Alert archive / West Virginia / Fayette County
Weather alerts in Fayette County, West Virginia, 2020
90 weather alerts in 2020, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.
Fayette County and its neighbors
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2020. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 90
- Warnings
- 25
- Watches
- 19
- Advisories
- 17
- Busiest month
- April19 alerts
- Busiest day
- April 8, 20207 alerts
Over time
By month
Warning verification
How often warnings here had a storm report inside them, and how much warning the reports had.
0 of 1 tornado warnings covering Fayette County in 2020 had a tornado report inside them.
Fayette County, 2020
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado warnings | 1 | 0 | 100% | 0 | ||
| Severe thunderstorm warnings | 11 | 9 | 18% | 15 | 100% | 24 min |
| Flash flood warnings | 4 | 3 | 25% | 6 | 83% | 121 min |
Each office's whole area, 2020
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NWS Charleston, WV: tornado warnings | 8 | 0 | 100% | 1 | 0% | |
| NWS Charleston, WV: severe thunderstorm warnings | 143 | 95 | 34% | 361 | 75% | 23 min |
| NWS Charleston, WV: flash flood warnings | 72 | 37 | 49% | 114 | 71% | 67 min |
An office's figures cover every county it serves, including across state lines.
Verified by the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow, which matches each storm-based warning with the local storm reports inside its polygon while it was in force, within 15 km of its edge: a tornado warning counts as verified on a tornado report, a severe thunderstorm warning on hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more, or wind damage, a flash flood warning on a flash flood report. The false alarm ratio is the share of warnings with no such report; "inside a warning" is the probability of detection, the share of reports that fell inside one; lead time runs from the warning's issue to each report inside it, counting zero for a report that came first. A warning with no report is not proof nothing happened: reports come from spotters, the public and damage surveys, and are thin where few people live.
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 | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 6, 5:02 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | RLX | 35 hr |
| Jan 7, 8:49 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 4 hr |
| Jan 11, 3:53 AM EST | Wind Advisory | RLX | 30 hr |
| Jan 11, 8:57 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | 48 min |
| Jan 17, 3:11 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | RLX | 40 hr |
| Jan 24, 2:24 AM EST | Wind Advisory | RLX | 17 hr |
| Feb 5, 3:26 AM EST | Flood Watch | RLX | 39 hr |
| Feb 6, 2:40 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | RLX | 28 hr |
| Feb 7, 7:37 AM EST | Areal Flood Warning | RLX | 7 hr |
| Feb 11, 11:55 AM EST | Flood Watch | RLX | 19 min |
| Feb 11, 12:14 PM EST | Flash Flood Watch | RLX | 48 hr |
| Feb 12, 10:54 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RLX | 66 min |
| Feb 26, 3:17 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | RLX | 38 hr |
| Feb 28, 10:31 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RLX | 3 hr |
| Mar 3, 4:27 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Mar 5, 1:48 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | RLX | 35 hr |
| Apr 8, 9:53 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | 2 hr |
| Apr 8, 12:39 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 96 min |
| Apr 8, 1:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Apr 8, 1:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | 33 min |
| Apr 8, 1:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | 51 min |
| Apr 8, 1:54 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RLX | 26 min |
| Apr 8, 2:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | 33 min |
| Apr 8, 10:14 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Apr 8, 10:51 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| Apr 9, 12:41 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | 49 min |
| Apr 9, 1:23 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | 52 min |
| Apr 9, 2:11 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | 38 min |
| Apr 10, 1:34 AM EDT | Wind Advisory | RLX | 15 hr |
| Apr 11, 2:36 PM EDT | High Wind Watch | RLX | 22 hr |
| Apr 12, 12:44 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | RLX | 30 hr |
| Apr 13, 2:06 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | 39 min |
| Apr 13, 2:47 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | 43 min |
| Apr 21, 3:32 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | RLX | 30 hr |
| Apr 28, 12:59 PM EDT | Flood Watch | RLX | 47 hr |
| May 3, 2:19 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | RLX | 20 hr |
