Alert archive / West Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings / 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in West Virginia, August 1997
42 severe thunderstorm warnings in August 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 August 1997. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
- 42
- Busiest day
- August 17, 199730 severe thunderstorm warnings
Over time
By day
Days in UTC, the clock the archive keeps.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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.
- Mason County4
- Jackson County4
- Cabell County4
- Clay County3
- Ohio County3
- Putnam County3
- Wayne County3
- Monroe County2
- Roane County2
- Braxton County2
- Marshall County2
- Lincoln County2
- Calhoun County1
- Hancock County1
- Brooke County1
- Wetzel County1
- Monongalia County1
- Preston County1
- Tucker County1
- Wood County1
- Mineral County1
- Hampshire County1
- Webster County1
- Kanawha County1
- Berkeley County1
- Morgan County1
- Randolph County1
- Upshur County1
- Nicholas County1
- Raleigh County1
- Boone County1
- Wyoming County1
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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.