Alert archive / West Virginia / Marion County
Weather alerts in Marion County, West Virginia, 2014
87 weather alerts in 2014, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.
Marion County and its neighbors
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2014. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 87
- Warnings
- 17
- Watches
- 14
- Advisories
- 26
- Busiest month
- January17 alerts
- Busiest day
- May 14, 20146 alerts
Over time
By month
Warning verification
How often warnings here had a storm report inside them, and how much warning the reports had.
0 of 1 tornado warnings covering Marion County in 2014 had a tornado report inside them.
Marion County, 2014
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado warnings | 1 | 0 | 100% | 0 | ||
| Severe thunderstorm warnings | 8 | 7 | 13% | 9 | 100% | 20 min |
| Flash flood warnings | 2 | 1 | 50% | 1 | 0% |
Each office's whole area, 2014
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NWS Pittsburgh, PA: tornado warnings | 9 | 2 | 78% | 6 | 67% | 6 min |
| NWS Pittsburgh, PA: severe thunderstorm warnings | 147 | 106 | 28% | 399 | 80% | 22 min |
| NWS Pittsburgh, PA: flash flood warnings | 15 | 10 | 33% | 31 | 87% | 51 min |
An office's figures cover every county it serves, including across state lines.
Verified by the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow, which matches each storm-based warning with the local storm reports inside its polygon while it was in force, within 15 km of its edge: a tornado warning counts as verified on a tornado report, a severe thunderstorm warning on hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more, or wind damage, a flash flood warning on a flash flood report. The false alarm ratio is the share of warnings with no such report; "inside a warning" is the probability of detection, the share of reports that fell inside one; lead time runs from the warning's issue to each report inside it, counting zero for a report that came first. A warning with no report is not proof nothing happened: reports come from spotters, the public and damage surveys, and are thin where few people live.
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 | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 1, 2:28 PM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | PBZ | 61 hr |
| Jan 1, 2:28 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | PBZ | 46 hr |
| Jan 4, 3:37 AM EST | Wind Chill Watch | PBZ | 24 hr |
| Jan 5, 3:53 AM EST | Wind Chill Warning | PBZ | 61 hr |
| Jan 5, 3:05 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | PBZ | 26 hr |
| Jan 6, 1:01 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | 59 min |
| Jan 7, 5:18 PM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | PBZ | 15 hr |
| Jan 20, 11:44 AM EST | Winter Storm Warning | PBZ | 31 hr |
| Jan 21, 3:16 AM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | PBZ | 33 hr |
| Jan 23, 3:56 AM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | PBZ | 32 hr |
| Jan 23, 3:22 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | PBZ | 62 hr |
| Jan 24, 9:44 PM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | PBZ | 37 hr |
| Jan 26, 3:34 AM EST | Wind Chill Watch | PBZ | 23 hr |
| Jan 26, 3:18 PM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | PBZ | 33 hr |
| Jan 26, 3:18 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | PBZ | 23 hr |
| Jan 27, 2:13 AM EST | Wind Chill Warning | PBZ | 58 hr |
| Jan 28, 11:58 AM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | PBZ | 24 hr |
| Feb 2, 6:02 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | PBZ | 31 hr |
| Feb 2, 3:20 PM EST | Winter Storm Warning | PBZ | 22 hr |
| Feb 2, 11:21 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 5 hr |
| Feb 3, 4:44 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 4 hr |
| Feb 4, 7:45 AM EST | Flood Watch | PBZ | 28 hr |
| Feb 4, 9:45 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 6 hr |
| Feb 12, 7:58 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | PBZ | 35 hr |
| Feb 14, 4:27 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | PBZ | 31 hr |
| Feb 20, 3:47 AM EST | Wind Advisory | PBZ | 37 hr |
| Feb 28, 10:00 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | PBZ | 30 hr |
| Mar 1, 4:24 PM EST | Winter Storm Warning | PBZ | 38 hr |
| Mar 11, 3:08 PM EDT | Winter Weather Advisory | PBZ | 31 hr |
| Mar 12, 11:43 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Mar 25, 7:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | 54 min |
| Apr 12, 4:15 AM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | PBZ | 5 hr |
| Apr 30, 5:01 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 89 min |
| May 13, 8:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | 64 min |
| May 14, 1:48 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 117 min |
| May 14, 5:50 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 85 min |
