Alert archive / West Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings / 2017
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in West Virginia, May 2017
35 severe thunderstorm warnings in May 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 May 2017. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
- 35
- Busiest day
- May 1, 20177 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Brooke County5
- Kanawha County5
- Marshall County4
- Ohio County4
- Hancock County3
- Marion County3
- Monongalia County3
- Taylor County3
- Preston County3
- Jefferson County3
- Wayne County3
- Boone County3
- Fayette County3
- Nicholas County3
- Lewis County3
- Wetzel County2
- Doddridge County2
- Harrison County2
- Barbour County2
- Mercer County2
- Summers County2
- Upshur County2
- Mason County1
- Tucker County1
- Mineral County1
- Monroe County1
- McDowell County1
- Mingo County1
- Wyoming County1
- Greenbrier County1
- Lincoln County1
- Logan County1
- Gilmer County1
- Braxton County1
- Roane County1
- Clay 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.