Red Flag Warnings in West Virginia
69 red flag warnings since 1986. An alert counts here when it covered any part of the state, so the counties below add up to more than the state. The archive of red flag warnings reaches back to 2005.
Red Flag Warnings by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- Red Flag Warnings
- 69
- Busiest year
- 201013 red flag warnings
- Average year
- 4over 18 years on file
Over time
By year
Before late 2005 the archive holds only tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings, and from 1997 SPC's watches, so the jump that year is the archive widening, not the weather.
By month of the year
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Jefferson County28
- Berkeley County27
- Hampshire County25
- Mineral County25
- Hardy County24
- Morgan County24
- Grant County24
- Pendleton County18
- Logan County14
- McDowell County14
- Mingo County14
- Wyoming County14
- Boone County13
- Clay County13
- Kanawha County13
- Roane County12
- Lincoln County12
- Braxton County11
- Lewis County11
- Cabell County11
- Putnam County11
- Wayne County11
- Calhoun County10
- Gilmer County10
- Jackson County10
- Mason County10
- Barbour County9
- Harrison County9
- Mercer County9
- Summers County9
- Upshur County9
- Wirt County9
- Wood County9
- Taylor County8
- Doddridge County8
- Monroe County8
- Pleasants County8
- Ritchie County8
- Tyler County8
- Marshall County7
The latest red flag warnings
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 16, 9:43 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | LWX | Berkeley, Grant, Hampshire, Hardy, Jefferson, Mineral and 2 more | 9 hr |
Nearby
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. Rebuilt daily.