Alert archive / West Virginia / Ritchie County
Weather alerts in Ritchie County, West Virginia, 2026
217 weather alerts in 2026, 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 2026. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 217
- Warnings
- 105
- Watches
- 32
- Advisories
- 23
- Busiest month
- August40 alerts
- Busiest day
- July 21, 202614 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 2 tornado warnings covering Ritchie County in 2026 had a tornado report inside them; 1 of 1 tornado reports fell inside a warning, on average 8 minutes after it went out.
Ritchie County, 2026
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado warnings | 2 | 1 | 50% | 1 | 100% | 8 min |
| Severe thunderstorm warnings | 46 | 41 | 11% | 45 | 76% | 24 min |
| Flash flood warnings | 25 | 18 | 28% | 9 | 67% | 135 min |
Each office's whole area, 2026
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NWS Charleston, WV: tornado warnings | 39 | 2 | 95% | 9 | 33% | 5 min |
| NWS Charleston, WV: severe thunderstorm warnings | 432 | 322 | 25% | 1,175 | 80% | 22 min |
| NWS Charleston, WV: flash flood warnings | 260 | 169 | 35% | 759 | 88% | 121 min |
An office's figures cover every county it serves, including across state lines.
The year is still running; reports filed late and damage surveys can still change these figures.
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 1, 2:19 AM EST | Snow Squall Warning | RLX | 26 min |
| Jan 1, 2:43 AM EST | Snow Squall Warning | RLX | 32 min |
| Jan 1, 3:15 AM EST | Snow Squall Warning | RLX | 30 min |
| Jan 1, 3:44 AM EST | Snow Squall Warning | RLX | 31 min |
| Jan 18, 1:34 PM EST | Cold Weather Advisory | RLX | 46 hr |
| Jan 21, 12:28 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | RLX | 37 hr |
| Jan 23, 1:08 AM EST | Cold Weather Advisory | RLX | 32 hr |
| Jan 23, 1:08 AM EST | Winter Storm Warning | RLX | 3 days |
| Jan 25, 9:06 AM EST | Extreme Cold Watch | RLX | 15 hr |
| Jan 26, 12:26 AM EST | Extreme Cold Warning | RLX | 3 days |
| Jan 27, 12:34 AM EST | Cold Weather Advisory | RLX | 34 hr |
| Jan 28, 12:44 AM EST | Cold Weather Advisory | RLX | 58 hr |
| Jan 29, 11:39 PM EST | Cold Weather Advisory | RLX | 35 hr |
| Jan 31, 12:10 AM EST | Cold Weather Advisory | RLX | 35 hr |
| Feb 2, 12:53 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | RLX | 33 hr |
| Feb 5, 12:39 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | RLX | 42 hr |
| Feb 5, 12:40 PM EST | Cold Weather Advisory | RLX | 68 hr |
| Feb 15, 7:42 PM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | RLX | 14 hr |
| Feb 19, 1:51 PM EST | Flood Watch | RLX | 17 hr |
| Feb 19, 11:33 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | 27 min |
| Feb 19, 11:58 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | 32 min |
| Feb 20, 12:34 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | 26 min |
| Feb 20, 12:59 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | 31 min |
| Feb 20, 1:49 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | RLX | 26 min |
| Feb 20, 2:15 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | RLX | 30 min |
| Feb 21, 12:24 PM EST | Winter Storm Warning | RLX | 61 hr |
| Feb 21, 3:24 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | RLX | 58 hr |
| Mar 1, 1:46 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | RLX | 44 hr |
| Mar 3, 10:39 AM EST | Flood Watch | RLX | 67 hr |
| Mar 4, 2:36 AM EST | Areal Flood Warning | RLX | 6 hr |
| Mar 7, 1:23 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| Mar 7, 3:55 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Mar 11, 10:35 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Mar 11, 1:50 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 85 min |
| Mar 12, 2:26 AM EDT | Wind Advisory | RLX | 42 hr |
| Mar 15, 1:47 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | RLX | 44 hr |
| Mar 16, 2:41 AM EDT | Winter Weather Advisory | RLX | 38 hr |
| Mar 16, 6:13 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 4 hr |
| Mar 17, 12:13 AM EDT | Snow Squall Warning | RLX | 32 min |
| Mar 23, 1:00 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | 30 min |
| Apr 1, 1:06 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 114 min |
| Apr 1, 2:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| Apr 1, 4:40 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Apr 1, 5:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | 33 min |
| Apr 1, 5:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | 52 min |
| Apr 1, 6:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | 38 min |
| Apr 1, 6:57 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 93 min |
| Apr 1, 6:59 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | 3 hr |
| Apr 1, 7:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | 53 min |
| Apr 1, 7:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | 36 min |
| Apr 1, 7:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | 26 min |
| Apr 5, 12:35 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | RLX | 21 hr |
| Apr 6, 12:24 PM EDT | Freeze Warning | RLX | 22 hr |
| Apr 7, 12:09 PM EDT | Freeze Warning | RLX | 22 hr |
| Apr 8, 1:51 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | RLX | 19 hr |
| Apr 16, 2:36 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 84 min |
| Apr 18, 12:38 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Apr 19, 12:32 AM EDT | Frost Advisory | RLX | 32 hr |
| Apr 19, 11:53 AM EDT | Freeze Watch | RLX | 13 hr |
| Apr 20, 12:54 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | RLX | 32 hr |
| Apr 29, 1:48 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 117 min |
| May 1, 1:25 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | RLX | 20 hr |