| May 14, 7:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
| May 14, 7:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | 58 min |
| May 14, 7:40 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | PBZ | 30 hr |
| May 17, 2:35 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | PBZ | 17 hr |
| May 18, 2:30 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | PBZ | 18 hr |
| May 27, 1:43 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 62 min |
| May 28, 4:19 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | PBZ | 17 hr |
| May 28, 2:28 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| May 28, 4:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | 32 min |
| May 28, 4:49 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PBZ | 3 hr |
| May 29, 5:51 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | 3 hr |
| Jun 8, 11:37 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 53 min |
| Jun 8, 1:20 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jun 8, 4:51 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 114 min |
| Jun 10, 11:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | 31 min |
| Jun 11, 12:25 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jun 11, 2:59 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Jun 11, 5:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | 36 min |
| Jun 12, 1:06 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | 3 hr |
| Jun 12, 3:17 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | PBZ | 13 hr |
| Jun 13, 2:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | 62 min |
| Jun 16, 2:01 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 119 min |
| Jun 18, 9:06 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 54 min |
| Jun 18, 9:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| Jun 18, 11:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | 66 min |
| Jul 8, 1:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jul 8, 3:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | 39 min |
| Jul 8, 3:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | 66 min |
| Jul 8, 4:00 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 90 min |
| Jul 8, 4:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | 45 min |
| Jul 13, 1:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jul 13, 2:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | 34 min |
| Jul 13, 3:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | 39 min |
| Jul 13, 4:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | 24 min |
| Jul 13, 6:18 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 87 min |
| Jul 27, 1:44 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
| Jul 27, 5:07 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PBZ | 23 min |
| Jul 27, 5:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | 39 min |
| Jul 27, 6:16 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | PBZ | 3 hr |
| Aug 12, 12:26 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Aug 23, 1:29 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | PBZ | 6 hr |
| Sep 21, 1:20 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 115 min |
| Oct 2, 3:48 AM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | PBZ | 6 hr |
| Oct 7, 6:12 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 93 min |
| Oct 19, 12:48 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | PBZ | 15 hr |
| Nov 6, 2:37 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | 68 min |
| Nov 23, 2:42 PM EST | Wind Advisory | PBZ | 29 hr |
| Nov 25, 2:30 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | PBZ | 27 hr |
| Dec 1, 9:40 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | PBZ | 21 hr |
| Dec 12, 10:38 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | 112 min |
| Dec 24, 3:47 AM EST | Wind Advisory | PBZ | 24 hr |
By product
Every kind of product issued here, grouped by hazard. Each opens the same place narrowed to that product.
| Product | Alerts |
|---|---|
| Severe storms | |
| Severe Thunderstorm Warning | 8 |
| Tornado Warning | 1 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 4 |
| Tornado Watch | 2 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 20 |
| Special Weather Statement | 10 |
| Flooding | |
| Areal Flood Warning | 1 |
| Flash Flood Warning | 2 |
| Flash Flood Watch | 4 |
| Flood Watch | 1 |
| Areal Flood Advisory | 1 |
| Winter | |
| Winter Storm Warning | 3 |
| Winter Storm Watch | 1 |
| Winter Weather Advisory | 10 |
| Cold | |
| Wind Chill Warning | 2 |
| Wind Chill Watch | 2 |
| Frost Advisory | 3 |
| Wind Chill Advisory | 7 |
| Wind and dust | |
| Wind Advisory | 3 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 2 |
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
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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.