Alert archive / West Virginia / Flash Flood Warnings / 1997
Flash Flood Warnings in West Virginia, March 1997
56 flash flood warnings in March 1997. 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 in March 1997. Tap one for its archive.
- Flash Flood Warnings
- 56
- Busiest day
- March 2, 199728 flash flood warnings
Over time
By day
Days in UTC, the clock the archive keeps.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 1, 7:12 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Lincoln, Wayne | 3 hr |
| Mar 1, 7:49 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Jackson | 3 hr |
| Mar 1, 8:16 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Mason | 5 hr |
| Mar 1, 8:32 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Mason | 5 hr |
| Mar 1, 9:10 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Kanawha | 4 hr |
| Mar 1, 9:15 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Kanawha | 4 hr |
| Mar 1, 9:37 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Wayne | 4 hr |
| Mar 1, 9:37 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Mason | 4 hr |
| Mar 1, 9:37 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Jackson, Kanawha, Lincoln, Putnam | 4 hr |
| Mar 1, 10:15 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Clay, Roane | 4 hr |
| Mar 1, 11:37 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Webster | 5 hr |
| Mar 1, 1:50 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Clay, Kanawha, Roane | 4 hr |
| Mar 1, 1:50 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Jackson, Mason, Putnam | 4 hr |
| Mar 1, 1:50 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Lincoln | 4 hr |
| Mar 1, 3:18 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Calhoun, Gilmer | 4 hr |
| Mar 1, 4:13 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Braxton | 4 hr |
| Mar 1, 5:49 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Mason | 4 hr |
| Mar 1, 5:49 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Jackson | 4 hr |
| Mar 1, 10:15 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Jackson, Mason | 6 hr |
| Mar 2, 12:55 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Marshall, Wetzel | 5 hr |
| Mar 2, 1:08 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Doddridge, Ritchie, Tyler | 6 hr |
| Mar 2, 1:08 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Wirt, Wood | 6 hr |
| Mar 2, 1:08 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Pleasants | 6 hr |
| Mar 2, 2:14 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Cabell, Putnam | 6 hr |
| Mar 2, 2:47 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Monongalia, Preston | 6 hr |
| Mar 2, 2:47 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Marion | 6 hr |
| Mar 2, 3:06 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Braxton, Calhoun, Clay, Kanawha, Roane | 5 hr |
| Mar 2, 3:06 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Lincoln, Wayne | 5 hr |
| Mar 2, 3:06 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Gilmer | 5 hr |
| Mar 2, 3:58 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Jackson, Mason | 4 hr |
| Mar 2, 5:53 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Monongalia, Preston | 4 hr |
| Mar 2, 5:53 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Marshall, Wetzel | 4 hr |
| Mar 2, 5:53 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Marion | 4 hr |
| Mar 2, 7:00 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Wayne | 5 hr |
| Mar 2, 7:00 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Cabell, Kanawha, Lincoln, Putnam | 5 hr |
| Mar 2, 7:00 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Roane, Wirt | 5 hr |
| Mar 2, 7:00 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Jackson | 5 hr |
| Mar 2, 7:00 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Calhoun | 5 hr |
| Mar 2, 7:00 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Doddridge, Ritchie | 5 hr |
| Mar 2, 7:00 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Mason | 5 hr |
| Mar 2, 7:00 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Clay | 5 hr |
| Mar 2, 7:00 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Braxton, Gilmer | 5 hr |
| Mar 2, 7:00 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Pleasants, Tyler, Wood | 5 hr |
| Mar 2, 10:00 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Marion, Monongalia, Wetzel | 5 hr |
| Mar 2, 10:00 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Marshall | 5 hr |
| Mar 2, 2:40 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Marion, Marshall, Wetzel | 7 hr |
| Mar 3, 8:41 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Gilmer | 6 hr |
| Mar 3, 9:03 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Boone | 5 hr |
| Mar 3, 9:03 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Calhoun | 5 hr |
| Mar 3, 9:38 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Putnam | 6 hr |
| Mar 3, 10:01 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Kanawha | 6 hr |
| Mar 3, 10:31 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Upshur | 5 hr |
| Mar 3, 10:43 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Greenbrier | 4 hr |
| Mar 3, 11:14 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Pocahontas | 6 hr |
| Mar 3, 11:38 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Doddridge, Pleasants, Ritchie, Tyler | 6 hr |
| Mar 3, 12:22 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Lincoln | 5 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Mason County8
- Jackson County7
- Kanawha County7
- Lincoln County6
- Putnam County5
- Wayne County4
- Clay County4
- Roane County4
- Calhoun County4
- Gilmer County4
- Marshall County4
- Wetzel County4
- Marion County4
- Braxton County3
- Doddridge County3
- Ritchie County3
- Tyler County3
- Pleasants County3
- Monongalia County3
- Wirt County2
- Wood County2
- Cabell County2
- Preston County2
- Webster County1
- Boone County1
- Upshur County1
- Greenbrier County1
- Pocahontas County1
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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.