Alert archive / West Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in West Virginia, 1997
145 severe thunderstorm warnings in 1997. 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 severe thunderstorm warnings reaches back to 1986.
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 1997. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
- 145
- Busiest month
- July49 severe thunderstorm warnings
- Busiest day
- August 17, 199730 severe thunderstorm warnings
Over time
By month
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 | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 5, 2:51 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Logan, Mingo | 39 min |
| Feb 22, 3:54 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Kanawha | 59 min |
| Mar 1, 5:27 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Boone, Kanawha | 33 min |
| Mar 1, 5:30 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Boone, Kanawha | 30 min |
| Mar 1, 5:41 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Fayette | 49 min |
| Mar 1, 6:00 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Greenbrier | 60 min |
| Mar 28, 10:50 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Mason | 25 min |
| Mar 28, 11:01 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Jackson | 29 min |
| May 3, 3:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Hancock | 41 min |
| May 3, 3:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Brooke, Ohio | 42 min |
| May 3, 3:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Marshall | 42 min |
| May 14, 7:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Cabell, Lincoln, Wayne | 29 min |
| May 14, 7:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Lincoln, Wayne | 37 min |
| May 14, 11:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Monongalia | 47 min |
| May 15, 12:12 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Preston | 63 min |
| May 18, 3:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Pleasants | 39 min |
| May 18, 4:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Marshall | 33 min |
| May 18, 7:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Brooke, Hancock | 26 min |
| May 19, 6:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Ohio | 48 min |
| May 19, 6:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Marshall | 34 min |
| May 19, 7:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Preston | 48 min |
| May 19, 8:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Gilmer | 20 min |
| Jun 2, 1:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Lewis, Upshur | 50 min |
| Jun 2, 2:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Gilmer | 48 min |
| Jun 2, 2:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Barbour | 66 min |
| Jun 2, 2:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Ritchie | 64 min |
| Jun 2, 3:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Braxton | 68 min |
| Jun 2, 3:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Wirt | 58 min |
| Jun 2, 4:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Upshur | 68 min |
| Jun 2, 4:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Gilmer | 59 min |
| Jun 2, 4:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Kanawha | 65 min |
| Jun 2, 5:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Mason | 62 min |
| Jun 2, 6:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Kanawha | 58 min |
| Jun 2, 6:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Wayne | 58 min |
| Jun 13, 2:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Ritchie | 56 min |
| Jun 13, 2:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Doddridge | 54 min |
| Jun 13, 2:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Cabell, Putnam | 48 min |
| Jun 13, 4:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Kanawha | 25 min |
| Jun 13, 4:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Fayette | 62 min |
| Jun 18, 1:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Harrison | 39 min |
| Jun 18, 2:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Taylor | 25 min |
| Jun 18, 2:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Roane | 29 min |
| Jun 18, 2:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Wirt | 39 min |
| Jun 18, 3:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Hardy | 29 min |
| Jun 18, 4:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Mineral | 45 min |
| Jun 25, 2:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Cabell | 27 min |
| Jun 25, 2:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Lincoln, Putnam | 38 min |
| Jun 25, 2:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Wayne | 39 min |
| Jun 25, 2:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Cabell | 29 min |
| Jun 25, 3:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Mason, Putnam | 29 min |
| Jun 25, 3:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Kanawha | 31 min |
| Jun 25, 4:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Clay, Fayette, Nicholas | 54 min |
| Jun 25, 5:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Raleigh | 25 min |
| Jun 26, 2:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Jefferson | 59 min |
| Jul 2, 9:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Mason | 51 min |
| Jul 2, 9:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Putnam | 49 min |
| Jul 2, 9:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Jackson | 53 min |
| Jul 2, 9:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Kanawha | 55 min |
| Jul 2, 10:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Lincoln, Wayne | 45 min |
| Jul 2, 10:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Logan | 40 min |
| Jul 2, 11:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Mingo | 44 min |
| Jul 2, 11:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | McDowell, Wyoming | 51 min |
| Jul 9, 11:56 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Ritchie | 34 min |
| Jul 9, 12:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Doddridge | 28 min |
| Jul 9, 1:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Preston, Tucker | 55 min |
| Jul 9, 2:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Grant, Mineral | 61 min |
| Jul 9, 3:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Greenbrier | 47 min |
| Jul 9, 5:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Cabell, Wayne | 28 min |
| Jul 18, 2:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Brooke | 58 min |
| Jul 18, 4:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Morgan | 35 min |
| Jul 18, 5:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Berkeley, Morgan | 32 min |
| Jul 18, 6:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Preston | 62 min |
| Jul 18, 7:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Hancock | 51 min |
| Jul 22, 2:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Lincoln, Wayne | 59 min |