| May 3, 6:35 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 55 min |
| May 6, 3:27 AM EDT | Frost Advisory | RLX | 30 hr |
| May 7, 4:09 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | RLX | 53 hr |
| May 9, 3:13 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | RLX | 30 hr |
| May 10, 3:12 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | RLX | 56 hr |
| May 10, 8:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | 27 min |
| May 12, 2:03 AM EDT | Frost Advisory | RLX | 31 hr |
| May 19, 2:40 AM EDT | Wind Advisory | RLX | 25 hr |
| May 27, 7:15 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | RLX | 3 min |
| May 27, 7:18 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | RLX | 11 hr |
| May 29, 2:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | 46 min |
| Jun 4, 7:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | 41 min |
| Jun 6, 6:07 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 113 min |
| Jun 10, 11:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | 26 min |
| Jun 14, 2:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | 57 min |
| Jun 14, 3:00 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | 10 hr |
| Jun 15, 3:51 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | RLX | 6 hr |
| Jun 30, 1:06 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | 72 min |
| Jul 9, 3:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | 27 min |
| Jul 10, 4:11 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 94 min |
| Jul 10, 4:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | 30 min |
| Jul 10, 5:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | 14 min |
| Jul 17, 8:25 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | 50 min |
| Jul 22, 5:46 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 89 min |
| Jul 22, 6:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | 32 min |
| Jul 30, 12:22 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | RLX | 20 hr |
| Aug 1, 3:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Aug 1, 8:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | 32 min |
| Aug 13, 7:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | 32 min |
| Aug 14, 1:01 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | RLX | 25 hr |
| Aug 22, 8:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | 52 min |
| Aug 25, 3:10 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 95 min |
| Aug 25, 3:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Aug 25, 7:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | 45 min |
| Aug 25, 7:07 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 113 min |
| Aug 30, 7:29 PM EDT | Flood Watch | RLX | 26 hr |
| Aug 31, 5:21 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | 54 min |
| Aug 31, 8:32 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | 5 hr |
| Sep 2, 12:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | 50 min |
| Sep 3, 3:07 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | 53 min |
| Oct 2, 3:13 AM EDT | Frost Advisory | RLX | 30 hr |
| Oct 15, 2:58 PM EDT | Freeze Watch | RLX | 23 hr |
| Oct 16, 1:52 PM EDT | Freeze Warning | RLX | 20 hr |
| Oct 28, 2:07 PM EDT | Flood Watch | RLX | 24 hr |
| Nov 14, 1:46 PM EST | Wind Advisory | RLX | 41 hr |
| Nov 27, 4:20 AM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | RLX | 5 hr |
| Nov 30, 3:19 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | RLX | 49 hr |
| Dec 7, 9:12 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RLX | 63 min |
| Dec 14, 4:01 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | RLX | 34 hr |
| Dec 15, 4:32 AM EST | Winter Storm Warning | RLX | 46 hr |
| Dec 23, 4:41 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | RLX | 9 hr |
| Dec 23, 1:32 PM EST | Winter Storm Warning | RLX | 41 hr |
| Dec 24, 4:59 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | RLX | 35 hr |
| Dec 24, 2:28 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 5 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 Warning | 11 |
| Tornado Warning | 1 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 3 |
| Tornado Watch | 1 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 11 |
| Special Weather Statement | 18 |
| Flooding | |
| Areal Flood Warning | 2 |
| Flash Flood Warning | 4 |
| Flash Flood Watch | 6 |
| Flood Watch | 5 |
| Winter | |
| Winter Storm Warning | 2 |
| Winter Storm Watch | 2 |
| Winter Weather Advisory | 7 |
| Cold | |
| Freeze Warning | 5 |
| Freeze Watch | 1 |
| Frost Advisory | 3 |
| Wind and dust | |
| High Wind Watch | 1 |
| Wind Advisory | 6 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 1 |
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
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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.