Alert archive / West Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in West Virginia, 2017
190 severe thunderstorm warnings in 2017. 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 2017. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
- 190
- Busiest month
- July45 severe thunderstorm warnings
- Busiest day
- March 1, 201731 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.
142 of 190 severe thunderstorm warnings covering West Virginia in 2017 had a qualifying storm report inside them; 223 of 321 hail, wind and damage reports fell inside a warning, on average 19 minutes after it went out.
West Virginia, 2017
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Severe thunderstorm warnings | 190 | 142 | 25% | 321 | 69% | 19 min |
Each office's whole area, 2017
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NWS Pittsburgh, PA: severe thunderstorm warnings | 225 | 186 | 17% | 518 | 88% | 21 min |
| NWS Blacksburg, VA: severe thunderstorm warnings | 167 | 140 | 16% | 462 | 74% | 19 min |
| NWS Charleston, WV: severe thunderstorm warnings | 112 | 81 | 28% | 264 | 67% | 18 min |
| NWS Baltimore/Washington: severe thunderstorm warnings | 261 | 194 | 26% | 976 | 81% | 19 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 12, 2:14 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Hancock | 46 min |
| Feb 12, 7:02 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Hancock | 58 min |
| Feb 12, 8:46 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Marion, Monongalia, Preston, Tucker | 74 min |
| Feb 12, 9:00 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Berkeley, Grant, Hampshire, Hardy, Mineral, Morgan | 45 min |
| Feb 12, 9:32 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Berkeley, Hampshire, Jefferson, Mineral, Morgan | 43 min |
| Feb 12, 10:01 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Berkeley, Hampshire, Hardy, Jefferson, Morgan | 44 min |
| Feb 12, 10:38 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Jefferson | 38 min |
| Feb 25, 1:04 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Cabell, Mason | 25 min |
| Mar 1, 4:14 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Wood | 31 min |
| Mar 1, 5:02 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Marion, Monongalia, Preston | 28 min |
| Mar 1, 5:44 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Jackson, Mason, Wirt, Wood | 31 min |
| Mar 1, 6:15 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Calhoun, Gilmer, Jackson, Ritchie, Roane, Wirt | 30 min |
| Mar 1, 6:44 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Jackson, Mason | 31 min |
| Mar 1, 6:46 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Barbour, Calhoun, Gilmer, Harrison, Lewis, Ritchie and 1 more | 29 min |
| Mar 1, 8:15 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Brooke, Marshall, Ohio | 35 min |
| Mar 1, 8:47 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Cabell, Mason | 28 min |
| Mar 1, 9:00 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Marshall, Ohio, Wetzel | 45 min |
| Mar 1, 9:01 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Cabell, Wayne | 44 min |
| Mar 1, 9:16 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Cabell, Jackson, Mason, Putnam | 29 min |
| Mar 1, 9:26 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Boone, Cabell, Kanawha, Lincoln, Mingo, Putnam and 1 more | 49 min |
| Mar 1, 9:41 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Clay, Jackson, Kanawha, Putnam, Roane | 34 min |
| Mar 1, 9:48 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Boone, Fayette, Kanawha, Lincoln, Logan, Mingo and 2 more | 27 min |
| Mar 1, 10:01 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Calhoun, Doddridge, Gilmer, Pleasants, Ritchie, Tyler and 1 more | 29 min |
| Mar 1, 10:07 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | McDowell, Mingo, Wyoming | 23 min |
| Mar 1, 10:16 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Braxton, Calhoun, Clay, Fayette, Kanawha, Nicholas and 2 more | 29 min |
| Mar 1, 10:17 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Marion, Marshall, Monongalia, Wetzel | 43 min |
| Mar 1, 10:18 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Boone, Fayette, Kanawha, Logan, Mingo, Nicholas and 2 more | 27 min |
| Mar 1, 10:25 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Braxton, Gilmer, Lewis, Randolph, Upshur, Webster | 35 min |
| Mar 1, 10:28 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | McDowell, Mingo, Wyoming | 32 min |
| Mar 1, 10:35 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Greenbrier, Summers | 55 min |
| Mar 1, 10:43 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Mercer, Summers | 62 min |
| Mar 1, 10:44 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Fayette, Nicholas, Pocahontas, Raleigh, Randolph, Webster and 1 more | 31 min |
| Mar 1, 10:59 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Pocahontas, Randolph, Upshur | 31 min |
| Mar 1, 11:11 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Marion, Monongalia, Preston, Tucker | 49 min |
| Mar 1, 11:18 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Monroe | 42 min |
