Flood Watches in West Virginia
440 flood watches 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 flood watches reaches back to 2005.
Flood Watches by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- Flood Watches
- 440
- Busiest year
- 202565 flood watches
- Average year
- 21over 21 years on file
Over time
By year
Before late 2005 the archive holds only tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings, and from 1997 SPC's watches, so the jump that year is the archive widening, not 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.
- Mason County96
- Cabell County94
- Jackson County93
- Wood County93
- Braxton County92
- Kanawha County91
- Roane County91
- Wayne County91
- Lewis County91
- Boone County90
- Gilmer County90
- Pleasants County90
- Putnam County90
- Tyler County90
- Upshur County90
- Calhoun County89
- Lincoln County89
- Barbour County89
- Harrison County89
- Taylor County88
- Ritchie County87
- Wirt County87
- Clay County87
- Logan County86
- McDowell County86
- Wyoming County86
- Mingo County85
- Doddridge County83
- Marion County76
- Wetzel County74
- Summers County73
- Grant County71
- Marshall County71
- Hardy County70
- Mineral County70
- Mercer County69
- Monroe County67
- Jefferson County67
- Ohio County67
- Pendleton County67
The latest flood watches
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 20, 2:11 PM EDT | Flood Watch | RLX | Barbour, Boone, Braxton, Cabell, Calhoun, Clay and 28 more | 3 days |
| Sep 20, 12:00 PM EDT | Flood Watch | PBZ | Brooke, Hancock, Marion, Marshall, Monongalia, Ohio and 3 more | 56 hr |
| Sep 11, 1:35 PM EDT | Flood Watch | RLX | Barbour, Boone, Braxton, Cabell, Calhoun, Clay and 27 more | 35 hr |
| Sep 11, 1:26 PM EDT | Flood Watch | PBZ | Brooke, Hancock, Marion, Marshall, Monongalia, Ohio and 3 more | 40 hr |
| Sep 4, 9:35 AM EDT | Flood Watch | PBZ | Brooke, Hancock, Marion, Marshall, Monongalia, Ohio and 2 more | 7 hr |
| Aug 19, 12:36 PM EDT | Flood Watch | PBZ | Brooke, Hancock, Marion, Marshall, Monongalia, Ohio and 2 more | 25 hr |
| Aug 19, 12:35 PM EDT | Flood Watch | RLX | Doddridge, Harrison, Pleasants, Ritchie, Taylor, Tyler and 1 more | 25 hr |
| Aug 16, 8:57 AM EDT | Flood Watch | RNK | Greenbrier, Mercer, Monroe, Summers | 35 hr |
| Aug 15, 12:52 PM EDT | Flood Watch | LWX | Grant, Hampshire, Hardy, Mineral, Pendleton | 35 hr |
| Aug 15, 9:57 AM EDT | Flood Watch | PBZ | Brooke, Hancock, Marion, Marshall, Monongalia, Ohio and 3 more | 38 hr |
| Aug 15, 2:48 AM EDT | Flood Watch | RLX | Barbour, Boone, Braxton, Cabell, Calhoun, Clay and 28 more | 71 hr |
| Aug 11, 1:34 AM EDT | Flood Watch | RNK | Greenbrier, Mercer, Monroe, Summers | 54 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. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.