Alert archive / West Virginia / Extreme Cold Warnings
Extreme Cold Warnings in West Virginia, 2026
17 extreme cold warnings in 2026. 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 in 2026. Tap one for its archive.
- Extreme Cold Warnings
- 17
- Busiest month
- January13 extreme cold warnings
- Busiest day
- January 19, 20264 extreme cold warnings
Over time
By month
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 19, 1:37 AM EST | Extreme Cold Warning | PBZ | Tucker | 34 hr |
| Jan 19, 1:40 AM EST | Extreme Cold Warning | RLX | Pocahontas, Randolph, Webster | 36 hr |
| Jan 19, 1:42 AM EST | Extreme Cold Warning | LWX | Grant, Pendleton | 35 hr |
| Jan 19, 2:27 AM EST | Extreme Cold Warning | RNK | Greenbrier | 34 hr |
| Jan 25, 11:13 PM EST | Extreme Cold Warning | LWX | Grant, Mineral, Pendleton | 3 days |
| Jan 25, 11:52 PM EST | Extreme Cold Warning | PBZ | Brooke, Hancock, Marion, Marshall, Monongalia, Ohio and 3 more | 3 days |
| Jan 26, 12:22 AM EST | Extreme Cold Warning | RNK | Greenbrier, Mercer, Monroe, Summers | 36 hr |
| Jan 26, 12:26 AM EST | Extreme Cold Warning | RLX | Barbour, Braxton, Calhoun, Clay, Doddridge, Gilmer and 16 more | 3 days |
| Jan 30, 2:30 PM EST | Extreme Cold Warning | RNK | Greenbrier, Mercer, Monroe, Summers | 47 hr |
| Jan 30, 10:32 PM EST | Extreme Cold Warning | PBZ | Hancock | 12 hr |
| Jan 30, 11:23 PM EST | Extreme Cold Warning | PBZ | Tucker | 38 hr |
| Jan 31, 12:10 AM EST | Extreme Cold Warning | RLX | Nicholas, Pocahontas, Randolph, Webster | 37 hr |
| Jan 31, 1:12 AM EST | Extreme Cold Warning | LWX | Grant, Hampshire, Hardy, Mineral, Pendleton | 35 hr |
| Feb 5, 11:57 AM EST | Extreme Cold Warning | PBZ | Preston, Tucker | 70 hr |
| Feb 5, 12:40 PM EST | Extreme Cold Warning | RLX | Pocahontas, Randolph, Webster | 69 hr |
| Feb 5, 12:41 PM EST | Extreme Cold Warning | RNK | Greenbrier | 66 hr |
| Feb 5, 1:07 PM EST | Extreme Cold Warning | LWX | Berkeley, Grant, Hampshire, Hardy, Jefferson, Mineral and 2 more | 69 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Tucker County4
- Pocahontas County4
- Randolph County4
- Webster County4
- Grant County4
- Pendleton County4
- Greenbrier County4
- Mineral County3
- Hancock County2
- Preston County2
- Mercer County2
- Monroe County2
- Summers County2
- Nicholas County2
- Hampshire County2
- Hardy County2
- Brooke County1
- Marion County1
- Marshall County1
- Monongalia County1
- Ohio County1
- Wetzel County1
- Barbour County1
- Braxton County1
- Calhoun County1
- Clay County1
- Doddridge County1
- Gilmer County1
- Harrison County1
- Jackson County1
- Lewis County1
- Mason County1
- Pleasants County1
- Ritchie County1
- Roane County1
- Taylor County1
- Tyler County1
- Upshur County1
- Wirt County1
- Wood County1
3 more counties
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
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.