Alert archive / West Virginia / Flash Flood Warnings / 2026
Flash Flood Warnings in West Virginia, August 2026
70 flash flood warnings in August 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 flash flood warnings reaches back to 1986.
Flash Flood Warnings by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in August 2026. Tap one for its archive.
- Flash Flood Warnings
- 70
- Busiest day
- August 17, 202616 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2, 1:17 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Brooke, Hancock | 3 hr |
| Aug 2, 3:54 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Clay, Kanawha, Roane | 3 hr |
| Aug 2, 4:55 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Marion, Monongalia | 3 hr |
| Aug 2, 7:58 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Greenbrier, Summers | 4 hr |
| Aug 2, 8:02 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Fayette, McDowell, Raleigh, Wyoming | 4 hr |
| Aug 2, 8:07 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Mercer, Summers | 4 hr |
| Aug 2, 9:38 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | McDowell, Mingo, Wyoming | 3 hr |
| Aug 2, 10:36 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | McDowell, Wyoming | 3 hr |
| Aug 5, 8:55 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Wayne | 3 hr |
| Aug 5, 5:25 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Upshur | 3 hr |
| Aug 5, 7:43 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Braxton, Calhoun, Clay, Kanawha, Roane | 2 hr |
| Aug 5, 7:52 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Boone, Clay, Kanawha | 2 hr |
| Aug 7, 1:13 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Jackson, Mason | 3 hr |
| Aug 7, 2:11 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Jackson | 4 hr |
| Aug 7, 2:58 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Brooke, Hancock | 3 hr |
| Aug 7, 4:36 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Fayette, Raleigh | 5 hr |
| Aug 7, 5:53 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Barbour, Harrison, Lewis, Upshur | 5 hr |
| Aug 7, 7:09 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Jackson, Wood | 3 hr |
| Aug 7, 8:48 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Calhoun, Roane | 3 hr |
| Aug 11, 1:18 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Ohio | 3 hr |
| Aug 11, 3:32 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Pocahontas, Randolph | 3 hr |
| Aug 11, 4:08 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Grant, Hampshire, Hardy, Mineral | 3 hr |
| Aug 11, 8:39 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Boone, Kanawha, Lincoln | 2 hr |
| Aug 11, 12:11 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Jackson, Kanawha, Mason, Putnam, Roane | 3 hr |
| Aug 11, 12:28 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Clay, Kanawha, Nicholas, Putnam, Roane | 3 hr |
| Aug 11, 1:25 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Boone, Fayette, Kanawha, Lincoln, Logan, Nicholas and 3 more | 4 hr |
| Aug 11, 6:30 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Boone, Cabell, Kanawha, Lincoln, Putnam, Wayne | 3 hr |
| Aug 14, 8:33 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Pleasants, Ritchie, Wirt, Wood | 3 hr |
| Aug 14, 3:42 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Boone, Fayette, Raleigh | 3 hr |
| Aug 15, 4:15 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Mingo | 105 min |
| Aug 15, 4:37 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | McDowell, Mingo, Wyoming | 83 min |
| Aug 16, 4:17 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Doddridge, Harrison, Pleasants, Ritchie, Tyler | 3 hr |
| Aug 16, 4:31 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Barbour, Doddridge, Harrison, Lewis, Taylor, Upshur | 7 hr |
| Aug 16, 6:29 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Boone, Fayette, Kanawha, Raleigh | 7 hr |
| Aug 16, 7:38 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Fayette, Raleigh | 6 hr |
| Aug 16, 8:08 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Barbour, Randolph | 4 hr |
| Aug 16, 8:15 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Tucker | 3 hr |
| Aug 16, 8:34 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Greenbrier, Summers | 6 hr |
| Aug 16, 8:59 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Boone, Raleigh | 3 hr |
| Aug 16, 3:37 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Braxton, Calhoun, Gilmer, Roane | 3 hr |
| Aug 16, 4:05 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Braxton, Clay, Jackson, Kanawha, Roane | 6 hr |
| Aug 16, 4:13 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Kanawha, Putnam | 6 hr |
| Aug 16, 4:58 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Clay, Fayette, Kanawha, Nicholas | 6 hr |
| Aug 16, 7:01 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Wayne | 3 hr |
| Aug 16, 7:35 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Cabell, Mason, Putnam | 3 hr |
| Aug 16, 8:16 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Wayne | 3 hr |
| Aug 16, 9:27 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Nicholas, Pocahontas, Randolph, Webster | 3 hr |
| Aug 16, 9:45 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Braxton, Gilmer, Lewis, Upshur | 6 hr |
| Aug 17, 1:53 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Pleasants, Tyler | 7 hr |
| Aug 17, 2:33 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Marion, Wetzel | 3 hr |
| Aug 17, 2:41 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Doddridge, Harrison, Tyler | 6 hr |
| Aug 17, 2:55 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Doddridge, Harrison, Pleasants, Ritchie, Tyler | 6 hr |
| Aug 17, 3:32 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Barbour, Harrison, Taylor | 5 hr |
| Aug 17, 3:49 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Wirt, Wood | 3 hr |
| Aug 17, 4:07 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Barbour, Harrison, Taylor | 5 hr |
| Aug 17, 4:20 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Barbour, Harrison, Taylor | 3 hr |
| Aug 17, 4:28 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Braxton, Calhoun, Doddridge, Gilmer, Lewis, Ritchie and 1 more | 3 hr |
| Aug 17, 5:08 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Braxton, Calhoun, Gilmer, Lewis, Upshur, Webster | 3 hr |
| Aug 17, 5:34 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Wood | 3 hr |
| Aug 17, 6:04 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Braxton, Gilmer, Randolph, Upshur, Webster | 2 hr |
| Aug 17, 7:44 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Jackson, Roane | 3 hr |
| Aug 17, 9:49 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Kanawha | 3 hr |
| Aug 17, 10:48 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Logan, Wyoming | 3 hr |
| Aug 20, 8:18 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Brooke, Marshall, Ohio | 3 hr |
| Aug 20, 9:40 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Brooke, Marshall, Ohio | 3 hr |
| Aug 22, 4:59 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Pleasants, Ritchie, Tyler | 3 hr |
| Aug 27, 5:10 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Berkeley | 3 hr |
| Aug 27, 5:31 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Berkeley | 3 hr |
| Aug 27, 11:17 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Mercer, Monroe, Summers | 2 hr |
| Aug 28, 2:39 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Pocahontas, Randolph, Webster | 3 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Kanawha County13
- Roane County8
- Harrison County8
- Fayette County7
- Raleigh County7
- Braxton County7
- Boone County7
- Clay County6
- Wyoming County6
- Upshur County6
- Jackson County6
- Barbour County6
- Putnam County6
- Calhoun County5
- Lewis County5
- Randolph County5
- Pleasants County5
- Ritchie County5
- Doddridge County5
- Tyler County5
- Gilmer County5
- Brooke County4
- Summers County4
- McDowell County4
- Wayne County4
- Wood County4
- Nicholas County4
- Taylor County4
- Webster County4
- Mingo County3
- Mason County3
- Ohio County3
- Pocahontas County3
- Lincoln County3
- Wirt County3
- Hancock County2
- Marion County2
- Greenbrier County2
- Mercer County2
- Logan County2
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.