69 hr |
| Feb 5, 11:57 AM EST | Extreme Cold Warning | PBZ | Preston, Tucker | 70 hr |
| Jan 31, 1:12 AM EST | Extreme Cold Warning | LWX | Grant, Hampshire, Hardy, Mineral, Pendleton | 35 hr |
| Jan 31, 12:10 AM EST | Extreme Cold Warning | RLX | Nicholas, Pocahontas, Randolph, Webster | 37 hr |
| Jan 30, 11:23 PM EST | Extreme Cold Warning | PBZ | Tucker | 38 hr |
| Jan 30, 10:32 PM EST | Extreme Cold Warning | PBZ | Hancock | 12 hr |
| Jan 30, 2:30 PM EST | Extreme Cold Warning | RNK | Greenbrier, Mercer, Monroe, Summers | 47 hr |
| Jan 26, 12:26 AM EST | Extreme Cold Warning | RLX | Barbour, Braxton, Calhoun, Clay, Doddridge, Gilmer and 16 more | 3 days |
| Jan 26, 12:22 AM EST | Extreme Cold Warning | RNK | Greenbrier, Mercer, Monroe, Summers | 36 hr |
| Jan 25, 11:52 PM EST | Extreme Cold Warning | PBZ | Brooke, Hancock, Marion, Marshall, Monongalia, Ohio and 3 more | 3 days |
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.