Alert archive / West Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in West Virginia, 2016
295 severe thunderstorm warnings in 2016. 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 2016. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
- 295
- Busiest month
- June137 severe thunderstorm warnings
- Busiest day
- June 23, 201640 severe thunderstorm warnings
Over time
By month
Warning verification
How often warnings here had a storm report inside them, and how much warning the reports had.
224 of 295 severe thunderstorm warnings covering West Virginia in 2016 had a qualifying storm report inside them; 362 of 445 hail, wind and damage reports fell inside a warning, on average 18 minutes after it went out.
West Virginia, 2016
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Severe thunderstorm warnings | 295 | 224 | 24% | 445 | 81% | 18 min |
Each office's whole area, 2016
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NWS Pittsburgh, PA: severe thunderstorm warnings | 155 | 113 | 27% | 345 | 81% | 20 min |
| NWS Baltimore/Washington: severe thunderstorm warnings | 305 | 212 | 30% | 851 | 81% | 20 min |
| NWS Charleston, WV: severe thunderstorm warnings | 177 | 141 | 20% | 341 | 81% | 17 min |
| NWS Blacksburg, VA: severe thunderstorm warnings | 294 | 248 | 16% | 752 | 81% | 24 min |
An office's figures cover every county it serves, including across state lines.
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 | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 24, 4:51 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Berkeley, Jefferson | 39 min |
| Mar 28, 12:14 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Jackson, Mason | 31 min |
| Apr 26, 3:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Mason | 30 min |
| Apr 26, 3:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Jackson, Mason, Wood | 31 min |
| Apr 26, 4:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Calhoun, Jackson, Roane, Wirt, Wood | 33 min |
| Apr 26, 5:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Doddridge, Gilmer, Ritchie | 25 min |
| Apr 26, 5:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Doddridge, Gilmer, Lewis, Ritchie | 46 min |
| Apr 28, 2:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Jackson, Roane, Wirt | 35 min |
| Apr 28, 3:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Jackson, Wirt, Wood | 34 min |
| Apr 28, 5:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Randolph | 30 min |
| Apr 28, 5:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Barbour, Taylor | 26 min |
| Apr 28, 5:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Wood | 33 min |
| Apr 28, 6:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Preston, Tucker | 32 min |
| Apr 28, 6:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Calhoun, Gilmer, Ritchie, Wirt, Wood | 46 min |
| Apr 28, 7:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Calhoun, Gilmer, Ritchie | 32 min |
| May 1, 3:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Wayne | 23 min |
| May 1, 4:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Lincoln, Mingo, Wayne | 38 min |
| May 1, 4:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Cabell, Wayne | 41 min |
| May 1, 4:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Lincoln, Wayne | 46 min |
| May 1, 4:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Wayne | 42 min |
| May 1, 5:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Wayne | 51 min |
| May 1, 5:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Logan, Mingo | 47 min |
| May 1, 5:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Cabell, Mason, Putnam | 41 min |
| May 1, 5:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Boone, Kanawha, Lincoln | 48 min |
| May 1, 6:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Cabell, Lincoln, Wayne | 44 min |
| May 1, 6:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Marion, Monongalia, Wetzel | 28 min |
| May 1, 6:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Boone, Fayette, Kanawha, Raleigh | 43 min |
| May 1, 6:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Lincoln, Wayne | 22 min |
| May 1, 6:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Boone, Cabell, Kanawha, Lincoln, Putnam | 25 min |
| May 1, 6:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Lincoln | 18 min |
| May 1, 6:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Marion, Monongalia, Preston | 45 min |
| May 1, 6:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Fayette | 50 min |
| May 1, 6:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Boone, Kanawha | 48 min |
| May 1, 7:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Marshall | 44 min |
| May 1, 7:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Boone, Logan, Mingo | 41 min |
| May 1, 7:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Raleigh, Wyoming | 53 min |
| May 1, 7:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | McDowell, Mingo, Wyoming | 37 min |
| May 1, 7:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Mercer, Monroe, Summers | 64 min |
