Alert archive / West Virginia / Preston County
Weather alerts in Preston County, West Virginia, 2023
80 weather alerts in 2023, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.
Preston County and its neighbors
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2023. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 80
- Warnings
- 18
- Watches
- 15
- Advisories
- 25
- Busiest month
- August17 alerts
- Busiest day
- August 7, 20238 alerts
Over time
By month
Warning verification
How often warnings here had a storm report inside them, and how much warning the reports had.
0 of 1 tornado warnings covering Preston County in 2023 had a tornado report inside them.
Preston County, 2023
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado warnings | 1 | 0 | 100% | 0 | ||
| Severe thunderstorm warnings | 10 | 8 | 20% | 34 | 74% | 21 min |
| Flash flood warnings | 1 | 1 | 0% | 0 |
Each office's whole area, 2023
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NWS Pittsburgh, PA: tornado warnings | 15 | 2 | 87% | 7 | 57% | 15 min |
| NWS Pittsburgh, PA: severe thunderstorm warnings | 133 | 98 | 26% | 502 | 76% | 21 min |
| NWS Pittsburgh, PA: flash flood warnings | 32 | 19 | 41% | 63 | 71% | 49 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 12, 11:18 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | 27 min |
| Jan 12, 11:48 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | 12 min |
| Jan 19, 2:15 AM EST | Wind Advisory | PBZ | 34 hr |
| Jan 19, 7:41 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | 79 min |
| Jan 21, 3:59 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | PBZ | 50 hr |
| Jan 24, 3:31 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | PBZ | 35 hr |
| Jan 25, 6:14 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | PBZ | 30 hr |
| Jan 30, 12:01 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | PBZ | 22 hr |
| Jan 31, 10:46 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | PBZ | 5 hr |
| Feb 2, 2:32 PM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | PBZ | 40 hr |
| Feb 8, 11:21 AM EST | Wind Advisory | PBZ | 43 hr |
| Feb 21, 2:56 AM EST | Wind Advisory | PBZ | 16 hr |
| Feb 27, 8:22 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | 38 min |
| Mar 2, 1:13 PM EST | Wind Advisory | PBZ | 48 hr |
| Mar 2, 5:53 PM EST | High Wind Warning | PBZ | 43 hr |
| Mar 10, 12:55 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | PBZ | 15 hr |
| Mar 11, 1:47 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | PBZ | 41 hr |
| Mar 13, 2:26 AM EDT | Winter Weather Advisory | PBZ | 36 hr |
| Mar 23, 11:53 AM EDT | Flood Watch | PBZ | 29 hr |
| Mar 24, 1:26 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | PBZ | 34 hr |
| Mar 31, 1:32 PM EDT | High Wind Warning | PBZ | 36 hr |
| Apr 5, 2:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Apr 5, 8:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | 26 min |
| Apr 5, 9:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | 52 min |
| Apr 18, 11:39 AM EDT | Frost Advisory | PBZ | 21 hr |
| Apr 23, 2:42 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | PBZ | 18 hr |
| Apr 24, 2:48 AM EDT | Freeze Watch | PBZ | 9 hr |
| Apr 24, 11:22 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | PBZ | 22 hr |
| Apr 25, 8:00 PM EDT | Freeze Watch | PBZ | 17 hr |
| Apr 26, 12:59 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | PBZ | 20 hr |
| May 4, 1:21 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | PBZ | 20 hr |
| Jun 3, 1:27 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jun 3, 1:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | 36 min |
| Jun 3, 2:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | 23 min |
| Jun 3, 7:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | 31 min |
| Jun 26, 6:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | 19 min |
| Jul 2, 9:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | 38 min |
| Jul 2, 10:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | 29 min |
| Jul 13, 1:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jul 20, 6:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
| Jul 21, 12:17 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | 58 min |
| Jul 21, 12:18 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | 57 min |
| Jul 27, 3:16 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 119 min |
| Jul 27, 3:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | 31 min |
| Jul 27, 4:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | 23 min |
| Jul 28, 2:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Jul 28, 4:12 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 93 min |
| Jul 29, 6:06 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 114 min |
| Aug 7, 10:57 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Aug 7, 12:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | 41 min |
| Aug 7, 12:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | 48 min |
| Aug 7, 1:03 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 87 min |
| Aug 7, 1:17 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PBZ | 13 min |
| Aug 7, 1:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | 50 min |
| Aug 7, 2:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | 34 min |
| Aug 7, 3:21 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | 116 min |
| Aug 9, 11:59 AM EDT | Flood Watch | PBZ | 18 hr |
| Aug 12, 7:31 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 89 min |
| Aug 12, 8:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
| Aug 12, 9:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | 42 min |
| Aug 12, 9:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | 45 min |
| Aug 12, 10:12 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 93 min |
| Aug 25, 2:02 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 118 min |
| Aug 25, 2:42 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | 48 min |
| Aug 29, 4:59 AM EDT | Flood Watch | PBZ | 15 hr |
| Sep 10, 12:17 PM EDT | Flood Watch | PBZ | 7 hr |
| Sep 30, 2:41 AM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | PBZ | 7 hr |
| Oct 1, 2:56 AM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | PBZ | 7 hr |
| Oct 21, 2:03 PM EDT | Freeze Watch | PBZ | 23 hr |
| Oct 22, 2:33 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | PBZ | 30 hr |
| Oct 29, 2:48 PM EDT | Freeze Watch | PBZ | 12 hr |
| Oct 30, 2:47 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | PBZ | 31 hr |
| Nov 20, 2:56 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | PBZ | 36 hr |
| Nov 20, 2:59 AM EST | Wind Advisory | PBZ | 39 hr |
| Nov 28, 6:34 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | 86 min |
| Dec 10, 2:48 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | PBZ | 31 hr |
| Dec 16, 1:58 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | PBZ | 24 hr |
| Dec 17, 2:11 PM EST | Winter Storm Warning | PBZ | 44 hr |
| Dec 17, 2:11 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | PBZ | 44 hr |
| Dec 29, 1:01 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | PBZ | 30 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 | 10 |
| Tornado Warning | 1 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 5 |
| Tornado Watch | 1 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 8 |
| Special Weather Statement | 14 |
| Flooding | |
| Flash Flood Warning | 1 |
| Flood Watch | 4 |
| Winter | |
| Winter Storm Warning | 1 |
| Winter Storm Watch | 1 |
| Winter Weather Advisory | 12 |
| Cold | |
| Freeze Warning | 3 |
| Freeze Watch | 4 |
| Frost Advisory | 4 |
| Wind Chill Advisory | 1 |
| Wind and dust | |
| High Wind Warning | 2 |
| Wind Advisory | 6 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Fog 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.