Alert archive / West Virginia / McDowell County
Weather alerts in McDowell County, West Virginia, 2013
80 weather alerts in 2013, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.
McDowell County and its neighbors
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2013. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 80
- Warnings
- 16
- Watches
- 19
- Advisories
- 15
- Busiest month
- January13 alerts
- Busiest day
- January 30, 20137 alerts
Over time
By month
Warning verification
How often warnings here had a storm report inside them, and how much warning the reports had.
McDowell County, 2013
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado warnings | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Severe thunderstorm warnings | 6 | 1 | 83% | 1 | 100% | 51 min |
| Flash flood warnings | 2 | 2 | 0% | 4 | 75% | 40 min |
Each office's whole area, 2013
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NWS Charleston, WV: tornado warnings | 0 | 1 | 0% | |||
| NWS Charleston, WV: severe thunderstorm warnings | 89 | 58 | 35% | 212 | 71% | 23 min |
| NWS Charleston, WV: flash flood warnings | 60 | 47 | 22% | 157 | 78% | 72 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 16, 2:41 PM EST | Winter Storm Warning | RLX | 28 hr |
| Jan 17, 12:38 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 5 hr |
| Jan 24, 3:43 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | RLX | 45 hr |
| Jan 29, 4:39 PM EST | Flash Flood Watch | RLX | 32 hr |
| Jan 30, 4:18 AM EST | Wind Advisory | RLX | 29 hr |
| Jan 30, 7:38 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 97 min |
| Jan 30, 8:31 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
| Jan 30, 9:32 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | RLX | 43 min |
| Jan 30, 10:12 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | RLX | 48 min |
| Jan 30, 10:19 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 86 min |
| Jan 30, 4:09 PM EST | Areal Flood Warning | RLX | 6 hr |
| Jan 30, 11:00 PM EST | Areal Flood Warning | RLX | 4 hr |
| Jan 31, 3:00 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | RLX | 31 hr |
| Feb 1, 1:09 AM EST | Winter Storm Warning | RLX | 13 hr |
| Feb 1, 3:00 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | RLX | 55 hr |
| Feb 16, 8:41 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RLX | 49 min |
| Feb 16, 9:44 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RLX | 3 hr |
| Feb 25, 3:15 PM EST | Freezing Rain Advisory | RLX | 20 hr |
| Feb 25, 3:23 PM EST | Wind Advisory | RLX | 27 hr |
| Mar 20, 9:41 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | RLX | 8 hr |
| Mar 24, 4:19 AM EDT | Winter Weather Advisory | RLX | 58 hr |
| Apr 16, 10:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | 66 min |
| Apr 17, 10:32 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | 3 hr |
| Apr 19, 11:04 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | 41 min |
| Apr 20, 3:24 AM EDT | Frost Advisory | RLX | 30 hr |
| Apr 25, 2:12 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | RLX | 19 hr |
| May 12, 2:20 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | RLX | 14 hr |
| May 19, 4:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | 37 min |
| May 20, 8:59 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | 2 hr |
| May 20, 10:40 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | 3 hr |
| May 20, 11:01 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | 119 min |
| May 21, 3:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| May 21, 4:14 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | RLX | 6 hr |
| May 21, 7:00 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 60 min |
| May 22, 2:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| May 22, 6:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | 49 min |
| Jun 9, 8:51 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | RLX | 21 hr |
| Jun 13, 8:32 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 58 min |
| Jun 13, 11:38 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 67 min |
| Jun 13, 12:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jun 13, 12:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | 50 min |
| Jun 13, 1:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | 57 min |
| Jun 13, 1:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | 59 min |
| Jun 13, 2:20 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 55 min |
| Jun 26, 1:17 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | RLX | 22 hr |
| Jul 3, 3:56 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | RLX | 66 hr |
| Jul 6, 12:59 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | RLX | 29 hr |
| Jul 8, 10:13 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | RLX | 52 hr |
| Jul 10, 3:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| Jul 10, 4:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | 2 hr |
| Jul 10, 8:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | 59 min |
| Jul 17, 5:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | 35 min |
| Jul 17, 6:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | 65 min |
| Jul 17, 7:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | 30 min |
| Jul 17, 8:04 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | 3 hr |
| Jul 20, 4:21 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | RLX | 66 hr |
| Aug 8, 6:02 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | RLX | 40 hr |
| Aug 11, 4:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | 35 min |
| Aug 12, 2:53 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | RLX | 28 hr |
| Aug 21, 1:26 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Aug 21, 6:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | 35 min |
| Aug 28, 2:42 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 63 min |
| Aug 28, 6:53 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Aug 31, 12:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | 43 min |
| Aug 31, 12:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | 63 min |
| Sep 12, 3:16 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 59 min |
| Oct 22, 2:51 PM EDT | Freeze Watch | RLX | 23 hr |
| Oct 23, 2:08 PM EDT | Freeze Warning | RLX | 20 hr |
| Oct 24, 2:46 PM EDT | Freeze Warning | RLX | 19 hr |
| Oct 25, 10:09 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | RLX | 24 hr |
| Oct 31, 3:52 AM EDT | Wind Advisory | RLX | 31 hr |
| Nov 1, 12:46 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| Nov 1, 3:37 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 83 min |
| Nov 16, 3:14 PM EST | Wind Advisory | RLX | 36 hr |
| Nov 17, 10:09 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RLX | 66 min |
| Nov 25, 9:13 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | RLX | 28 hr |
| Nov 26, 4:43 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | RLX | 47 hr |
| Dec 7, 2:39 PM EST | Flood Watch | RLX | 37 hr |
| Dec 9, 2:47 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | RLX | 21 hr |
| Dec 22, 1:36 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 3 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 | 6 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 7 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 12 |
| Special Weather Statement | 18 |
| Flooding | |
| Areal Flood Warning | 2 |
| Flash Flood Warning | 2 |
| Flash Flood Watch | 10 |
| Flood Watch | 1 |
| Winter | |
| Winter Storm Warning | 2 |
| Freezing Rain Advisory | 1 |
| Winter Weather Advisory | 7 |
| Cold | |
| Freeze Warning | 3 |
| Freeze Watch | 1 |
| Frost Advisory | 3 |
| Wind and dust | |
| Wind Advisory | 4 |
| Fire | |
| Red Flag Warning | 1 |
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.