Alert archive / West Virginia / McDowell County

Weather alerts in McDowell County, West Virginia, 2022

126 weather alerts in 2022, 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 2022. Tap one for its archive.

Alerts
126
Warnings
37
Watches
27
Advisories
15
Busiest month
July21 alerts
Busiest day
January 2, 20226 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, 2022

WarningsWith a reportFalse alarm ratioReportsInside a warningMean lead time
Tornado warnings00
Severe thunderstorm warnings9633%683%13 min
Flash flood warnings12650%1100%335 min

Each office's whole area, 2022

WarningsWith a reportFalse alarm ratioReportsInside a warningMean lead time
NWS Charleston, WV: tornado warnings7186%560%16 min
NWS Charleston, WV: severe thunderstorm warnings22314435%53169%21 min
NWS Charleston, WV: flash flood warnings1117235%24380%84 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jan 1, 6:37 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningRLX7 hr
Jan 1, 6:58 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLX47 min
Jan 1, 8:52 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementRLX23 min
Jan 1, 9:34 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningRLX3 hr
Jan 1, 6:48 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementRLX42 min
Jan 1, 7:34 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementRLX41 min
Jan 1, 8:01 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementRLX44 min
Jan 2, 12:28 AM ESTAreal Flood WarningRLX8 hr
Jan 2, 2:57 AM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryRLX32 hr
Jan 2, 8:45 AM ESTAreal Flood WarningRLX3 hr
Jan 2, 4:54 PM ESTWinter Storm WarningRLX18 hr
Jan 5, 3:03 AM ESTWinter Storm WatchRLX11 hr
Jan 5, 1:35 PM ESTWinter Storm WarningRLX42 hr
Jan 6, 12:21 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPC6 hr
Jan 10, 12:29 AM ESTAreal Flood WarningRLX3 hr
Jan 14, 4:13 AM ESTWinter Storm WatchRLX34 hr
Jan 15, 1:53 PM ESTWinter Storm WarningRLX56 hr
Jan 17, 9:58 AM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryRLX3 hr
Jan 28, 2:20 AM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryRLX23 hr
Feb 2, 12:02 PM ESTFlood WatchRLX46 hr
Feb 2, 12:10 PM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryRLX50 hr
Feb 17, 2:42 AM ESTWind AdvisoryRLX27 hr
Feb 21, 4:51 AM ESTFlood WatchRLX48 hr
Feb 23, 2:15 PM ESTFlood WatchRLX40 hr
Mar 10, 3:13 AM ESTWinter Storm WatchRLX24 hr
Mar 11, 3:19 AM ESTWinter Storm WarningRLX43 hr
Mar 12, 2:33 AM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPC6 hr
Mar 29, 4:14 AM EDTFire Weather WatchRLX10 hr
Mar 29, 2:31 PM EDTRed Flag WarningRLX29 hr
Mar 30, 3:41 AM EDTWind AdvisoryRLX31 hr
Apr 14, 1:43 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLX47 min
Apr 15, 11:10 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLX50 min
Apr 26, 4:49 AM EDTFrost AdvisoryRLX28 hr
May 6, 10:04 AM EDTFlood WatchRLX18 hr
May 6, 1:41 PM EDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr
May 6, 4:03 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC57 min
May 16, 7:33 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLX27 min
May 16, 8:12 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLX18 min
May 19, 6:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatRLX25 min
May 19, 6:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatRLX35 min
May 19, 7:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLX34 min
May 19, 8:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLX27 min
May 22, 12:39 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
May 22, 1:12 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLX33 min
May 27, 12:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLX43 min
May 27, 12:50 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLX115 min
May 27, 3:38 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC97 min
May 27, 4:22 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLX38 min
May 27, 7:24 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLX36 min
Jun 2, 12:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLX44 min
Jun 2, 12:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLX47 min
Jun 13, 7:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr
Jun 13, 10:16 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC89 min
Jun 13, 10:34 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLX41 min
Jun 13, 11:12 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLX33 min
Jun 13, 11:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLX47 min