| May 1, 7:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Preston | 28 min |
| May 1, 7:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Greenbrier, Summers | 56 min |
| May 1, 7:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Boone, Logan, Wyoming | 37 min |
| May 1, 7:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Monroe, Summers | 43 min |
| May 1, 7:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | McDowell | 51 min |
| May 1, 8:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Greenbrier, Monroe | 33 min |
| May 2, 1:57 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Jackson, Mason, Roane, Wirt, Wood | 48 min |
| May 2, 3:14 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Brooke, Hancock | 31 min |
| May 2, 2:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Boone, Logan, Mingo | 53 min |
| May 2, 2:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Mercer | 64 min |
| May 2, 3:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Monroe | 29 min |
| May 2, 3:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | McDowell, Wyoming | 35 min |
| May 2, 4:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Monroe | 47 min |
| May 2, 4:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | McDowell, Raleigh, Wyoming | 33 min |
| May 2, 4:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Mercer, Monroe, Summers | 41 min |
| May 2, 4:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Mercer, Monroe, Summers | 65 min |
| May 2, 5:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Pocahontas | 31 min |
| May 29, 3:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Wood | 19 min |
| Jun 2, 2:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Hampshire, Mineral | 48 min |
| Jun 2, 4:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Cabell, Mason, Putnam | 20 min |
| Jun 4, 1:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Jackson, Roane | 34 min |
| Jun 4, 1:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Boone, Kanawha, Lincoln | 34 min |
| Jun 4, 3:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Braxton, Clay, Nicholas, Webster | 36 min |
| Jun 4, 3:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Clay, Nicholas | 28 min |
| Jun 4, 4:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Pocahontas, Randolph, Webster | 32 min |
| Jun 4, 6:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Kanawha, Lincoln, Putnam | 28 min |
| Jun 4, 7:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Mercer, Summers | 66 min |
| Jun 5, 2:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Berkeley, Jefferson, Morgan | 53 min |
| Jun 5, 3:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Jefferson | 48 min |
| Jun 6, 9:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Brooke, Hancock | 12 min |
| Jun 15, 1:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Cabell, Lincoln, Wayne | 24 min |
| Jun 15, 2:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Cabell, Lincoln, Putnam, Wayne | 25 min |
| Jun 15, 2:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Lincoln, Logan, Mingo | 30 min |
| Jun 15, 2:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Boone, Lincoln | 27 min |
| Jun 15, 3:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Logan, Mingo | 26 min |
| Jun 15, 3:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | McDowell, Wyoming | 35 min |
| Jun 15, 4:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Raleigh | 28 min |
| Jun 15, 8:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Wayne | 19 min |
| Jun 16, 8:40 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Hancock | 35 min |
| Jun 16, 9:27 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Brooke, Ohio | 48 min |
| Jun 16, 10:13 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Marshall, Ohio | 62 min |
| Jun 16, 11:42 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Marion, Monongalia | 30 min |
| Jun 16, 1:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Grant, Hardy | 27 min |
| Jun 16, 2:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Hardy | 49 min |
| Jun 16, 3:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Brooke | 38 min |
| Jun 16, 3:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Berkeley, Hampshire, Morgan | 79 min |
| Jun 16, 3:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Ohio | 62 min |
| Jun 16, 4:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Wood | 29 min |
| Jun 16, 4:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Berkeley, Jefferson | 39 min |
| Jun 16, 4:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Jackson, Roane | 33 min |
| Jun 16, 4:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Kanawha, Mason, Putnam | 29 min |
| Jun 16, 4:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Doddridge, Gilmer, Lewis, Ritchie | 37 min |
| Jun 16, 4:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Berkeley, Jefferson | 36 min |
| Jun 16, 4:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Calhoun, Roane, Wirt | 35 min |
| Jun 16, 4:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Marion, Monongalia, Preston | 62 min |
