River Flood Warnings in West Virginia
586 river flood 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 river flood warnings reaches back to 2005.
River Flood Warnings by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- River Flood Warnings
- 586
- Busiest year
- 2018128 river flood warnings
- Average year
- 29over 20 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 County98
- Berkeley County82
- Morgan County49
- Mason County46
- Wood County33
- Hampshire County32
- Summers County32
- Barbour County32
- Monroe County30
- Kanawha County21
- Calhoun County20
- Greenbrier County19
- Lincoln County18
- Hancock County18
- Hardy County18
- Gilmer County17
- Pocahontas County17
- Pendleton County17
- Harrison County16
- Marshall County16
- Preston County16
- Cabell County16
- Ohio County15
- Mineral County15
- Mingo County15
- Wayne County15
- Jackson County15
- Mercer County13
- Brooke County12
- Pleasants County11
- Wirt County9
- Boone County9
- Tyler County9
- Upshur County9
- Grant County7
- Logan County5
- Wetzel County5
- Nicholas County4
- Clay County4
- Wyoming County3
The latest river flood warnings
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 16, 12:54 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | RLX | Harrison | 10 hr |
| Jul 22, 12:11 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | RLX | Barbour | 22 hr |
| Jul 22, 12:08 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | RLX | Harrison | 25 hr |
| Jul 21, 11:37 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | RLX | Barbour | 12 hr |
| Jul 21, 10:45 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | RLX | Upshur | 29 hr |
| Jul 21, 9:31 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | RLX | Harrison, Lewis | 4 hr |
| May 28, 1:54 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | RLX | Gilmer | 7 hr |
| May 27, 9:51 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | RLX | Harrison | 16 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.