| Jul 22, 2:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Putnam | 50 min |
| Jul 27, 7:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Wirt, Wood | 41 min |
| Jul 27, 9:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Jackson | 26 min |
| Jul 27, 9:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Jackson | 24 min |
| Jul 27, 9:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Roane | 42 min |
| Jul 27, 10:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Kanawha | 39 min |
| Jul 27, 10:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Webster | 36 min |
| Jul 28, 1:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Marshall | 29 min |
| Jul 28, 1:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Wetzel | 49 min |
| Jul 28, 2:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Wetzel | 60 min |
| Jul 28, 2:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Marion, Monongalia | 41 min |
| Jul 28, 2:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Preston | 41 min |
| Jul 28, 3:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Mineral | 42 min |
| Jul 28, 3:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Tyler | 45 min |
| Jul 28, 3:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Pleasants | 27 min |
| Jul 28, 3:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Wood | 33 min |
| Jul 28, 3:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Tucker | 42 min |
| Jul 28, 3:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Hampshire | 45 min |
| Jul 28, 3:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Ritchie | 49 min |
| Jul 28, 3:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Harrison | 46 min |
| Jul 28, 4:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Jefferson | 45 min |
| Jul 28, 4:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Wirt | 36 min |
| Jul 28, 4:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Mason | 38 min |
| Jul 28, 4:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Gilmer | 47 min |
| Jul 28, 5:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Jackson | 52 min |
| Jul 28, 5:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Cabell | 45 min |
| Jul 28, 5:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Putnam | 67 min |
| Jul 28, 6:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Kanawha | 54 min |
| Jul 28, 6:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Kanawha | 45 min |
| Aug 4, 8:19 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Mason | 26 min |
| Aug 4, 11:47 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Monroe | 48 min |
| Aug 4, 4:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Jackson | 28 min |
| Aug 15, 2:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Cabell | 35 min |
| Aug 15, 2:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Jackson | 29 min |
| Aug 15, 3:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Roane | 38 min |
| Aug 15, 3:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Braxton, Calhoun, Clay | 49 min |
| Aug 15, 5:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Marshall | 54 min |
| Aug 16, 8:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Hancock | 57 min |
| Aug 16, 8:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Brooke | 33 min |
| Aug 16, 9:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Marshall, Ohio | 67 min |
| Aug 16, 10:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Wetzel | 68 min |
| Aug 16, 10:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Monongalia | 60 min |
| Aug 16, 10:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Preston | 98 min |
| Aug 16, 11:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Tucker | 64 min |
| Aug 17, 1:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Wood | 57 min |
| Aug 17, 2:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Mason | 44 min |
| Aug 17, 2:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Jackson | 44 min |
| Aug 17, 3:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Cabell | 60 min |
| Aug 17, 3:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Mason, Putnam | 66 min |
| Aug 17, 3:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Ohio | 25 min |
| Aug 17, 4:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Clay, Roane | 49 min |
| Aug 17, 4:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Cabell, Mason | 60 min |
| Aug 17, 4:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Wayne | 60 min |
| Aug 17, 4:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Braxton | 52 min |
| Aug 17, 4:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Mineral | 34 min |
| Aug 17, 4:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Jackson, Lincoln, Putnam | 55 min |
| Aug 17, 4:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Ohio | 51 min |
| Aug 17, 4:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Hampshire | 45 min |
| Aug 17, 4:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Webster | 63 min |
| Aug 17, 4:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Kanawha | 63 min |
| Aug 17, 5:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Berkeley, Morgan | 48 min |
| Aug 17, 5:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Randolph, Upshur | 58 min |
| Aug 17, 5:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Clay, Nicholas | 51 min |
| Aug 17, 5:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Raleigh | 51 min |
| Aug 17, 6:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Boone | 52 min |
| Aug 17, 6:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Wyoming | 42 min |
| Aug 17, 7:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Monroe | 46 min |
| Aug 17, 8:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Wayne | 53 min |
| Aug 17, 8:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Wayne | 49 min |
| Aug 17, 8:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Cabell, Lincoln | 54 min |
| Aug 17, 8:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Putnam | 53 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Kanawha County12
- Cabell County10
- Wayne County10
- Mason County9
- Jackson County9
- Putnam County9
- Lincoln County7
- Marshall County6
- Preston County6
- Ohio County5
- Hancock County4
- Brooke County4
- Gilmer County4
- Ritchie County4
- Wirt County4
- Roane County4
- Mineral County4
- Clay County4
- Boone County3
- Fayette County3
- Monongalia County3
- Upshur County3
- Braxton County3
- Tucker County3
- Morgan County3
- Wood County3
- Wetzel County3
- Logan County2
- Mingo County2
- Greenbrier County2
- Pleasants County2
- Doddridge County2
- Harrison County2
- Nicholas County2
- Raleigh County2
- Jefferson County2
- Wyoming County2
- Berkeley County2
- Webster County2
- Hampshire County2
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
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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.