| Jun 16, 4:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Barbour, Harrison, Lewis, Upshur | 49 min |
| Jun 16, 5:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Gilmer, Lewis, Ritchie | 27 min |
| Jun 16, 5:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Berkeley, Jefferson | 52 min |
| Jun 16, 5:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Boone, Logan, Raleigh, Wyoming | 34 min |
| Jun 16, 5:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Barbour, Lewis, Randolph, Upshur | 45 min |
| Jun 16, 5:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Jefferson | 43 min |
| Jun 16, 5:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Boone, Logan | 21 min |
| Jun 16, 5:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Preston, Tucker | 34 min |
| Jun 16, 6:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Grant, Hampshire, Hardy, Mineral, Morgan, Pendleton | 69 min |
| Jun 16, 6:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Clay, Nicholas, Webster | 40 min |
| Jun 16, 6:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Raleigh, Wyoming | 37 min |
| Jun 16, 6:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Pocahontas | 36 min |
| Jun 16, 6:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Mercer, Summers | 48 min |
| Jun 16, 6:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Pendleton | 67 min |
| Jun 16, 6:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Pocahontas, Randolph, Webster | 52 min |
| Jun 16, 6:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Nicholas, Pocahontas, Webster | 53 min |
| Jun 16, 6:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Hardy, Pendleton | 63 min |
| Jun 16, 6:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Berkeley, Hampshire, Hardy, Jefferson, Morgan | 59 min |
| Jun 16, 6:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Greenbrier | 61 min |
| Jun 16, 7:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Berkeley, Jefferson | 66 min |
| Jun 16, 8:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | McDowell, Mingo, Wyoming | 40 min |
| Jun 16, 8:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | McDowell | 58 min |
| Jun 16, 9:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Mercer | 42 min |
| Jun 21, 12:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Berkeley, Jefferson, Morgan | 44 min |
| Jun 21, 12:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Berkeley, Jefferson, Morgan | 27 min |
| Jun 21, 12:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Berkeley, Hampshire, Mineral, Morgan | 40 min |
| Jun 21, 1:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Hampshire, Mineral, Morgan | 52 min |
| Jun 21, 1:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Cabell, Mason, Putnam | 30 min |
| Jun 21, 1:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Berkeley, Jefferson | 39 min |
| Jun 21, 2:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Berkeley, Jefferson | 20 min |
| Jun 21, 2:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Pocahontas, Randolph | 39 min |
| Jun 21, 2:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Boone, Kanawha, Putnam | 33 min |
| Jun 21, 2:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Braxton, Nicholas, Pocahontas, Webster | 43 min |
| Jun 21, 2:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Clay, Kanawha, Nicholas, Roane | 48 min |
| Jun 21, 2:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Wayne | 36 min |
| Jun 21, 3:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Lincoln, Mingo, Wayne | 46 min |
| Jun 21, 3:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Boone, Fayette, Kanawha, Raleigh | 26 min |
| Jun 21, 3:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Wayne | 44 min |
| Jun 21, 3:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Hardy | 39 min |
| Jun 21, 4:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Clay, Fayette, Kanawha, Nicholas, Putnam | 26 min |
| Jun 21, 4:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Tucker | 24 min |
| Jun 21, 4:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Grant, Hardy, Pendleton | 28 min |
| Jun 21, 4:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Preston, Tucker | 49 min |
| Jun 21, 4:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Jefferson | 29 min |
| Jun 21, 4:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Jefferson | 36 min |
| Jun 21, 4:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Greenbrier, Monroe, Summers | 53 min |
| Jun 21, 4:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Berkeley, Jefferson | 48 min |
| Jun 21, 4:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Grant | 15 min |
| Jun 21, 5:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Jefferson | 46 min |
| Jun 21, 6:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Berkeley, Jefferson | 44 min |
| Jun 21, 7:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Berkeley, Jefferson | 11 min |
| Jun 21, 8:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Berkeley, Jefferson, Morgan | 41 min |
| Jun 21, 8:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Berkeley, Jefferson | 37 min |
