Alert archive / West Virginia / Flash Flood Warnings
Flash Flood Warnings in West Virginia, 2008
30 flash flood warnings in 2008. 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 2008. Tap one for its archive.
- Flash Flood Warnings
- 30
- Busiest month
- June12 flash flood warnings
- Busiest day
- June 4, 20088 flash flood warnings
Over time
By month
Warning verification
How often warnings here had a storm report inside them, and how much warning the reports had.
12 of 30 flash flood warnings covering West Virginia in 2008 had a flash flood report inside them; 19 of 23 flash flood reports fell inside a warning, on average 80 minutes after it went out.
West Virginia, 2008
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flash flood warnings | 30 | 12 | 60% | 23 | 83% | 80 min |
Each office's whole area, 2008
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NWS Charleston, WV: flash flood warnings | 11 | 7 | 36% | 12 | 83% | 67 min |
| NWS Blacksburg, VA: flash flood warnings | 61 | 23 | 62% | 93 | 87% | 235 min |
| NWS Pittsburgh, PA: flash flood warnings | 23 | 10 | 57% | 18 | 83% | 65 min |
| NWS Baltimore/Washington: flash flood warnings | 23 | 11 | 52% | 53 | 75% | 117 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 | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 4, 6:52 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Greenbrier, Mercer, Summers | 3 hr |
| May 11, 4:42 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Mercer | 3 hr |
| May 27, 6:12 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Monongalia | 92 min |
| May 31, 1:17 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Mineral | 118 min |
| Jun 3, 10:53 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Doddridge, Harrison, Pleasants, Ritchie, Tyler, Wood | 3 hr |
| Jun 4, 12:17 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Barbour | 118 min |
| Jun 4, 12:43 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Tucker | 4 hr |
| Jun 4, 12:57 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Taylor | 3 hr |
| Jun 4, 1:05 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Randolph | 3 hr |
| Jun 4, 1:56 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Barbour, Harrison | 3 hr |
| Jun 4, 4:57 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Barbour, Harrison, Taylor | 3 hr |
| Jun 4, 11:25 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Marion | 6 hr |
| Jun 10, 7:18 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Monroe | 5 hr |
| Jun 13, 1:51 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Grant, Mineral | 3 hr |
| Jun 22, 5:11 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Greenbrier, Summers | 4 hr |
| Jun 29, 10:44 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Marshall | 3 hr |
| Jul 5, 5:48 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Monongalia | 3 hr |
| Jul 6, 2:35 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Monongalia | 3 hr |
| Jul 6, 3:01 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Monongalia, Preston | 100 min |
| Jul 6, 3:20 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Marion | 94 min |
| Jul 6, 4:33 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Mercer | 5 hr |
| Jul 6, 4:50 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Marshall | 94 min |
| Jul 6, 6:46 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Tyler | 2 hr |
| Jul 7, 1:37 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Pendleton | 4 hr |
| Aug 13, 3:49 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Randolph | 26 min |
| Aug 13, 4:09 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Randolph | 2 hr |
| Aug 13, 4:36 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Tucker | 3 hr |
| Aug 13, 5:43 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Raleigh | 2 hr |
| Aug 30, 5:59 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Greenbrier | 114 min |
| Sep 27, 8:38 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Hampshire, Morgan | 3 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Monongalia County4
- Greenbrier County3
- Mercer County3
- Harrison County3
- Barbour County3
- Randolph County3
- Summers County2
- Mineral County2
- Tyler County2
- Tucker County2
- Taylor County2
- Marion County2
- Marshall County2
- Doddridge County1
- Pleasants County1
- Ritchie County1
- Wood County1
- Monroe County1
- Grant County1
- Preston County1
- Pendleton County1
- Raleigh County1
- Hampshire County1
- Morgan County1
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
Nearby
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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.