Alert archive / West Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in West Virginia, 2002
178 severe thunderstorm warnings in 2002. 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 2002. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
- 178
- Busiest month
- May46 severe thunderstorm warnings
- Busiest day
- April 28, 200220 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 20, 6:31 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Cabell | 44 min |
| Feb 20, 7:33 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Roane | 27 min |
| Feb 20, 7:55 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Calhoun | 20 min |
| Mar 9, 6:24 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Brooke, Hancock, Marshall, Ohio, Wetzel | 66 min |
| Mar 9, 7:07 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Marion, Monongalia, Wetzel | 53 min |
| Apr 17, 7:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Logan | 30 min |
| Apr 19, 6:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Hancock | 42 min |
| Apr 21, 8:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Wetzel | 53 min |
| Apr 21, 8:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Marshall | 60 min |
| Apr 21, 8:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Mason | 34 min |
| Apr 21, 8:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Jackson | 38 min |
| Apr 21, 10:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Greenbrier | 44 min |
| Apr 28, 6:50 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Calhoun | 25 min |
| Apr 28, 1:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Lincoln, Wayne | 53 min |
| Apr 28, 1:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Boone, Logan | 42 min |
| Apr 28, 2:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Raleigh | 55 min |
| Apr 28, 2:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Wyoming | 39 min |
| Apr 28, 2:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Summers | 47 min |
| Apr 28, 2:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Hancock | 60 min |
| Apr 28, 3:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Mercer | 44 min |
| Apr 28, 3:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Monroe | 38 min |
| Apr 28, 3:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Tucker | 63 min |
| Apr 28, 3:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Monroe | 47 min |
| Apr 28, 3:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Mercer | 45 min |
| Apr 28, 3:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Harrison | 33 min |
| Apr 28, 4:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Grant, Hardy | 40 min |
| Apr 28, 4:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Braxton, Gilmer | 50 min |
| Apr 28, 4:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Barbour | 46 min |
| Apr 28, 4:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Lewis, Upshur | 31 min |
| Apr 28, 4:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Tucker | 65 min |
| Apr 28, 4:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Randolph | 65 min |
| Apr 28, 5:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Grant, Hardy | 42 min |
| May 2, 1:34 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Mason | 26 min |
| May 2, 1:43 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Monroe | 32 min |
| May 2, 2:51 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Tucker | 39 min |
| May 2, 11:38 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Logan | 37 min |
| May 2, 11:44 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Mingo | 31 min |
| May 2, 11:50 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Boone | 40 min |
| May 2, 12:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | McDowell | 23 min |
| May 2, 1:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | McDowell | 37 min |
| May 2, 3:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | McDowell | 46 min |
| May 8, 7:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Calhoun | 32 min |
| May 8, 8:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Gilmer | 36 min |
| May 12, 12:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Upshur | 38 min |
| May 12, 1:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Brooke, Hancock | 52 min |
| May 12, 3:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Wetzel | 81 min |
| May 12, 4:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Marion | 58 min |
| May 12, 4:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Berkeley | 28 min |
| May 13, 9:45 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Logan, McDowell, Mingo, Wyoming | 45 min |
| May 13, 9:56 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Fayette, Raleigh | 34 min |
| May 13, 10:07 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Nicholas | 38 min |
| May 13, 10:08 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Mercer, Summers | 37 min |
| May 13, 10:26 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Greenbrier | 64 min |
| May 13, 11:12 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Pocahontas | 33 min |
| May 13, 1:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Jefferson | 23 min |
| May 13, 1:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Jefferson | 43 min |
| May 13, 7:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Berkeley, Jefferson, Morgan | 43 min |
| May 14, 3:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Berkeley, Morgan | 24 min |
| May 14, 3:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Grant, Hampshire, Hardy, Mineral | 37 min |
| May 14, 3:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Jefferson | 50 min |
| May 14, 4:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Hardy, Pendleton | 45 min |
| May 14, 5:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Preston | 48 min |
| May 14, 5:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Hancock | 63 min |
| May 14, 6:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Brooke | 51 min |
| May 14, 6:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Ohio | 41 min |
| May 26, 2:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Berkeley, Jefferson | 27 min |
| May 26, 3:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Berkeley, Jefferson | 48 min |
| May 26, 4:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Jefferson | 40 min |
| May 26, 5:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Hampshire | 40 min |
| May 26, 5:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Fayette | 30 min |
| May 26, 5:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Hampshire | 47 min |
| May 26, 6:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Boone | 24 min |
| May 26, 6:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Morgan | 47 min |
| May 27, 2:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Hampshire | 36 min |
| May 27, 3:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Grant, Hardy | 28 min |
| May 28, 7:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Berkeley | 41 min |
| May 31, 6:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Brooke | 57 min |
| May 31, 7:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Marshall | 66 min |
| May 31, 8:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Wetzel | 66 min |
| May 31, 8:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Marion | 64 min |
| May 31, 8:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Preston | 40 min |
| May 31, 9:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Mineral | 32 min |
| Jun 1, 2:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Mingo | 48 min |
| Jun 1, 8:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Wayne | 39 min |
| Jun 2, 3:51 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Braxton | 24 min |
| Jun 2, 5:08 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Webster | 22 min |
| Jun 4, 1:35 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Monongalia | 40 min |
| Jun 4, 2:00 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Preston | 60 min |
| Jun 4, 2:28 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Taylor | 32 min |
| Jun 4, 3:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Wetzel | 54 min |
| Jun 4, 3:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Marion | 57 min |
