Alert archive / West Virginia / McDowell County

Weather alerts in McDowell County, West Virginia, 2026

126 weather alerts in 2026, 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 2026. Tap one for its archive.

Alerts
126
Warnings
45
Watches
28
Advisories
14
Busiest month
August30 alerts
Busiest day
August 11, 20269 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, 2026

WarningsWith a reportFalse alarm ratioReportsInside a warningMean lead time
Tornado warnings00
Severe thunderstorm warnings191426%2748%28 min
Flash flood warnings14379%1292%159 min

Each office's whole area, 2026

WarningsWith a reportFalse alarm ratioReportsInside a warningMean lead time
NWS Charleston, WV: tornado warnings39295%933%5 min
NWS Charleston, WV: severe thunderstorm warnings43232225%1,17580%22 min
NWS Charleston, WV: flash flood warnings26016935%75988%121 min

An office's figures cover every county it serves, including across state lines.

The year is still running; reports filed late and damage surveys can still change these figures.

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 18, 1:34 PM ESTCold Weather AdvisoryRLX46 hr
Jan 21, 12:28 PM ESTWinter Storm WatchRLX37 hr
Jan 23, 1:08 AM ESTWinter Storm WarningRLX3 days
Jan 24, 6:45 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPC5 hr
Jan 25, 9:06 AM ESTExtreme Cold WatchRLX15 hr
Jan 26, 12:26 AM ESTCold Weather AdvisoryRLX36 hr
Jan 29, 2:38 AM ESTWinter Storm WatchRLX10 hr
Jan 29, 12:39 PM ESTWinter Storm WarningRLX54 hr
Jan 31, 12:10 AM ESTCold Weather AdvisoryRLX35 hr
Feb 5, 12:39 PM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryRLX42 hr
Feb 5, 12:40 PM ESTCold Weather AdvisoryRLX68 hr
Feb 15, 7:42 PM ESTDense Fog AdvisoryRLX14 hr
Feb 21, 12:24 PM ESTWinter Storm WarningRLX61 hr
Mar 15, 1:47 PM EDTWind AdvisoryRLX44 hr
Mar 16, 12:41 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr
Mar 16, 2:41 AM EDTWinter Weather AdvisoryRLX38 hr
Mar 16, 4:21 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC114 min
Mar 16, 5:26 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLX49 min
Mar 17, 2:04 AM EDTWinter Weather AdvisoryRLX12 hr
Mar 27, 9:10 AM EDTFreeze WarningRLX25 hr
Mar 27, 1:57 PM EDTFreeze WatchRLX23 hr
Mar 28, 1:08 PM EDTFreeze WarningRLX21 hr
Apr 1, 12:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLX18 min
Apr 1, 1:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLX18 min
Apr 1, 1:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLX16 min
Apr 1, 2:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr
Apr 1, 4:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLX38 min
Apr 5, 12:35 PM EDTFrost AdvisoryRLX21 hr
Apr 6, 12:24 PM EDTFreeze WarningRLX22 hr
Apr 7, 12:09 PM EDTFreeze WarningRLX22 hr
Apr 8, 1:51 PM EDTFrost AdvisoryRLX19 hr
Apr 19, 11:53 AM EDTFreeze WatchRLX13 hr
Apr 20, 12:54 AM EDTFrost AdvisoryRLX11 hr
Apr 20, 12:54 AM EDTFreeze WarningRLX32 hr
Apr 29, 2:45 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
May 1, 1:25 PM EDTFreeze WatchRLX23 hr
May 2, 12:00 PM EDTFreeze WarningRLX21 hr
May 7, 1:17 PM EDTFrost AdvisoryRLX19 hr
May 20, 3:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr
May 20, 9:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLX28 min
May 24, 12:52 PM EDTFlood WatchRLX13 hr
May 25, 1:37 AM EDTFlood WatchRLX6 hr
May 27, 12:31 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC119 min
May 27, 1:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC9 hr
May 27, 6:54 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Jun 2, 4:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLX18 min
Jun 2, 5:12 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLX33 min
Jun 12, 2:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr
Jun 12, 4:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLX47 min
Jun 12, 4:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLX41 min
Jun 12, 5:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLX29 min
Jun 12, 5:19 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLX26 min
Jun 12, 5:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLX92 min
Jun 14, 2:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLX31 min
Jun 18, 7:09 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr
Jun 18, 7:54 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLX36 min
Jun 18, 8:27 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLX33 min
Jun 18, 8:55 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLX35 min
Jun 18, 10:02 AM EDTFlood WatchRLX15 hr
Jun 18, 1:43 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC62 min
Jun 22, 3:00 AM EDTFlood WatchRLX27 hr
Jun 22, 1:25 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Jun 22, 4:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLX12 min
Jun 26, 1:59 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Jun 29, 12:34 PM EDTHeat AdvisoryRLX5 days
Jul 4, 12:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLX33 min
Jul 4, 12:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLX24 min
Jul 6, 7:14 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLX3 hr
Jul 6, 7:55 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLX35 min
Jul 6, 8:04 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLX3 hr
Jul 9, 9:13 AM EDTFlood WatchRLX3 days
Jul 11, 11:00 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLX9 hr
Jul 11, 12:24 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLX8 hr
Jul 11, 7:52 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningRLX3 hr
Jul 12, 8:15 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLX107 min
Jul 21, 3:59 AM EDTFlood WatchRLX22 hr
Jul 21, 6:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr
Jul 28, 12:33 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC117 min
Jul 28, 1:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr
Jul 28, 3:39 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Aug 2, 2:43 AM EDTFlood WatchRLX21 hr
Aug 2, 1:09 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Aug 2, 8:02 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLX4 hr
Aug 2, 9:38 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLX3 hr
Aug 2, 10:36 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLX3 hr
Aug 2, 11:44 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningRLX4 hr
Aug 6, 9:42 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLX63 min
Aug 10, 12:35 PM EDTFlood WatchRLX4 days
Aug 11, 11:18 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC117 min
Aug 11, 11:37 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC4 hr
Aug 11, 12:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLX30 min
Aug 11, 1:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLX48 min
Aug 11, 2:04 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC116 min
Aug 11, 2:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr
Aug 11, 2:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLX31 min
Aug 11, 6:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLX61 min
Aug 11, 7:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLX52 min
Aug 14, 2:21 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC114 min
Aug 14, 4:07 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLX38 min
Aug 15, 2:48 AM EDTFlood WatchRLX71 hr
Aug 15, 4:37 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLX83 min
Aug 16, 9:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLX45 min
Aug 16, 9:55 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLX20 min
Aug 16, 10:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLX16 min
Aug 17, 1:49 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC116 min
Aug 22, 6:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLX17 min
Aug 22, 6:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLX19 min
Aug 27, 6:25 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLX35 min
Aug 27, 6:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLX33 min
Aug 27, 7:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLX24 min
Sep 4, 1:31 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC119 min
Sep 4, 2:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr
Sep 5, 10:14 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLX61 min
Sep 5, 10:40 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC95 min
Sep 5, 10:57 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLX33 min
Sep 11, 1:35 PM EDTFlood WatchRLX35 hr
Sep 12, 7:36 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLX3 hr
Sep 12, 8:33 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLX3 hr
Sep 12, 9:03 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLX2 hr
Sep 20, 2:11 PM EDTFlood WatchRLX3 days
Sep 21, 3:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLX25 min
Sep 21, 3:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLX33 min
Sep 21, 3:52 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLX3 hr
Sep 21, 4:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLX29 min
Sep 21, 10:24 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLX4 hr
Sep 22, 2:18 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningRLX117 min

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.