Alert archive / West Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings / 2018
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in West Virginia, May 2018
63 severe thunderstorm warnings in May 2018. 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 2018. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
- 63
- Busiest day
- May 14, 201816 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 4, 5:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Hancock | 24 min |
| May 5, 4:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Logan, McDowell, Mingo, Wyoming | 55 min |
| May 5, 5:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | McDowell, Raleigh, Wyoming | 47 min |
| May 5, 5:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Greenbrier, Summers | 47 min |
| May 5, 5:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | McDowell, Mingo, Wyoming | 33 min |
| May 5, 7:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Monroe, Summers | 47 min |
| May 5, 8:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Greenbrier, Monroe | 36 min |
| May 10, 2:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Doddridge, Ritchie | 15 min |
| May 10, 2:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Monongalia, Preston | 43 min |
| May 10, 2:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Calhoun, Roane | 35 min |
| May 10, 2:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Marion, Monongalia, Preston | 48 min |
| May 10, 2:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Taylor | 30 min |
| May 10, 2:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Calhoun, Gilmer | 22 min |
| May 10, 3:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Calhoun, Roane | 14 min |
| May 10, 3:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Jefferson | 37 min |
| May 10, 3:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Jefferson | 33 min |
| May 12, 3:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Brooke, Ohio | 51 min |
| May 13, 4:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Brooke, Ohio | 38 min |
| May 13, 6:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Morgan | 55 min |
| May 13, 6:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Berkeley, Morgan | 40 min |
| May 13, 6:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Marshall, Wetzel | 25 min |
| May 13, 7:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Berkeley, Morgan | 25 min |
| May 13, 7:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Marshall | 22 min |
| May 13, 8:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Marshall, Ohio | 24 min |
| May 14, 1:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Brooke, Ohio | 41 min |
| May 14, 1:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Marshall, Ohio | 39 min |
| May 14, 2:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Marshall, Wetzel | 29 min |
| May 14, 3:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Preston | 30 min |
| May 14, 3:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Marion, Monongalia, Preston | 24 min |
| May 14, 3:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Doddridge, Gilmer, Ritchie | 35 min |
| May 14, 3:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Preston, Tucker | 37 min |
| May 14, 4:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Grant, Hampshire, Hardy, Mineral | 48 min |
| May 14, 4:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Tucker | 43 min |
| May 14, 4:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Berkeley, Morgan | 41 min |
| May 14, 4:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Pocahontas, Randolph, Upshur | 24 min |
| May 14, 4:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Grant, Hardy, Pendleton | 51 min |
| May 14, 4:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Berkeley, Hampshire, Hardy, Jefferson | 39 min |
| May 14, 5:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Berkeley, Jefferson | 47 min |
| May 14, 5:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Jefferson | 61 min |
| May 15, 12:28 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Berkeley, Hampshire | 47 min |
| May 15, 5:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Greenbrier, Summers | 60 min |
| May 15, 6:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Pleasants, Tyler | 43 min |
| May 15, 6:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Wetzel | 35 min |
| May 15, 7:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Marion, Wetzel | 54 min |
| May 15, 7:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Barbour, Harrison, Taylor | 46 min |
| May 15, 8:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Tucker | 68 min |
| May 15, 8:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Barbour, Randolph | 21 min |
| May 15, 8:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Tucker | 50 min |
| May 15, 9:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Grant, Mineral | 30 min |
| May 21, 3:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Wood | 52 min |
| May 21, 4:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Kanawha, Roane | 50 min |
| May 21, 5:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Mason | 31 min |
| May 22, 4:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Clay, Kanawha, Putnam | 18 min |
| May 22, 5:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Hancock | 46 min |
| May 22, 6:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Brooke, Hancock | 53 min |
| May 22, 6:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Brooke | 48 min |
| May 22, 6:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Tyler | 40 min |
| May 22, 7:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Brooke, Hancock | 30 min |
| May 26, 5:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Berkeley | 28 min |
| May 27, 5:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Hampshire, Hardy | 38 min |
| May 29, 5:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Marion, Marshall, Wetzel | 31 min |
| May 30, 5:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Jackson, Mason | 35 min |
| May 31, 4:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Cabell, Mason, Putnam | 20 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Berkeley County7
- Brooke County6
- Marshall County6
- Preston County5
- Jefferson County5
- Ohio County5
- Wetzel County5
- Hancock County4
- Marion County4
- Morgan County4
- Tucker County4
- Hampshire County4
- Hardy County4
- McDowell County3
- Wyoming County3
- Greenbrier County3
- Summers County3
- Monongalia County3
- Calhoun County3
- Roane County3
- Grant County3
- Mason County3
- Mingo County2
- Monroe County2
- Doddridge County2
- Ritchie County2
- Taylor County2
- Gilmer County2
- Mineral County2
- Randolph County2
- Tyler County2
- Barbour County2
- Kanawha County2
- Putnam County2
- Logan County1
- Raleigh County1
- Pocahontas County1
- Upshur County1
- Pendleton County1
- Pleasants 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.