| Mar 1, 11:21 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Greenbrier | 39 min |
| Mar 1, 11:56 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Grant, Hardy, Pendleton | 49 min |
| Mar 1, 12:12 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Berkeley, Hampshire, Hardy, Jefferson, Morgan | 33 min |
| Mar 1, 12:42 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Berkeley, Jefferson, Morgan | 48 min |
| Mar 26, 4:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Fayette, Kanawha, Nicholas | 30 min |
| Mar 27, 4:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Fayette, Raleigh, Wyoming | 24 min |
| Mar 27, 5:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Fayette, Raleigh | 31 min |
| Apr 11, 5:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Mason | 30 min |
| Apr 11, 6:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Cabell, Wayne | 38 min |
| Apr 16, 5:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Marshall, Ohio | 42 min |
| Apr 16, 5:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Ohio | 43 min |
| Apr 16, 6:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Marshall | 45 min |
| Apr 20, 4:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Preston | 28 min |
| Apr 27, 7:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Brooke, Hancock, Ohio | 34 min |
| Apr 28, 11:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Mason | 35 min |
| Apr 29, 12:28 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Calhoun, Jackson, Mason, Ritchie, Roane, Wirt and 1 more | 32 min |
| Apr 29, 3:10 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Cabell, Wayne | 50 min |
| Apr 30, 4:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Hampshire | 40 min |
| Apr 30, 4:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Berkeley, Hampshire, Morgan | 47 min |
| Apr 30, 5:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Berkeley, Jefferson | 51 min |
| May 1, 11:28 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Mason | 32 min |
| May 1, 1:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Brooke, Hancock, Marshall, Ohio | 53 min |
| May 1, 2:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Brooke, Marion, Marshall, Monongalia, Ohio, Wetzel | 49 min |
| May 1, 2:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Doddridge, Harrison, Taylor | 18 min |
| May 1, 2:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Marion, Monongalia | 66 min |
| May 1, 5:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Preston, Tucker | 41 min |
| May 1, 5:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Mineral | 29 min |
| May 5, 5:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Barbour, Taylor | 25 min |
| May 5, 5:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Barbour, Taylor | 32 min |
| May 5, 6:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Preston | 39 min |
| May 18, 3:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Brooke, Ohio | 50 min |
| May 18, 4:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Brooke, Hancock | 38 min |
| May 18, 6:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Jefferson | 24 min |
| May 18, 6:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Jefferson | 63 min |
| May 19, 3:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Marion, Marshall, Monongalia, Wetzel | 41 min |
| May 19, 4:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Preston | 37 min |
| May 20, 3:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Wayne | 28 min |
| May 20, 4:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Mercer, Summers | 62 min |
| May 20, 4:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Monroe | 41 min |
| May 20, 5:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | McDowell, Mingo, Wyoming | 32 min |
| May 20, 5:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Greenbrier, Summers | 37 min |
| May 20, 7:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Boone, Kanawha | 28 min |
| May 20, 7:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Boone, Fayette, Kanawha, Lincoln, Logan, Nicholas and 1 more | 52 min |
| May 20, 8:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Boone, Kanawha | 28 min |
| May 27, 3:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Doddridge, Gilmer, Harrison, Lewis | 40 min |
| May 27, 4:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Lewis, Upshur | 29 min |
| May 27, 5:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Braxton, Lewis, Upshur | 29 min |
| May 27, 6:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Mercer | 60 min |
| May 27, 7:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Kanawha, Roane | 28 min |
| May 30, 6:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Jefferson | 22 min |
| May 31, 12:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Clay, Fayette, Kanawha, Nicholas | 42 min |
| May 31, 12:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Fayette, Nicholas | 31 min |
| May 31, 2:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Hancock | 47 min |
| May 31, 3:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Wayne | 15 min |
