Alert archive / West Virginia / Pocahontas County
Weather alerts in Pocahontas County, West Virginia, 2016
88 weather alerts in 2016, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.
Pocahontas County and its neighbors
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2016. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 88
- Warnings
- 27
- Watches
- 8
- Advisories
- 13
- Busiest month
- June28 alerts
- Busiest day
- June 23, 201610 alerts
Over time
By month
Warning verification
How often warnings here had a storm report inside them, and how much warning the reports had.
1 of 1 tornado warnings covering Pocahontas County in 2016 had a tornado report inside them.
Pocahontas County, 2016
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado warnings | 1 | 1 | 0% | 0 | ||
| Severe thunderstorm warnings | 9 | 8 | 11% | 4 | 100% | 26 min |
| Flash flood warnings | 5 | 4 | 20% | 0 |
Each office's whole area, 2016
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NWS Charleston, WV: tornado warnings | 11 | 3 | 73% | 7 | 43% | 18 min |
| NWS Charleston, WV: severe thunderstorm warnings | 177 | 141 | 20% | 341 | 81% | 17 min |
| NWS Charleston, WV: flash flood warnings | 59 | 40 | 32% | 116 | 81% | 74 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 22, 8:56 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 4 hr |
| Jan 22, 6:47 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 5 hr |
| Feb 12, 9:53 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RLX | 82 min |
| Feb 12, 11:04 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RLX | 56 min |
| Feb 13, 12:14 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | RLX | 46 min |
| Feb 13, 1:16 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | RLX | 59 min |
| Mar 3, 1:11 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RLX | 64 min |
| Mar 3, 1:13 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RLX | 62 min |
| Mar 21, 10:30 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | |
| Mar 21, 10:40 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | 20 min |
| Apr 7, 12:33 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | 4 hr |
| Apr 9, 10:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | 74 min |
| Apr 9, 10:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | 70 min |
| Apr 26, 6:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | 2 hr |
| Apr 26, 6:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Apr 28, 3:56 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 64 min |
| Apr 28, 4:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| May 1, 9:07 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | RLX | 3 hr |
| May 2, 6:04 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | 26 min |
| May 2, 1:34 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 116 min |
| May 2, 2:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| May 2, 5:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | 39 min |
| May 2, 5:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | 31 min |
| May 27, 4:04 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | 3 hr |
| Jun 4, 3:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | 64 min |
| Jun 4, 4:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | 32 min |
| Jun 16, 1:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Jun 16, 4:20 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 55 min |
| Jun 16, 6:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | 36 min |
| Jun 16, 6:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | 52 min |
| Jun 16, 6:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | 53 min |
| Jun 16, 6:54 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 96 min |
| Jun 21, 2:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Jun 21, 2:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | 39 min |
| Jun 21, 2:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | 43 min |
| Jun 21, 2:58 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RLX | 32 min |
| Jun 21, 3:21 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | 114 min |
| Jun 23, 5:35 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | 55 min |
| Jun 23, 5:37 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | 53 min |
| Jun 23, 6:15 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 90 min |
| Jun 23, 8:07 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | 23 min |
| Jun 23, 8:09 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | 2 hr |
| Jun 23, 8:35 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | RLX | 8 hr |
| Jun 23, 12:25 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | 6 hr |
| Jun 23, 4:29 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | RLX | 3 hr |
| Jun 23, 6:29 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | 3 hr |
| Jun 23, 7:28 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | RLX | 62 min |
| Jun 23, 9:12 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | RLX | 14 hr |
| Jun 23, 9:25 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | 3 hr |
| Jun 23, 10:36 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | RLX | 11 hr |
| Jun 24, 12:15 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | RLX | 6 hr |
| Jun 24, 4:44 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jul 4, 5:50 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 115 min |
| Jul 25, 3:05 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 115 min |
| Jul 27, 1:45 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jul 28, 2:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 10 hr |
| Jul 28, 4:10 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 95 min |
| Aug 2, 2:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | 2 hr |
| Aug 8, 10:39 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | 3 hr |
| Aug 8, 1:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | 3 hr |
| Aug 15, 1:58 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 92 min |
| Aug 17, 1:25 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 95 min |
| Aug 17, 2:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| Sep 26, 1:58 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Sep 29, 4:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | 23 min |
| Sep 29, 10:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | 116 min |
| Sep 30, 6:13 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | RLX | 3 hr |
| Sep 30, 6:46 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | RLX | 3 hr |
| Sep 30, 8:46 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | RLX | 6 hr |
| Sep 30, 9:40 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | RLX | 6 hr |
| Nov 18, 2:35 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | RLX | 59 hr |
| Nov 28, 3:56 AM EST | Wind Advisory | RLX | 24 hr |
| Nov 30, 10:40 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RLX | 50 min |
| Dec 2, 7:31 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | RLX | 10 hr |
| Dec 4, 3:46 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | RLX | 24 hr |
| Dec 5, 1:34 PM EST | Freezing Rain Advisory | RLX | 29 hr |
| Dec 11, 1:45 PM EST | Freezing Rain Advisory | RLX | 12 hr |
| Dec 12, 2:34 PM EST | Freezing Rain Advisory | RLX | 8 hr |
| Dec 14, 3:28 PM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | RLX | 38 hr |
| Dec 16, 3:54 AM EST | Freezing Rain Advisory | RLX | 29 hr |
| Dec 17, 9:11 AM EST | Freezing Rain Advisory | RLX | 109 min |
| Dec 17, 2:54 PM EST | Wind Advisory | RLX | 16 hr |
| Dec 18, 3:37 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | RLX | 53 min |
| Dec 23, 2:01 PM EST | Freezing Rain Advisory | RLX | 13 hr |
| Dec 28, 3:18 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | RLX | 11 hr |
| Dec 28, 2:10 PM EST | Winter Storm Warning | RLX | 52 hr |
| Dec 28, 9:27 PM EST | Freezing Rain Advisory | RLX | 9 hr |
| Dec 30, 10:13 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | RLX | 4 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 | 9 |
| Tornado Warning | 1 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 7 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 15 |
| Special Weather Statement | 25 |
| Flooding | |
| Areal Flood Warning | 9 |
| Flash Flood Warning | 5 |
| River Flood Warning | 2 |
| Winter | |
| Winter Storm Warning | 1 |
| Winter Storm Watch | 1 |
| Freezing Rain Advisory | 7 |
| Winter Weather Advisory | 3 |
| Cold | |
| Wind Chill Advisory | 1 |
| Wind and dust | |
| Wind 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.