Flash Flood Warnings in West Virginia
3,454 flash 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 flash flood warnings reaches back to 1986.
Flash Flood Warnings by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- Flash Flood Warnings
- 3,454
- Busiest year
- 1996252 flash flood warnings
- Average year
- 84over 41 years on file
Over time
By year
Before October 2007 these were issued for whole counties, and a storm crossing three counties was often three warnings; since then one polygon follows the storm. The count changed with the practice, not only with 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 County246
- Randolph County177
- Harrison County165
- Lincoln County165
- Boone County162
- Wayne County160
- Preston County159
- Lewis County154
- Putnam County152
- Cabell County144
- Roane County143
- Braxton County141
- Ritchie County139
- Doddridge County138
- Monongalia County135
- Logan County135
- Jackson County132
- Upshur County132
- Marion County131
- Wood County130
- Marshall County129
- Webster County129
- Gilmer County125
- McDowell County124
- Tucker County123
- Mason County118
- Fayette County118
- Raleigh County117
- Calhoun County116
- Mingo County116
- Nicholas County114
- Mercer County113
- Tyler County113
- Pocahontas County112
- Barbour County110
- Hardy County109
- Wyoming County105
- Pleasants County102
- Clay County101
- Grant County99
The latest flash flood warnings
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 22, 8:45 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Fayette, Raleigh | 3 hr |
| Sep 22, 5:30 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Braxton, Lewis, Randolph, Upshur, Webster | 3 hr |
| Sep 22, 4:11 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Randolph, Webster | 3 hr |
| Sep 21, 10:28 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Barbour, Braxton, Gilmer, Lewis, Upshur | 2 hr |
| Sep 21, 10:24 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | McDowell, Wyoming | 4 hr |
| Sep 21, 7:38 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Boone, Clay, Fayette, Kanawha, Nicholas | 2 hr |
| Sep 21, 3:52 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | McDowell, Wyoming | 3 hr |
| Sep 21, 2:38 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Braxton, Doddridge, Gilmer, Lewis, Ritchie | 111 min |
| Sep 21, 2:35 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Pleasants, Ritchie, Wood | 106 min |
| Sep 21, 1:52 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Braxton, Gilmer, Ritchie | 3 hr |
| Sep 21, 1:37 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Calhoun, Jackson, Roane | 3 hr |
| Sep 21, 1:01 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Calhoun, Gilmer, Ritchie, Roane, Wirt | 4 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. Rebuilt daily.