| Jun 23, 2:33 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Doddridge, Pleasants, Ritchie, Tyler, Wood | 42 min |
| Jun 23, 2:38 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Pleasants, Ritchie, Tyler, Wood | 37 min |
| Jun 23, 3:14 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Barbour, Doddridge, Gilmer, Harrison, Lewis, Ritchie and 1 more | 31 min |
| Jun 23, 3:40 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Braxton, Gilmer, Lewis, Randolph, Upshur, Webster | 50 min |
| Jun 23, 4:10 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Cabell, Jackson, Mason, Putnam | 50 min |
| Jun 23, 5:11 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Boone, Cabell, Clay, Fayette, Jackson, Kanawha and 5 more | 64 min |
| Jun 23, 5:37 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Braxton, Clay, Nicholas, Pocahontas, Webster | 53 min |
| Jun 23, 5:53 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Greenbrier, Summers | 82 min |
| Jun 23, 6:17 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Cabell, Mason, Putnam, Wayne | 43 min |
| Jun 23, 6:58 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Boone, Cabell, Kanawha, Lincoln, Logan, Mason and 3 more | 47 min |
| Jun 23, 7:47 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Boone, Fayette, Kanawha, Lincoln, Logan, McDowell and 4 more | 43 min |
| Jun 23, 8:07 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Fayette, Nicholas, Pocahontas, Raleigh, Webster | 23 min |
| Jun 23, 8:10 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Greenbrier, Monroe, Summers | 50 min |
| Jun 23, 8:27 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Boone, Fayette, Kanawha, Logan, McDowell, Mingo and 2 more | 33 min |
| Jun 23, 9:36 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Marshall, Wetzel | 39 min |
| Jun 23, 1:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Greenbrier, Monroe | 54 min |
| Jun 23, 2:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Boone, Fayette, Kanawha, Raleigh | 34 min |
| Jun 23, 2:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Fayette, Raleigh | 33 min |
| Jun 23, 3:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Fayette, Raleigh | 19 min |
| Jun 23, 3:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Greenbrier, Monroe, Summers | 59 min |
| Jun 23, 3:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Jackson, Roane | 23 min |
| Jun 23, 3:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Jackson, Kanawha, Mason, Putnam | 27 min |
| Jun 23, 3:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Wayne | 26 min |
| Jun 23, 3:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Clay, Kanawha, Roane | 31 min |
| Jun 23, 3:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Grant, Hardy, Pendleton | 15 min |
| Jun 23, 3:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Cabell | 35 min |
| Jun 23, 4:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Monroe | 39 min |
| Jun 23, 4:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Greenbrier | 37 min |
| Jun 23, 4:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Greenbrier | 48 min |
| Jun 23, 4:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Lincoln, Wayne | 29 min |
| Jun 23, 5:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Jackson, Mason | 26 min |
| Jun 23, 5:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Jackson, Mason, Roane, Wirt | 32 min |
| Jun 23, 6:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Lincoln, Logan, Mingo | 26 min |
| Jun 23, 6:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Boone, Logan, Raleigh, Wyoming | 32 min |
| Jun 23, 6:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Cabell, Jackson, Kanawha, Mason, Putnam | 30 min |
| Jun 23, 6:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Raleigh, Wyoming | 31 min |
| Jun 23, 6:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Mercer, Monroe, Summers | 38 min |
| Jun 23, 7:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | McDowell, Wyoming | 60 min |
| Jun 23, 7:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Mercer, Monroe | 45 min |
| Jun 23, 7:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Mercer | 42 min |
| Jun 23, 8:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Mercer, Monroe | 48 min |
| Jun 24, 4:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Grant | 44 min |
| Jun 24, 4:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Grant, Hardy | 39 min |
| Jun 24, 4:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Grant, Hardy, Pendleton | 40 min |
| Jun 24, 5:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Hardy | 40 min |
| Jun 24, 5:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Hardy | 26 min |
| Jun 27, 4:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Greenbrier, Summers | 34 min |
| Jul 4, 3:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Cabell, Lincoln, Wayne | 45 min |
| Jul 4, 5:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Braxton, Clay, Fayette, Kanawha, Nicholas | 36 min |
| Jul 4, 6:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Doddridge, Pleasants, Ritchie, Tyler, Wirt, Wood | 25 min |