Jun 14, 3:51 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLX39 min
Jun 14, 4:06 AM EDTHeat AdvisoryRLX16 hr
Jun 17, 12:53 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC97 min
Jun 17, 1:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC4 hr
Jun 17, 1:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLX31 min
Jun 17, 2:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLX30 min
Jun 22, 5:53 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC97 min
Jun 22, 6:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr
Jun 22, 8:36 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC54 min
Jun 25, 6:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLX27 min
Jul 2, 1:39 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Jul 2, 4:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLX28 min
Jul 5, 1:15 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Jul 6, 12:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr
Jul 6, 3:23 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLX37 min
Jul 12, 2:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr
Jul 12, 7:09 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLX36 min
Jul 12, 7:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLX42 min
Jul 12, 8:33 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLX4 hr
Jul 13, 12:28 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningRLX10 hr
Jul 25, 8:34 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLX56 min
Jul 26, 9:02 AM EDTFlood WatchRLX4 days
Jul 26, 10:10 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLX7 hr
Jul 26, 5:02 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningRLX7 hr
Jul 27, 6:55 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLX5 hr
Jul 27, 1:53 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Jul 27, 3:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLX32 min
Jul 27, 4:25 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLX2 hr
Jul 27, 6:32 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningRLX58 min
Jul 28, 12:35 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLX6 hr
Jul 28, 2:41 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLX3 hr
Aug 1, 7:03 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLX3 hr
Aug 1, 12:20 PM EDTFlood WatchRLX20 hr
Aug 4, 10:15 AM EDTFlood WatchRLX3 days
Aug 5, 7:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLX22 min
Aug 5, 7:22 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLX23 min
Aug 5, 7:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLX23 min
Aug 9, 1:17 PM EDTFlood WatchRLX34 hr
Aug 9, 6:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLX30 min
Aug 10, 2:59 AM EDTFlood WatchRLX21 min
Aug 15, 4:26 AM EDTFlood WatchRLX95 min
Aug 15, 6:01 AM EDTFlood WatchRLX15 hr
Aug 19, 2:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLX32 min
Aug 19, 3:28 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLX3 hr
Aug 19, 3:42 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLX33 min
Aug 19, 3:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLX32 min
Aug 19, 4:19 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLX3 hr
Sep 4, 3:21 AM EDTFlood WatchRLX44 hr
Sep 11, 7:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLX36 min
Sep 25, 12:14 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Sep 25, 8:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLX27 min
Sep 30, 11:59 AM EDTFlood WatchRLX26 hr
Sep 30, 12:29 PM EDTWind AdvisoryRLX22 hr
Oct 7, 3:30 AM EDTFreeze WatchRLX23 hr
Oct 8, 2:53 AM EDTFrost AdvisoryRLX30 hr
Oct 9, 1:39 PM EDTFrost AdvisoryRLX19 hr
Oct 16, 3:35 AM EDTFreeze WatchRLX32 hr
Oct 17, 11:52 AM EDTFreeze WarningRLX22 hr
Oct 18, 3:25 PM EDTFreeze WarningRLX19 hr
Oct 19, 3:27 AM EDTFreeze WatchRLX10 hr
Oct 19, 1:23 PM EDTFreeze WarningRLX21 hr
Nov 8, 2:23 PM ESTRed Flag WarningRLX28 hr
Dec 3, 1:54 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementRLX36 min
Dec 3, 2:38 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementRLX37 min
Dec 21, 2:44 PM ESTWind Chill WatchRLX19 hr
Dec 22, 3:06 AM ESTWind AdvisoryRLX51 hr
Dec 22, 9:29 AM ESTWind Chill WarningRLX3 days
Dec 22, 9:29 AM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryRLX39 hr
Dec 24, 9:00 AM ESTWind Chill AdvisoryRLX7 hr
Dec 24, 4:06 PM ESTWind Chill AdvisoryRLX4 hr

By product

Every kind of product issued here, grouped by hazard. Each opens the same place narrowed to that product.

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.