| May 1, 1:25 PM EDT | Freeze Watch | RLX | 23 hr |
| May 2, 12:00 PM EDT | Freeze Warning | RLX | 21 hr |
| May 7, 1:17 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | RLX | 19 hr |
| May 13, 12:41 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| May 20, 7:50 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 115 min |
| May 20, 1:06 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 114 min |
| May 22, 2:20 AM EDT | Flood Watch | RLX | 48 hr |
| May 23, 4:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | 27 min |
| May 24, 12:52 PM EDT | Flood Watch | RLX | 13 hr |
| May 26, 1:25 PM EDT | Flood Watch | RLX | 34 hr |
| May 27, 12:31 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 119 min |
| May 27, 1:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
| May 27, 1:38 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | RLX | 3 hr |
| May 27, 3:21 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 114 min |
| May 27, 4:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | 31 min |
| May 27, 4:33 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | 4 hr |
| May 27, 6:54 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| May 27, 8:24 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | RLX | 16 hr |
| Jun 9, 3:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | 45 min |
| Jun 11, 2:11 AM EDT | Heat Advisory | RLX | 16 hr |
| Jun 11, 12:27 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jun 11, 1:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Jun 11, 2:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | 25 min |
| Jun 11, 3:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | 30 min |
| Jun 14, 1:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Jun 14, 3:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | 41 min |
| Jun 14, 4:52 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 113 min |
| Jun 14, 6:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | 66 min |
| Jun 14, 7:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | 38 min |
| Jun 14, 7:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | 61 min |
| Jun 18, 4:39 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Jun 18, 6:11 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | 34 min |
| Jun 18, 6:47 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | 28 min |
| Jun 20, 7:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | 38 min |
| Jun 22, 3:00 AM EDT | Flood Watch | RLX | 27 hr |
| Jun 22, 1:25 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jun 22, 6:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | 34 min |
| Jun 26, 2:24 AM EDT | Flood Watch | RLX | 42 hr |
| Jun 29, 12:34 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | RLX | 5 days |
| Jun 30, 1:09 AM EDT | Extreme Heat Warning | RLX | 5 days |
| Jul 4, 1:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | 36 min |
| Jul 4, 3:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | 32 min |
| Jul 4, 4:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | 25 min |
| Jul 4, 4:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | 29 min |
| Jul 4, 5:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | 23 min |
| Jul 5, 1:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | 29 min |
| Jul 5, 2:38 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | 2 hr |
| Jul 9, 9:13 AM EDT | Flood Watch | RLX | 3 days |
| Jul 12, 6:03 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | 3 hr |
| Jul 12, 6:53 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | 2 hr |
| Jul 18, 2:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | 42 min |
| Jul 18, 3:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | 40 min |
| Jul 18, 4:18 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | 4 hr |
| Jul 18, 4:19 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | 4 hr |
| Jul 18, 4:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | 40 min |
| Jul 18, 4:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | 49 min |
| Jul 18, 4:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | 47 min |
| Jul 21, 3:59 AM EDT | Flood Watch | RLX | 22 hr |
| Jul 21, 12:15 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jul 21, 1:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | 38 min |
| Jul 21, 1:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 10 hr |
| Jul 21, 1:30 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RLX | 30 min |
| Jul 21, 4:15 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | 4 hr |
| Jul 21, 4:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | 46 min |
| Jul 21, 4:37 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RLX | 27 min |
| Jul 21, 4:50 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | 3 hr |
| Jul 21, 4:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | 52 min |
| Jul 21, 5:38 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | 7 hr |
| Jul 21, 5:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | 34 min |
| Jul 21, 6:15 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | 7 hr |
| Jul 21, 7:02 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 58 min |
| Jul 21, 8:09 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | RLX | 35 hr |
| Jul 22, 12:28 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | RLX | 25 hr |
| Jul 22, 12:52 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | RLX | 4 hr |
| Jul 22, 6:48 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | RLX | 3 hr |
| Jul 22, 10:02 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | RLX | 6 hr |
| Aug 2, 2:43 AM EDT | Flood Watch | RLX | 21 hr |
| Aug 2, 1:09 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Aug 7, 6:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | 37 min |
| Aug 7, 7:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | 34 min |