| Jul 4, 6:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Doddridge, Ritchie, Tyler | 32 min |
| Jul 4, 7:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | McDowell, Mingo | 58 min |
| Jul 4, 7:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Barbour, Harrison, Lewis, Taylor, Upshur | 41 min |
| Jul 4, 8:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Mercer, Summers | 65 min |
| Jul 4, 9:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Monroe | 41 min |
| Jul 4, 9:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Greenbrier, Monroe | 49 min |
| Jul 6, 8:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Mason | 30 min |
| Jul 6, 8:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Cabell, Wayne | 36 min |
| Jul 6, 9:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Cabell, Lincoln, Wayne | 45 min |
| Jul 7, 7:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Hancock | 24 min |
| Jul 8, 2:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Cabell, Lincoln, Mason, Putnam, Wayne | 44 min |
| Jul 8, 2:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Logan, Mingo | 35 min |
| Jul 8, 2:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Boone, Kanawha, Lincoln, Putnam | 25 min |
| Jul 8, 3:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Boone, Kanawha, Logan, Mingo, Raleigh, Wyoming | 44 min |
| Jul 8, 3:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Mercer, Summers | 34 min |
| Jul 8, 3:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Fayette, Raleigh, Wyoming | 40 min |
| Jul 8, 4:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Mercer, Monroe, Summers | 45 min |
| Jul 14, 3:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Kanawha, Putnam | 55 min |
| Jul 14, 4:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Cabell | 57 min |
| Jul 14, 4:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Kanawha, Lincoln, Putnam | 47 min |
| Jul 14, 5:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Boone, Fayette, Kanawha | 59 min |
| Jul 15, 6:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Ritchie, Wirt, Wood | 41 min |
| Jul 15, 7:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Jackson, Mason, Putnam | 38 min |
| Jul 18, 1:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Hampshire, Mineral, Morgan | 36 min |
| Jul 18, 1:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Berkeley, Hampshire, Jefferson, Morgan | 37 min |
| Jul 18, 2:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Berkeley, Hampshire, Jefferson | 52 min |
| Jul 18, 3:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Jefferson | 27 min |
| Jul 24, 3:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Hancock | 47 min |
| Jul 24, 3:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Hancock | 41 min |
| Jul 24, 5:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Marshall | 42 min |
| Jul 24, 5:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Marshall, Ohio | 28 min |
| Jul 24, 6:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Marshall, Monongalia, Wetzel | 41 min |
| Jul 25, 2:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Monongalia, Preston | 45 min |
| Jul 25, 2:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Hancock | 36 min |
| Jul 25, 2:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Brooke, Hancock | 34 min |
| Jul 25, 3:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Berkeley, Jefferson | 46 min |
| Jul 25, 3:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Berkeley, Jefferson | 43 min |
| Jul 25, 4:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Jefferson | 48 min |
| Jul 25, 5:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Monongalia, Preston | 56 min |
| Jul 25, 5:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Monongalia, Preston | 50 min |
| Jul 26, 6:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Calhoun, Gilmer, Roane | 45 min |
| Jul 28, 3:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Boone, Fayette, Kanawha, Raleigh | 31 min |
| Jul 28, 3:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Braxton, Clay, Nicholas, Webster | 29 min |
| Jul 28, 9:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Monroe | 41 min |
| Jul 30, 4:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Berkeley, Jefferson | 43 min |
| Aug 5, 7:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Hancock | 35 min |
| Aug 13, 6:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Berkeley, Hampshire, Morgan | 32 min |
| Aug 13, 7:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Berkeley, Morgan | 49 min |
| Aug 13, 7:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Hancock | 43 min |
| Aug 14, 3:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Monroe | 49 min |
| Aug 14, 6:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Mercer | 43 min |
| Aug 14, 6:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Jefferson | 27 min |
| Aug 15, 2:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Preston | 26 min |
| Aug 15, 2:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Harrison, Taylor | 49 min |