| May 31, 4:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Brooke, Marshall, Ohio | 38 min |
| Jun 13, 12:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Boone, Fayette, Kanawha | 27 min |
| Jun 13, 2:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Cabell, Wayne | 37 min |
| Jun 13, 2:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Marshall | 31 min |
| Jun 13, 2:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Marion, Monongalia | 46 min |
| Jun 13, 3:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Hancock | 45 min |
| Jun 14, 4:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Hardy, Pendleton | 30 min |
| Jun 14, 4:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Hampshire, Mineral | 24 min |
| Jun 18, 3:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Hancock | 35 min |
| Jun 18, 4:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Brooke, Hancock | 46 min |
| Jun 19, 12:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Berkeley, Jefferson | 40 min |
| Jun 19, 12:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Jefferson | 46 min |
| Jun 19, 2:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Jefferson | 38 min |
| Jun 23, 4:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Marion, Marshall, Monongalia, Wetzel | 44 min |
| Jun 23, 5:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Marion, Monongalia, Preston | 61 min |
| Jun 23, 6:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Preston | 42 min |
| Jun 23, 8:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Preston | 64 min |
| Jun 29, 10:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Hancock | 40 min |
| Jul 3, 6:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Brooke, Hancock | 44 min |
| Jul 7, 3:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Pleasants, Ritchie, Tyler, Wood | 39 min |
| Jul 7, 4:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Preston | 44 min |
| Jul 7, 5:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Barbour, Pocahontas, Randolph, Upshur | 28 min |
| Jul 7, 5:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Grant, Hampshire, Hardy, Mineral | 27 min |
| Jul 7, 7:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Cabell, Mason | 58 min |
| Jul 7, 8:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Cabell, Jackson, Mason, Putnam, Wayne | 44 min |
| Jul 10, 3:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Hancock | 34 min |
| Jul 10, 3:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Hancock | 46 min |
| Jul 10, 6:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Doddridge, Harrison, Pleasants, Ritchie, Tyler | 28 min |
| Jul 10, 6:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Pleasants, Ritchie, Wood | 32 min |
| Jul 10, 6:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Doddridge, Pleasants, Ritchie, Wood | 35 min |
| Jul 10, 6:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Doddridge, Harrison, Lewis, Taylor | 32 min |
| Jul 10, 7:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Jackson, Mason, Wirt, Wood | 47 min |
| Jul 10, 7:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Jackson, Roane, Wirt | 35 min |
| Jul 10, 7:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Doddridge, Gilmer, Lewis | 30 min |
| Jul 14, 2:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Hampshire | 28 min |
| Jul 17, 3:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Berkeley, Hampshire, Morgan | 27 min |
| Jul 17, 6:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Mineral | 17 min |
| Jul 17, 10:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Hardy | 40 min |
| Jul 17, 10:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Hardy | 20 min |
| Jul 18, 4:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Pendleton | 31 min |
| Jul 18, 6:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Greenbrier, Mercer, Monroe, Summers | 66 min |
| Jul 21, 2:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Hardy | 51 min |
| Jul 22, 12:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Berkeley, Jefferson | 48 min |
| Jul 22, 3:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Barbour, Randolph, Upshur | 51 min |
| Jul 22, 3:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Ritchie | 38 min |
| Jul 22, 3:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Doddridge, Harrison, Lewis | 41 min |
| Jul 22, 4:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Pleasants, Wood | 45 min |
| Jul 22, 4:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Doddridge, Lewis, Upshur | 45 min |
| Jul 22, 4:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Ritchie, Wood | 49 min |
| Jul 22, 5:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Wood | 42 min |
| Jul 22, 5:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Gilmer, Lewis | 42 min |
| Jul 22, 5:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Pleasants, Wood | 44 min |
| Jul 22, 5:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Doddridge, Gilmer, Lewis, Ritchie | 39 min |
| Jul 22, 5:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Marion, Monongalia, Wetzel | 52 min |
