Alert archive / West Virginia / Monroe County
Weather alerts in Monroe County, West Virginia, 2017
74 weather alerts in 2017, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.
Monroe County and its neighbors
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2017. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 74
- Warnings
- 9
- Watches
- 5
- Advisories
- 26
- Busiest month
- May13 alerts
- Busiest day
- October 23, 20175 alerts
Over time
By month
Warning verification
How often warnings here had a storm report inside them, and how much warning the reports had.
Monroe County, 2017
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado warnings | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Severe thunderstorm warnings | 5 | 4 | 20% | 4 | 75% | 27 min |
| Flash flood warnings | 1 | 1 | 0% | 1 | 0% |
Each office's whole area, 2017
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NWS Blacksburg, VA: tornado warnings | 17 | 4 | 76% | 12 | 58% | 17 min |
| NWS Blacksburg, VA: severe thunderstorm warnings | 167 | 140 | 16% | 462 | 74% | 19 min |
| NWS Blacksburg, VA: flash flood warnings | 24 | 15 | 38% | 53 | 72% | 80 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 2, 6:12 PM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | RNK | 9 hr |
| Jan 6, 3:47 PM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | RNK | 50 hr |
| Jan 6, 8:56 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 6 hr |
| Jan 13, 4:22 AM EST | Freezing Rain Advisory | RNK | 31 hr |
| Jan 21, 3:57 AM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | RNK | 8 hr |
| Jan 29, 9:50 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RNK | 115 min |
| Feb 12, 3:16 AM EST | Wind Advisory | RNK | 34 hr |
| Feb 12, 3:11 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RNK | 34 min |
| Feb 22, 10:30 PM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | RNK | 12 hr |
| Feb 25, 7:14 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | RNK | 61 min |
| Mar 1, 9:44 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 91 min |
| Mar 1, 10:38 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
| Mar 1, 11:18 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | 42 min |
| Mar 1, 7:04 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RNK | 41 min |
| Mar 12, 10:48 PM EDT | Winter Weather Advisory | RNK | 57 hr |
| Mar 14, 3:20 PM EDT | Wind Chill Advisory | RNK | 17 hr |
| Mar 15, 4:22 AM EDT | Wind Advisory | RNK | 15 hr |
| Mar 15, 8:13 AM EDT | Wind Chill Advisory | RNK | 107 min |
| Mar 15, 2:06 PM EDT | Wind Chill Advisory | RNK | 19 hr |
| Mar 17, 8:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | 21 min |
| Mar 18, 3:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | 24 min |
| Mar 22, 10:00 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | 15 min |
| Apr 5, 3:39 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | RNK | 48 hr |
| Apr 6, 12:52 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | 53 min |
| Apr 6, 1:22 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | 53 min |
| Apr 6, 8:27 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | 48 min |
| Apr 19, 10:27 PM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | RNK | 10 hr |
| Apr 21, 4:19 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 56 min |
| Apr 24, 2:53 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | RNK | 34 hr |
| Apr 26, 6:29 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | 2 hr |
| Apr 28, 4:35 AM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | RNK | 4 hr |
| May 1, 2:23 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | RNK | 26 hr |
| May 1, 2:29 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| May 7, 4:24 AM EDT | Frost Advisory | RNK | 29 hr |
| May 10, 2:00 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | 60 min |
| May 11, 6:19 AM EDT | Flood Watch | RNK | 30 hr |
| May 11, 6:19 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | RNK | 16 hr |
| May 12, 12:37 PM EDT | Flood Watch | RNK | 13 hr |
| May 20, 4:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | 41 min |
| May 20, 5:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | 37 min |
| May 24, 4:27 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | RNK | 20 hr |
| May 25, 3:19 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | RNK | 6 hr |
| May 25, 1:08 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | RNK | 23 hr |
| May 27, 6:11 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 64 min |
| Jun 13, 11:48 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | 42 min |
| Jun 13, 12:18 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jun 15, 3:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | 25 min |
| Jun 23, 9:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | 66 min |
| Jun 23, 11:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | 56 min |
| Jul 7, 3:35 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 85 min |
| Jul 7, 10:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | 57 min |
| Jul 18, 2:31 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 59 min |
| Jul 18, 6:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | 57 min |
| Jul 18, 6:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | 66 min |
| Jul 18, 7:07 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RNK | 3 hr |
| Jul 21, 1:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | 35 min |
| Aug 2, 3:16 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RNK | 4 hr |
| Aug 4, 4:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | 35 min |
| Oct 10, 9:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | 43 min |
| Oct 10, 10:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | 60 min |
| Oct 10, 11:05 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RNK | 115 min |
| Oct 16, 4:48 AM EDT | Frost Advisory | RNK | 28 hr |
| Oct 17, 4:03 AM EDT | Frost Advisory | RNK | 29 hr |
| Oct 23, 4:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | 108 min |
| Oct 23, 6:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | 89 min |
| Oct 23, 6:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | 63 min |
| Oct 23, 6:58 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | 6 hr |
| Oct 23, 7:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | 62 min |
| Oct 24, 12:42 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | RNK | 6 hr |
| Oct 28, 8:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | 57 min |
| Nov 18, 3:16 AM EST | Wind Advisory | RNK | 33 hr |
| Dec 12, 3:34 AM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | RNK | 29 hr |
| Dec 13, 1:41 PM EST | Wind Advisory | RNK | 22 hr |
| Dec 30, 5:17 AM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | RNK | 53 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 | 5 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 1 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 8 |
| Special Weather Statement | 26 |
| Flooding | |
| Areal Flood Warning | 2 |
| Flash Flood Warning | 1 |
| River Flood Warning | 1 |
| Flash Flood Watch | 2 |
| Flood Watch | 2 |
| Areal Flood Advisory | 3 |
| Winter | |
| Freezing Rain Advisory | 1 |
| Winter Weather Advisory | 1 |
| Cold | |
| Frost Advisory | 3 |
| Wind Chill Advisory | 6 |
| Wind and dust | |
| Wind Advisory | 7 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 5 |
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.