| Aug 15, 2:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Pendleton | 32 min |
| Aug 15, 2:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Morgan | 43 min |
| Aug 15, 2:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Taylor | 23 min |
| Aug 15, 2:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Marion, Monongalia, Preston | 33 min |
| Aug 15, 3:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Berkeley, Morgan | 26 min |
| Aug 15, 4:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Jefferson | 50 min |
| Aug 16, 2:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Berkeley, Jefferson | 47 min |
| Aug 16, 2:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Jefferson | 43 min |
| Aug 16, 5:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Cabell, Lincoln, Wayne | 38 min |
| Aug 16, 7:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Marion, Monongalia, Preston | 60 min |
| Aug 17, 12:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Cabell, Kanawha, Lincoln, Mason, Putnam | 65 min |
| Aug 17, 1:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Kanawha, Putnam, Roane | 34 min |
| Aug 17, 2:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Raleigh, Wyoming | 36 min |
| Aug 17, 4:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Greenbrier, Monroe | 61 min |
| Aug 28, 7:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Marshall | 26 min |
| Aug 28, 9:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Marion, Monongalia | 23 min |
| Sep 7, 3:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Brooke, Hancock | 34 min |
| Sep 7, 4:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Berkeley, Morgan | 44 min |
| Sep 7, 4:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Berkeley, Jefferson | 30 min |
| Sep 10, 7:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Brooke, Hancock, Ohio | 29 min |
| Sep 26, 1:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Kanawha, Lincoln, Putnam | 29 min |
| Sep 26, 4:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Greenbrier, Monroe | 18 min |
| Sep 29, 2:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | McDowell, Wyoming | 26 min |
| Sep 29, 2:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Marshall, Wetzel | 48 min |
| Sep 29, 2:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Boone, Fayette, Kanawha, Raleigh | 34 min |
| Sep 29, 3:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Raleigh, Wyoming | 23 min |
| Sep 29, 3:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Marshall, Ohio | 62 min |
| Sep 29, 3:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Clay, Fayette, Kanawha, Nicholas | 46 min |
| Sep 29, 3:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Raleigh, Wyoming | 28 min |
| Sep 29, 3:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Marshall, Ohio | 27 min |
| Sep 29, 3:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Brooke, Hancock, Ohio | 46 min |
| Sep 29, 4:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Brooke | 32 min |
| Sep 29, 4:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Greenbrier | 47 min |
| Sep 30, 2:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Roane | 34 min |
| Sep 30, 2:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Pleasants, Ritchie, Roane, Wirt, Wood | 33 min |
| Oct 20, 3:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Pleasants, Tyler, Wood | 44 min |
| Oct 20, 4:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Wetzel | 41 min |
| Oct 20, 4:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Pleasants, Tyler | 32 min |
| Oct 20, 4:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Marion, Marshall, Monongalia, Wetzel | 39 min |
| Oct 20, 5:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Kanawha, Lincoln | 34 min |
| Oct 20, 7:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Barbour, Harrison, Lewis | 25 min |
| Oct 20, 7:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Barbour, Harrison, Taylor | 32 min |
| Oct 20, 8:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Marion, Monongalia, Preston | 45 min |
| Dec 18, 12:58 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Pleasants, Tyler, Wood | 47 min |
| Dec 18, 1:14 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Mason | 46 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Jefferson County33
- Kanawha County32
- Berkeley County29
- Lincoln County28
- Wayne County24
- Boone County24
- Putnam County23
- Raleigh County22
- Monroe County22
- Mason County21
- Cabell County21
- Wyoming County20
- Fayette County17
- Jackson County16
- Mingo County16
- Summers County16
- Morgan County16
- Wood County15
- Roane County15
- Logan County15
- Mercer County15
- Greenbrier County15
- Ritchie County13
- Preston County13
- Monongalia County13
- Hancock County13
- Nicholas County13
- McDowell County12
- Hardy County12
- Marshall County11
- Clay County11
- Wirt County10
- Hampshire County10
- Webster County10
- Gilmer County9
- Lewis County9
- Marion County9
- Brooke County9
- Pocahontas County9
- Ohio County8
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.