| Jul 22, 5:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Ritchie, Wirt, Wood | 31 min |
| Jul 22, 6:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Braxton, Calhoun, Doddridge, Gilmer, Harrison, Lewis and 1 more | 44 min |
| Jul 22, 7:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Pocahontas, Randolph, Upshur | 43 min |
| Jul 22, 7:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Calhoun, Gilmer, Ritchie | 47 min |
| Jul 22, 8:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Braxton, Calhoun, Gilmer, Lewis | 39 min |
| Jul 22, 8:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Randolph, Upshur, Webster | 45 min |
| Jul 22, 9:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Braxton, Clay, Nicholas, Webster | 45 min |
| Jul 22, 10:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Cabell, Lincoln, Wayne | 46 min |
| Jul 22, 11:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Boone, Kanawha, Lincoln, Putnam | 26 min |
| Aug 1, 3:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Pendleton | 47 min |
| Aug 3, 4:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Jefferson | 21 min |
| Aug 4, 1:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Marshall, Ohio | 36 min |
| Aug 4, 1:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Brooke, Hancock, Ohio | 49 min |
| Aug 4, 1:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Marshall, Ohio | 26 min |
| Aug 4, 2:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Brooke, Hancock | 44 min |
| Aug 4, 3:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Preston | 40 min |
| Aug 4, 5:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Hampshire, Mineral | 27 min |
| Aug 4, 5:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Morgan | 27 min |
| Aug 4, 6:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Pendleton | 23 min |
| Aug 4, 6:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Marion, Monongalia | 26 min |
| Aug 4, 7:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Pendleton | 28 min |
| Aug 4, 7:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Hardy, Pendleton | 46 min |
| Aug 4, 9:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Berkeley, Jefferson | 23 min |
| Aug 4, 9:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Berkeley, Jefferson | 41 min |
| Aug 12, 1:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Morgan | 28 min |
| Aug 12, 3:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Morgan | 39 min |
| Aug 12, 3:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Berkeley, Morgan | 40 min |
| Aug 19, 3:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Hancock | 44 min |
| Aug 19, 3:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Brooke, Ohio | 48 min |
| Aug 19, 7:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Pleasants, Ritchie, Wood | 31 min |
| Aug 22, 1:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Hancock | 43 min |
| Aug 22, 3:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Mason | 27 min |
| Aug 22, 3:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Ohio | 16 min |
| Sep 5, 2:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Hampshire | 33 min |
| Sep 5, 2:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Hampshire, Morgan | 22 min |
| Sep 5, 2:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Grant, Hampshire, Hardy, Pendleton | 47 min |
| Sep 5, 2:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Berkeley, Hampshire, Morgan | 41 min |
| Sep 5, 3:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Berkeley, Jefferson | 40 min |
| Sep 5, 3:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Berkeley, Jefferson | 44 min |
| Sep 5, 3:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Jefferson | 39 min |
| Sep 5, 4:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Jefferson | 29 min |
| Sep 5, 4:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Jefferson | 44 min |
| Oct 23, 6:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Monroe | 63 min |
| Oct 23, 7:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Greenbrier, Monroe | 62 min |
| Oct 23, 7:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Pendleton | 46 min |
| Nov 5, 6:55 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Brooke, Hancock | 65 min |
| Nov 18, 10:32 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Mercer | 58 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Jefferson County21
- Hancock County18
- Berkeley County16
- Hampshire County15
- Ritchie County15
- Ohio County14
- Morgan County13
- Mason County13
- Wood County13
- Lewis County13
- Brooke County13
- Marshall County13
- Kanawha County13
- Marion County12
- Monongalia County12
- Preston County12
- Hardy County11
- Cabell County11
- Gilmer County11
- Fayette County11
- Doddridge County11
- Upshur County10
- Wayne County10
- Jackson County9
- Pendleton County9
- Calhoun County8
- Boone County8
- Pleasants County8
- Nicholas County8
- Mineral County7
- Wirt County7
- Harrison County7
- Wyoming County7
- Randolph County7
- Roane County6
- Wetzel County6
- Mingo County6
- Braxton County6
- Barbour County5
- Putnam County5
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.