Alert archive / West Virginia / Putnam County

Weather alerts in Putnam County, West Virginia, 2016

149 weather alerts in 2016, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.

Putnam County and its neighbors

Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2016. Tap one for its archive.

Alerts
149
Warnings
42
Watches
28
Advisories
16
Busiest month
June38 alerts
Busiest day
June 23, 201615 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 3 tornado warnings covering Putnam County in 2016 had a tornado report inside them.

Putnam County, 2016

WarningsWith a reportFalse alarm ratioReportsInside a warningMean lead time
Tornado warnings3167%0
Severe thunderstorm warnings231726%1080%13 min
Flash flood warnings4325%4100%70 min

Each office's whole area, 2016

WarningsWith a reportFalse alarm ratioReportsInside a warningMean lead time
NWS Charleston, WV: tornado warnings11373%743%18 min
NWS Charleston, WV: severe thunderstorm warnings17714120%34181%17 min
NWS Charleston, WV: flash flood warnings594032%11681%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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jan 8, 8:14 AM ESTFreezing Rain AdvisoryRLX5 hr
Jan 11, 3:15 PM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryRLX34 hr
Jan 20, 4:27 AM ESTWinter Storm WatchRLX34 hr
Jan 20, 2:53 PM ESTWinter Storm WarningRLX3 days
Jan 22, 8:56 AM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPC4 hr
Jan 22, 1:56 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPC4 hr
Jan 29, 6:43 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementRLX107 min
Jan 29, 9:20 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementRLX3 hr
Feb 7, 8:28 PM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryRLX4 days
Feb 12, 8:43 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementRLX62 min
Feb 12, 9:50 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementRLX85 min
Feb 14, 4:48 AM ESTWinter Storm WarningRLX50 hr
Feb 14, 4:48 AM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryRLX53 hr
Feb 15, 4:33 AM ESTFlood WatchRLX29 hr
Feb 16, 4:10 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementRLX3 hr
Feb 16, 6:38 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementRLX3 hr
Feb 20, 3:04 PM ESTFlash Flood WatchRLX25 hr
Feb 21, 6:49 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementRLX56 min
Feb 21, 11:27 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementRLX93 min
Feb 25, 5:26 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementRLX94 min
Mar 3, 1:11 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementRLX64 min
Mar 3, 1:13 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementRLX62 min
Mar 3, 4:47 PM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryRLX8 hr
Mar 14, 1:06 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC84 min
Mar 14, 4:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLX59 min
Mar 14, 5:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLX62 min
Mar 21, 10:30 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLX
Mar 21, 10:40 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLX20 min
Mar 25, 12:21 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLX39 min
Apr 1, 3:29 PM EDTFreeze WatchRLX12 hr
Apr 2, 3:57 AM EDTFreeze WarningRLX30 hr
Apr 2, 3:57 AM EDTWind AdvisoryRLX25 hr
Apr 2, 5:25 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLX35 min
Apr 3, 2:19 PM EDTFreeze WatchRLX12 hr
Apr 4, 2:48 AM EDTFreeze WarningRLX30 hr
Apr 5, 3:01 AM EDTFreeze WatchRLX9 hr
Apr 5, 12:21 PM EDTFreeze WarningRLX21 hr
Apr 6, 1:54 PM EDTRed Flag WarningRLX6 hr
Apr 7, 12:33 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLX4 hr
Apr 7, 3:47 PM EDTFreeze WatchRLX12 hr
Apr 8, 3:48 AM EDTFreeze WarningRLX32 hr
Apr 8, 3:48 AM EDTHard Freeze WatchRLX24 hr
Apr 9, 3:53 AM EDTHard Freeze WarningRLX30 hr
Apr 9, 7:25 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLX80 min
Apr 12, 2:16 PM EDTFrost AdvisoryRLX19 hr
Apr 22, 6:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLX52 min
Apr 26, 1:58 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC3 hr
Apr 26, 6:05 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC115 min
Apr 26, 6:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr
Apr 26, 8:09 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLX51 min
Apr 26, 8:20 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC55 min
Apr 26, 8:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLX96 min
Apr 28, 1:59 PM EDTFlash Flood WatchRLX8 hr
Apr 28, 3:56 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC64 min
Apr 28, 4:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr
Apr 30, 8:54 AM EDTFlash Flood WatchRLX38 hr
May 1, 3:59 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC61 min
May 1, 4:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr
May 1, 5:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLX41 min
May 1, 6:25 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLX4 hr
May 1, 6:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLX25 min
May 2, 3:06 AM EDTFlash Flood WatchRLX18 hr
May 2, 4:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLX4 hr
May 4, 1:50 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLX55 min
May 4, 1:52 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLX53 min
May 10, 6:19 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC86 min
May 10, 6:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr
