Alert archive / West Virginia / Ritchie County

Weather alerts in Ritchie County, West Virginia, 2023

105 weather alerts in 2023, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.

Ritchie County and its neighbors

Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2023. Tap one for its archive.

Alerts
105
Warnings
27
Watches
12
Advisories
14
Busiest month
July39 alerts
Busiest day
August 7, 202311 alerts

Over time

By month

Warning verification

How often warnings here had a storm report inside them, and how much warning the reports had.

Ritchie County, 2023

WarningsWith a reportFalse alarm ratioReportsInside a warningMean lead time
Tornado warnings00
Severe thunderstorm warnings191426%683%13 min
Flash flood warnings2150%0

Each office's whole area, 2023

WarningsWith a reportFalse alarm ratioReportsInside a warningMean lead time
NWS Charleston, WV: tornado warnings10280%450%14 min
NWS Charleston, WV: severe thunderstorm warnings14010326%42360%19 min
NWS Charleston, WV: flash flood warnings452349%9877%55 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 3, 11:58 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementRLX32 min
Jan 3, 12:20 PM ESTAreal Flood WarningRLX7 hr
Jan 12, 4:09 AM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryRLX57 hr
Jan 12, 10:14 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementRLX31 min
Jan 30, 4:14 AM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryRLX51 hr
Feb 8, 11:17 AM ESTWind AdvisoryRLX40 hr
Feb 16, 9:57 AM ESTFlood WatchRLX22 hr
Feb 26, 12:47 PM ESTWind AdvisoryRLX48 hr
Feb 27, 6:34 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPC116 min
Feb 27, 7:15 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementRLX30 min
Feb 27, 7:47 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementRLX28 min
Mar 2, 4:23 AM ESTWind AdvisoryRLX57 hr
Mar 23, 3:29 AM EDTFlood WatchRLX52 hr
Mar 24, 12:48 PM EDTWind AdvisoryRLX35 hr
Mar 30, 3:29 AM EDTHigh Wind WatchRLX34 hr
Mar 31, 1:27 PM EDTHigh Wind WarningRLX37 hr
Apr 1, 1:24 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLX21 min
Apr 1, 1:46 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLX29 min
Apr 1, 4:07 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLX38 min
Apr 5, 7:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLX31 min
Apr 14, 8:24 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLX36 min
Apr 16, 1:23 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Apr 16, 6:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLX32 min
Apr 18, 2:04 PM EDTFrost AdvisoryRLX19 hr
Apr 22, 5:30 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLX30 min
Apr 22, 5:59 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLX31 min
Apr 24, 3:12 AM EDTFreeze WatchRLX6 hr
Apr 24, 9:09 AM EDTFreeze WarningRLX19 hr
Apr 25, 4:05 AM EDTFreeze WarningRLX5 hr
Apr 26, 12:06 PM EDTFrost AdvisoryRLX20 hr
May 4, 2:44 PM EDTFrost AdvisoryRLX18 hr
Jun 3, 6:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLX25 min
Jun 3, 6:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLX26 min
Jun 3, 6:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLX25 min
Jun 3, 8:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLX17 min
Jun 3, 9:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLX17 min
Jun 3, 9:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLX27 min
Jul 2, 4:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr
Jul 9, 5:10 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLX35 min
Jul 13, 8:45 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLX45 min
Jul 13, 1:26 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC64 min
Jul 13, 1:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr
Jul 13, 4:38 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLX37 min
Jul 13, 4:42 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC93 min
Jul 14, 10:18 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLX42 min
Jul 14, 11:27 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLX33 min
Jul 15, 2:16 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Jul 15, 4:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLX30 min
Jul 15, 4:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLX31 min
Jul 17, 1:53 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC3 hr
Jul 17, 3:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLX45 min
Jul 17, 4:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLX27 min
Jul 17, 4:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLX28 min
Jul 17, 5:06 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLX24 min
Jul 18, 4:47 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC118 min
Jul 18, 5:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLX29 min
Jul 18, 5:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLX41 min
Jul 18, 6:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLX36 min
Jul 18, 6:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLX47 min
Jul 18, 7:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLX31 min
Jul 24, 11:20 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLX40 min
Jul 25, 12:02 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLX28 min
Jul 25, 12:27 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLX48 min
Jul 27, 3:40 AM EDTHeat AdvisoryRLX38 hr
Jul 27, 3:16 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC119 min
Jul 28, 6:52 AM EDTExcessive Heat WarningRLX11 hr
Jul 28, 12:35 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC85 min
Jul 28, 2:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr
Jul 28, 2:49 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLX41 min
Jul 28, 2:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLX38 min
Jul 28, 3:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLX47 min
Jul 28, 3:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLX27 min
Jul 28, 4:12 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC93 min
Jul 29, 12:58 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLX3 hr
Jul 29, 2:51 AM EDTHeat AdvisoryRLX15 hr
Jul 29, 6:06 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC114 min
Aug 4, 3:38 AM EDTDense Fog AdvisoryRLX5 hr
Aug 7, 6:17 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLX28 min
Aug 7, 10:19 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC86 min
Aug 7, 10:57 AM EDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr
Aug 7, 11:30 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLX45 min
Aug 7, 11:53 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLX37 min
Aug 7, 12:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLX38 min
Aug 7, 1:03 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC87 min
Aug 7, 1:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLX40 min
Aug 7, 1:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLX32 min
Aug 7, 1:54 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLX3 hr
Aug 7, 3:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLX34 min
Aug 7, 8:22 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLX38 min
Aug 9, 12:28 PM EDTFlood WatchRLX17 hr
Aug 12, 7:31 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC89 min
Aug 12, 8:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC4 hr
Aug 12, 9:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLX33 min
Aug 12, 9:50 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLX25 min
Aug 12, 10:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLX35 min
Aug 22, 3:17 AM EDTExcessive Heat WatchRLX48 hr
Aug 25, 2:02 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC118 min
Aug 25, 3:23 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLX38 min
Aug 25, 4:00 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLX45 min
Aug 25, 5:20 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLX25 min
Sep 7, 12:17 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLX28 min
Sep 30, 3:05 AM EDTDense Fog AdvisoryRLX7 hr
Oct 10, 1:25 PM EDTFrost AdvisoryRLX20 hr
Oct 21, 2:40 PM EDTFreeze WatchRLX11 hr
Oct 22, 1:55 AM EDTFreeze WarningRLX31 hr

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.