| Aug 7, 7:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | 34 min |
| Aug 8, 10:14 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | 31 min |
| Aug 9, 12:57 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | 48 min |
| Aug 9, 1:31 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | 44 min |
| Aug 10, 12:30 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Aug 10, 12:35 PM EDT | Flood Watch | RLX | 4 days |
| Aug 10, 12:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | 31 min |
| Aug 10, 12:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Aug 10, 1:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | 35 min |
| Aug 10, 1:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | 31 min |
| Aug 11, 11:37 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
| Aug 11, 11:38 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | 67 min |
| Aug 11, 12:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | 34 min |
| Aug 14, 8:33 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | 3 hr |
| Aug 15, 2:48 AM EDT | Flood Watch | RLX | 71 hr |
| Aug 16, 4:17 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | 3 hr |
| Aug 16, 6:50 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | RLX | 6 hr |
| Aug 16, 11:56 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 64 min |
| Aug 16, 1:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
| Aug 16, 1:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | 46 min |
| Aug 16, 2:28 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Aug 16, 2:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | 42 min |
| Aug 16, 4:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | 36 min |
| Aug 16, 7:55 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | RLX | 28 hr |
| Aug 17, 2:55 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | 6 hr |
| Aug 17, 4:28 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | 3 hr |
| Aug 17, 8:51 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | RLX | 13 hr |
| Aug 19, 12:35 PM EDT | Flood Watch | RLX | 25 hr |
| Aug 22, 11:38 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Aug 22, 1:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Aug 22, 3:50 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 115 min |
| Aug 22, 3:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | 38 min |
| Aug 22, 4:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | 34 min |
| Aug 22, 4:59 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | 3 hr |
| Aug 22, 6:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | 49 min |
| Aug 22, 7:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | 48 min |
| Sep 1, 1:23 AM EDT | Heat Advisory | RLX | 4 days |
| Sep 3, 8:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | 50 min |
| Sep 4, 1:31 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 119 min |
| Sep 4, 1:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | 43 min |
| Sep 4, 1:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | 61 min |
| Sep 4, 2:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Sep 5, 6:59 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | 46 min |
| Sep 9, 11:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | 31 min |
| Sep 10, 12:01 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | 44 min |
| Sep 10, 6:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | 56 min |
| Sep 10, 11:26 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | 4 hr |
| Sep 11, 3:16 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | RLX | 3 hr |
| Sep 11, 1:35 PM EDT | Flood Watch | RLX | 35 hr |
| Sep 12, 2:22 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 113 min |
| Sep 12, 3:33 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | 111 min |
| Sep 12, 5:04 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | 119 min |
| Sep 12, 5:24 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | RLX | 15 hr |
| Sep 12, 7:03 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | RLX | 13 hr |
| Sep 13, 7:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | 34 min |
| Sep 13, 7:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | 27 min |
| Sep 17, 3:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | 31 min |
| Sep 19, 6:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | 48 min |
| Sep 19, 7:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | 32 min |
| Sep 20, 1:38 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | 67 min |
| Sep 20, 2:20 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | 55 min |
| Sep 20, 3:23 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | 67 min |
| Sep 20, 3:44 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | 5 hr |
| Sep 20, 8:33 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | RLX | 5 hr |
| Sep 20, 2:11 PM EDT | Flood Watch | RLX | 3 days |
| Sep 21, 12:28 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | 5 hr |
| Sep 21, 12:36 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | 39 min |
| Sep 21, 1:01 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | 4 hr |
| Sep 21, 1:52 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | 3 hr |
| Sep 21, 2:35 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | 106 min |
| Sep 21, 2:38 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | 111 min |
| Sep 21, 5:30 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | RLX | 7 hr |
| Sep 21, 8:17 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | RLX | 4 hr |
| Sep 21, 1:02 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | RLX | 10 hr |
| Sep 24, 7:12 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | RLX | 21 hr |
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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.