High Wind Warnings in West Virginia
141 high wind warnings 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 high wind warnings reaches back to 2005.
High Wind Warnings by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- High Wind Warnings
- 141
- Busiest year
- 202512 high wind warnings
- Average year
- 6over 22 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.
- Grant County42
- Mineral County39
- Pendleton County30
- Mercer County29
- Berkeley County28
- Hardy County27
- Morgan County27
- Hampshire County26
- Jefferson County25
- Tucker County20
- Pocahontas County15
- Randolph County15
- Monroe County14
- Summers County14
- Brooke County12
- Hancock County12
- Preston County12
- Ohio County11
- Greenbrier County11
- Marshall County9
- Wetzel County9
- Marion County8
- Monongalia County7
- Barbour County5
- Upshur County5
- McDowell County5
- Wyoming County5
- Webster County5
- Doddridge County4
- Harrison County4
- Lewis County4
- Taylor County4
- Tyler County4
- Wood County4
- Fayette County4
- Nicholas County4
- Raleigh County4
- Pleasants County3
- Ritchie County3
- Wirt County3
The latest high wind warnings
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 13, 2:08 AM EDT | High Wind Warning | LWX | Grant, Mineral, Pendleton | 24 hr |
| Mar 13, 12:41 AM EDT | High Wind Warning | PBZ | Brooke, Hancock, Ohio, Tucker | 28 hr |
| Mar 13, 12:15 AM EDT | High Wind Warning | RLX | Pocahontas, Randolph | 26 hr |
| Feb 6, 1:55 AM EST | High Wind Warning | LWX | Berkeley, Grant, Hampshire, Hardy, Jefferson, Mineral and 2 more | 44 hr |
| Feb 6, 1:20 AM EST | High Wind Warning | RNK | Greenbrier | 41 hr |
| Feb 6, 1:16 AM EST | High Wind Warning | RLX | Pocahontas, Randolph | 44 hr |
| Feb 6, 12:49 AM EST | High Wind Warning | PBZ | Tucker | 45 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. Rebuilt daily.