| Jun 4, 4:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Preston | 61 min |
| Jun 4, 4:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Marshall | 43 min |
| Jun 4, 5:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Hardy | 37 min |
| Jun 4, 6:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Pleasants | 35 min |
| Jun 4, 7:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Hampshire, Hardy | 44 min |
| Jun 4, 7:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Berkeley, Jefferson | 41 min |
| Jun 4, 7:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Wood | 39 min |
| Jun 4, 7:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Pleasants | 34 min |
| Jun 4, 8:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Jackson | 46 min |
| Jun 4, 8:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Wirt, Wood | 45 min |
| Jun 4, 8:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Mercer | 62 min |
| Jun 5, 4:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Berkeley, Jefferson | 37 min |
| Jun 14, 6:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Brooke | 26 min |
| Jun 16, 7:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Wayne | 21 min |
| Jun 16, 7:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Braxton | 47 min |
| Jun 25, 6:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Mingo | 53 min |
| Jun 26, 3:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Berkeley | 25 min |
| Jul 1, 6:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Greenbrier | 26 min |
| Jul 1, 6:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Marshall | 67 min |
| Jul 1, 6:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Marshall | 3 hr |
| Jul 2, 2:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Greenbrier | 23 min |
| Jul 2, 2:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Summers | 24 min |
| Jul 2, 2:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Greenbrier | 30 min |
| Jul 2, 2:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Monroe | 22 min |
| Jul 2, 3:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Monroe | 30 min |
| Jul 2, 3:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Mercer | 33 min |
| Jul 2, 4:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Raleigh | 43 min |
| Jul 2, 4:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Clay, Kanawha | 40 min |
| Jul 2, 4:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Boone | 27 min |
| Jul 2, 4:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Mineral | 37 min |
| Jul 2, 5:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Nicholas | 49 min |
| Jul 2, 5:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Logan | 35 min |
| Jul 2, 6:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Tucker | 64 min |
| Jul 2, 6:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Pocahontas | 28 min |
| Jul 2, 6:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Grant | 48 min |
| Jul 2, 6:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Pendleton | 43 min |
| Jul 2, 9:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Hardy | 35 min |
| Jul 3, 3:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Greenbrier | 35 min |
| Jul 3, 6:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | McDowell | 39 min |
| Jul 3, 6:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Mercer, Summers | 49 min |
| Jul 3, 7:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Wyoming | 32 min |
| Jul 4, 3:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Brooke, Hancock | 45 min |
| Jul 4, 11:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Monongalia | 29 min |
| Jul 9, 5:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Hampshire, Morgan | 64 min |
| Jul 9, 6:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Jefferson | 44 min |
| Jul 19, 4:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Wood | 28 min |
| Jul 22, 5:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Wyoming | 34 min |
| Jul 26, 1:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Kanawha | 6 min |
| Jul 27, 11:18 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Pocahontas, Webster | 27 min |
| Jul 30, 3:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Wyoming | 23 min |
| Aug 1, 7:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Preston | 56 min |
| Aug 2, 5:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Pendleton | 65 min |
| Aug 3, 2:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Mineral | 62 min |
| Aug 3, 2:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Greenbrier | 39 min |
| Aug 3, 2:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Hampshire | 47 min |
| Aug 3, 3:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Pendleton | 42 min |
| Aug 3, 3:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Hampshire, Mineral | 44 min |
| Aug 3, 5:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Hardy | 59 min |
| Aug 3, 5:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Preston | 32 min |
| Aug 3, 6:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Tucker | 63 min |
| Aug 3, 6:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Mercer, Summers | 51 min |
| Aug 3, 7:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Calhoun, Ritchie | 29 min |
| Aug 5, 2:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Hampshire, Morgan | 40 min |
| Aug 5, 8:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Clay | 18 min |
| Aug 12, 3:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Brooke, Hancock | 59 min |
| Aug 18, 4:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Mason | 23 min |
| Aug 18, 5:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Kanawha, Putnam | 24 min |
| Sep 3, 7:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Hancock | 57 min |
| Sep 18, 6:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Raleigh | 22 min |
| Sep 18, 10:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Harrison | 26 min |
| Sep 18, 11:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Marshall | 58 min |
| Sep 18, 11:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Ohio | 58 min |
| Sep 27, 3:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Preston | 41 min |
| Sep 27, 3:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Mineral | 47 min |
| Sep 27, 7:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Berkeley, Jefferson | 38 min |
| Nov 10, 8:28 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Lincoln, Putnam | 32 min |
| Nov 10, 8:45 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Kanawha, Putnam | 30 min |
| Nov 10, 8:51 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Mason | 39 min |
| Nov 10, 9:50 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Brooke, Hancock | 40 min |
| Nov 10, 10:11 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Mason | 34 min |
| Nov 10, 10:31 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Wayne | 44 min |
| Nov 10, 10:35 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Jackson, Wood | 40 min |
| Nov 10, 10:36 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Putnam | 39 min |
| Nov 10, 10:39 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Putnam | 36 min |
| Nov 10, 10:57 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Roane, Wirt | 33 min |
| Nov 10, 11:24 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Calhoun | 21 min |
| Nov 11, 12:00 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Lewis | 30 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Jefferson County11
- Berkeley County10
- Hancock County9
- Hardy County9
- Hampshire County9
- Brooke County8
- Marshall County7
- Greenbrier County7
- Mercer County7
- Preston County7
- Wetzel County6
- Mineral County6
- Calhoun County5
- Logan County5
- Mason County5
- Wyoming County5
- Summers County5
- Monroe County5
- Tucker County5
- Grant County5
- McDowell County5
- Morgan County5
- Putnam County5
- Marion County4
- Wayne County4
- Boone County4
- Raleigh County4
- Mingo County4
- Pendleton County4
- Wood County4
- Kanawha County4
- Ohio County3
- Monongalia County3
- Jackson County3
- Braxton County3
- Pocahontas County3
- Roane County2
- Lincoln County2
- Harrison County2
- Gilmer County2
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.