May 15, 2:11 PM EDTFrost AdvisoryRLX19 hr
Jun 2, 4:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLX20 min
Jun 4, 3:08 AM EDTFlash Flood WatchRLX20 hr
Jun 4, 12:44 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Jun 4, 1:08 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLX52 min
Jun 4, 3:49 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC116 min
Jun 4, 4:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLX63 min
Jun 4, 5:42 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLX33 min
Jun 4, 6:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLX28 min
Jun 15, 2:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLX25 min
Jun 16, 1:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr
Jun 16, 4:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLX29 min
Jun 21, 1:08 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC97 min
Jun 21, 1:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLX30 min
Jun 21, 1:49 PM EDTTornado WarningRLX26 min
Jun 21, 2:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr
Jun 21, 2:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLX33 min
Jun 21, 4:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLX26 min
Jun 21, 4:26 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC94 min
Jun 22, 4:36 AM EDTFlash Flood WatchRLX42 hr
Jun 23, 2:51 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC54 min
Jun 23, 3:42 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC4 hr
Jun 23, 4:10 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLX50 min
Jun 23, 5:11 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLX64 min
Jun 23, 6:17 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLX43 min
Jun 23, 6:58 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLX47 min
Jun 23, 7:42 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLX2 hr
Jun 23, 10:24 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLX2 hr
Jun 23, 12:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLX58 min
Jun 23, 2:26 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC64 min
Jun 23, 3:01 PM EDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr
Jun 23, 3:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLX27 min
Jun 23, 6:10 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningRLX3 hr
Jun 23, 6:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLX30 min
Jun 23, 6:57 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC93 min
Jun 23, 8:54 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningRLX3 hr
Jun 23, 11:43 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningRLX3 hr
Jun 24, 12:15 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningRLX26 hr
Jun 26, 1:52 PM EDTFlash Flood WatchRLX28 hr
Jul 3, 6:47 AM EDTFlash Flood WatchRLX51 hr
Jul 4, 1:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr
Jul 4, 4:16 PM EDTTornado WarningRLX29 min
Jul 4, 5:50 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC115 min
Jul 8, 10:06 AM EDTFlash Flood WatchRLX10 hr
Jul 8, 1:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr
Jul 8, 2:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLX44 min
Jul 8, 2:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLX25 min
Jul 12, 3:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLX29 min
Jul 14, 2:12 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLX63 min
Jul 14, 3:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLX44 min
Jul 14, 3:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLX55 min
Jul 14, 4:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLX47 min
Jul 14, 4:45 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLX3 hr
Jul 15, 7:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLX38 min
Jul 22, 2:53 PM EDTHeat AdvisoryRLX29 hr
Jul 24, 1:46 AM EDTHeat AdvisoryRLX18 hr
Jul 24, 5:07 PM EDTHeat AdvisoryRLX26 hr
Jul 26, 1:31 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC119 min
Jul 27, 2:04 PM EDTFlash Flood WatchRLX30 hr
Aug 3, 12:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLX115 min
Aug 3, 1:06 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLX3 hr
Aug 5, 2:23 AM EDTFlash Flood WatchRLX18 hr
Aug 11, 10:02 AM EDTHeat AdvisoryRLX10 hr
Aug 12, 8:47 AM EDTHeat AdvisoryRLX11 hr
Aug 17, 12:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLX57 min
Aug 17, 12:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLX65 min
Aug 17, 1:13 PM EDTTornado WarningRLX32 min
Aug 17, 1:25 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC95 min
Aug 17, 1:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLX34 min
Aug 17, 4:12 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLX3 hr
Aug 27, 2:14 PM EDTHeat AdvisoryRLX5 hr
Aug 28, 3:24 AM EDTHeat AdvisoryRLX17 hr
Sep 26, 1:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLX36 min
Sep 26, 1:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLX29 min
Sep 26, 1:58 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Oct 20, 4:42 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Oct 20, 5:06 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLX39 min
Oct 25, 2:06 PM EDTFrost AdvisoryRLX20 hr
Dec 18, 2:07 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementRLX53 min
Dec 18, 2:07 AM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Dec 18, 2:10 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementRLX50 min
Dec 18, 2:44 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementRLX46 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.