Alert archive / West Virginia / Flash Flood Warnings / 2026
Flash Flood Warnings in West Virginia, May 2026
20 flash flood warnings in May 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 May 2026. Tap one for its archive.
- Flash Flood Warnings
- 20
- Busiest day
- May 27, 20269 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 23, 7:28 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Mason | 3 hr |
| May 24, 5:56 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Brooke, Hancock | 5 hr |
| May 24, 5:58 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Logan, Mingo | 3 hr |
| May 24, 6:11 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Cabell, Mason | 3 hr |
| May 24, 6:28 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Boone, Logan, Raleigh | 6 hr |
| May 24, 7:25 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Boone, Fayette, Kanawha, Nicholas, Raleigh | 4 hr |
| May 24, 8:16 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Braxton, Calhoun, Clay, Gilmer | 4 hr |
| May 24, 9:14 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Raleigh | 4 hr |
| May 24, 9:18 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Gilmer, Lewis | 4 hr |
| May 24, 9:25 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Harrison, Lewis | 4 hr |
| May 26, 2:11 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Jackson, Wirt, Wood | 3 hr |
| May 27, 5:44 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Marion | 2 hr |
| May 27, 5:56 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Harrison, Taylor | 3 hr |
| May 27, 7:25 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Jackson, Roane | 3 hr |
| May 27, 8:41 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Barbour, Braxton, Calhoun, Gilmer, Harrison, Lewis and 4 more | 5 hr |
| May 27, 8:44 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Preston, Tucker | 3 hr |
| May 27, 4:33 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Barbour, Braxton, Calhoun, Doddridge, Gilmer, Harrison and 5 more | 4 hr |
| May 27, 4:33 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Jackson, Mason | 3 hr |
| May 27, 4:54 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Calhoun, Jackson, Mason, Putnam, Roane, Wirt | 3 hr |
| May 27, 4:58 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Tucker | 3 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Mason County4
- Calhoun County4
- Gilmer County4
- Lewis County4
- Harrison County4
- Jackson County4
- Raleigh County3
- Braxton County3
- Wirt County3
- Taylor County3
- Roane County3
- Logan County2
- Boone County2
- Barbour County2
- Upshur County2
- Tucker County2
- Brooke County1
- Hancock County1
- Mingo County1
- Cabell County1
- Fayette County1
- Kanawha County1
- Nicholas County1
- Clay County1
- Wood County1
- Marion County1
- Randolph County1
- Preston County1
- Doddridge County1
- Ritchie County1
- Putnam County1
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.