Alert archive / West Virginia / Flood Watches
Flood Watches in West Virginia, 2008
24 flood watches 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 flood watches reaches back to 2005.
Flood Watches by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2008. Tap one for its archive.
- Flood Watches
- 24
- Busiest month
- March7 flood watches
- Busiest day
- December 11, 20084 flood watches
Over time
By month
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 5, 3:24 AM EST | Flood Watch | PBZ | Brooke, Hancock, Marion, Marshall, Ohio, Wetzel | 37 hr |
| Feb 5, 10:03 AM EST | Flood Watch | RLX | Cabell, Jackson, Mason, Pleasants, Tyler, Wayne and 1 more | 29 hr |
| Mar 3, 3:34 AM EST | Flood Watch | PBZ | Brooke, Hancock, Marion, Marshall, Ohio, Wetzel | 45 hr |
| Mar 3, 11:15 AM EST | Flood Watch | RLX | Barbour, Boone, Braxton, Cabell, Calhoun, Clay and 22 more | 38 hr |
| Mar 3, 3:44 PM EST | Flood Watch | LWX | Berkeley, Grant, Hampshire, Hardy, Jefferson, Mineral and 1 more | 36 hr |
| Mar 4, 1:05 PM EST | Flood Watch | RNK | Mercer, Summers | 10 hr |
| Mar 18, 3:54 AM EDT | Flood Watch | PBZ | Brooke, Hancock, Marshall, Ohio, Wetzel | 42 hr |
| Mar 18, 4:06 AM EDT | Flood Watch | RLX | Doddridge, Pleasants, Ritchie, Tyler, Wood | 40 hr |
| Mar 27, 4:01 AM EDT | Flood Watch | RLX | Calhoun, Doddridge, Gilmer, Harrison, Jackson, Lewis and 8 more | 8 hr |
| Apr 3, 4:35 AM EDT | Flood Watch | RLX | Barbour, Boone, Braxton, Cabell, Calhoun, Clay and 22 more | 44 hr |
| Apr 3, 12:23 PM EDT | Flood Watch | PBZ | Marion, Marshall, Wetzel | 23 hr |
| Apr 4, 3:52 AM EDT | Flood Watch | RNK | Mercer, Monroe, Summers | 21 hr |
| Apr 20, 3:12 AM EDT | Flood Watch | LWX | Berkeley, Grant, Hampshire, Hardy, Jefferson, Mineral and 1 more | 27 hr |
| May 8, 3:19 PM EDT | Flood Watch | LWX | Berkeley, Grant, Hampshire, Hardy, Jefferson, Mineral and 1 more | 17 hr |
| May 10, 3:47 PM EDT | Flood Watch | RNK | Summers | 25 hr |
| May 10, 3:49 PM EDT | Flood Watch | LWX | Berkeley, Grant, Hampshire, Hardy, Jefferson, Mineral and 1 more | 46 hr |
| May 11, 4:38 AM EDT | Flood Watch | RLX | Barbour, Braxton, Calhoun, Clay, Gilmer, Harrison and 4 more | 18 hr |
| May 15, 4:06 AM EDT | Flood Watch | LWX | 26 hr | |
| Aug 5, 7:44 AM EDT | Flood Watch | RLX | Jackson, Mason | 6 hr |
| Aug 5, 9:23 PM EDT | Flood Watch | RLX | Cabell, Mason | 5 hr |
| Dec 10, 9:56 PM EST | Flood Watch | LWX | Berkeley, Jefferson | 24 hr |
| Dec 11, 9:45 AM EST | Flood Watch | RLX | McDowell, Wyoming | 11 hr |
| Dec 11, 9:54 AM EST | Flood Watch | RNK | Mercer, Monroe, Summers | 11 hr |
| Dec 11, 12:55 PM EST | Flood Watch | PBZ | 11 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Mason County6
- Jackson County5
- Pleasants County5
- Tyler County5
- Wood County5
- Berkeley County5
- Jefferson County5
- Marshall County4
- Wetzel County4
- Cabell County4
- Calhoun County4
- Doddridge County4
- Gilmer County4
- Harrison County4
- Lewis County4
- Ritchie County4
- Roane County4
- Taylor County4
- Grant County4
- Hampshire County4
- Hardy County4
- Mineral County4
- Morgan County4
- Summers County4
- Brooke County3
- Hancock County3
- Marion County3
- Ohio County3
- Wayne County3
- Barbour County3
- Braxton County3
- Clay County3
- McDowell County3
- Upshur County3
- Wirt County3
- Wyoming County3
- Mercer County3
- Boone County2
- Kanawha County2
- Lincoln County2
4 more counties
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.