High Wind Watches in West Virginia
92 high wind 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 high wind watches reaches back to 2005.
High Wind Watches by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- High Wind Watches
- 92
- Busiest year
- 20219 high wind watches
- Average year
- 4over 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 County34
- Mineral County33
- Pendleton County25
- Hampshire County23
- Hardy County23
- Morgan County23
- Berkeley County22
- Jefferson County19
- Mercer County15
- Tucker County12
- Pocahontas County12
- Randolph County12
- Brooke County10
- Marion County10
- Marshall County10
- Monroe County10
- Ohio County10
- Wetzel County10
- Hancock County9
- Summers County9
- Preston County8
- Monongalia County8
- Greenbrier County7
- Wyoming County6
- Upshur County6
- McDowell County5
- Barbour County5
- Harrison County5
- Lewis County5
- Taylor County5
- Doddridge County4
- Pleasants County4
- Ritchie County4
- Tyler County4
- Wood County4
- Webster County4
- Boone County3
- Braxton County3
- Calhoun County3
- Clay County3
The latest high wind watches
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 5, 1:07 PM EST | High Wind Watch | LWX | Grant, Mineral, Pendleton | 13 hr |
| Feb 5, 12:40 PM EST | High Wind Watch | RLX | Pocahontas, Randolph | 13 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.