Alert archive / West Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in West Virginia, 2020
280 severe thunderstorm warnings in 2020. 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 2020. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
- 280
- Busiest month
- August68 severe thunderstorm warnings
- Busiest day
- April 8, 202028 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.
193 of 280 severe thunderstorm warnings covering West Virginia in 2020 had a qualifying storm report inside them; 322 of 431 hail, wind and damage reports fell inside a warning, on average 21 minutes after it went out.
West Virginia, 2020
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Severe thunderstorm warnings | 280 | 193 | 31% | 431 | 75% | 21 min |
Each office's whole area, 2020
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NWS Baltimore/Washington: severe thunderstorm warnings | 456 | 314 | 31% | 1,047 | 79% | 23 min |
| NWS Pittsburgh, PA: severe thunderstorm warnings | 213 | 143 | 33% | 555 | 83% | 19 min |
| NWS Charleston, WV: severe thunderstorm warnings | 143 | 95 | 34% | 361 | 75% | 23 min |
| NWS Blacksburg, VA: severe thunderstorm warnings | 175 | 134 | 23% | 447 | 74% | 20 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 11, 3:29 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Cabell, Lincoln, Putnam, Wayne | 31 min |
| Jan 11, 3:45 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Wayne | 30 min |
| Jan 11, 3:52 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Jackson, Mason, Putnam | 23 min |
| Jan 11, 4:02 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Cabell, Lincoln, Putnam, Wayne | 15 min |
| Jan 11, 4:36 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Calhoun, Gilmer, Ritchie, Roane, Wirt | 24 min |
| Jan 11, 4:39 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Doddridge, Pleasants, Ritchie, Tyler, Wirt, Wood | 36 min |
| Jan 11, 5:00 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Doddridge, Gilmer, Harrison, Lewis, Ritchie, Taylor and 1 more | 45 min |
| Jan 11, 5:31 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Marion, Monongalia, Preston | 29 min |
| Jan 11, 8:04 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Mercer, Monroe, Summers | 43 min |
| Jan 11, 8:44 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Greenbrier, Monroe, Summers | 61 min |
| Jan 11, 8:57 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Fayette, Nicholas, Randolph, Webster | 48 min |
| Jan 11, 9:26 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Greenbrier | 64 min |
| Mar 3, 6:14 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Jefferson | 18 min |
| Mar 3, 10:03 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Berkeley, Hampshire, Mineral, Morgan | 27 min |
| Mar 3, 10:26 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Berkeley, Hampshire, Jefferson, Morgan | 34 min |
| Mar 3, 10:28 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Grant, Hampshire, Hardy, Pendleton | 30 min |
| Mar 3, 10:54 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Jefferson | 36 min |
| Mar 28, 3:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Brooke, Hancock | 42 min |
| Mar 28, 3:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Hancock | 29 min |
| Mar 28, 4:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Marshall, Ohio | 46 min |
| Mar 28, 5:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Marshall, Ohio | 41 min |
| Mar 28, 10:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Brooke, Marshall, Ohio | 35 min |
| Apr 7, 5:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Pleasants, Tyler | 44 min |
| Apr 7, 6:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Doddridge, Pleasants, Ritchie, Tyler | 47 min |
| Apr 7, 6:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Barbour, Braxton, Doddridge, Gilmer, Harrison, Lewis and 1 more | 52 min |
| Apr 7, 7:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Lewis, Randolph, Upshur, Webster | 31 min |
| Apr 7, 8:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Pocahontas, Randolph, Upshur | 33 min |
| Apr 7, 8:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Pocahontas, Randolph | 34 min |
| Apr 8, 12:23 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Hancock | 52 min |
| Apr 8, 12:47 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Brooke, Hancock | 43 min |
| Apr 8, 1:11 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Brooke, Hancock, Ohio | 49 min |
| Apr 8, 2:29 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Grant, Hampshire, Hardy, Mineral | 61 min |
| Apr 8, 2:32 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Preston | 43 min |
| Apr 8, 2:50 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Berkeley, Hampshire, Jefferson, Morgan | 55 min |
| Apr 8, 2:57 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Marion, Monongalia, Preston | 25 min |
| Apr 8, 3:02 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Marion | 20 min |
| Apr 8, 3:34 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Pleasants, Ritchie, Tyler, Wood | 26 min |
| Apr 8, 3:40 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Ritchie, Wood | 35 min |
| Apr 8, 3:43 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Jefferson | 47 min |
| Apr 8, 4:33 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Braxton, Lewis, Randolph, Upshur, Webster | 27 min |
| Apr 8, 8:50 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Kanawha, Putnam | 40 min |
| Apr 8, 12:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Kanawha, Lincoln, Putnam | 33 min |
| Apr 8, 1:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Boone, Kanawha, Lincoln, Putnam | 38 min |
| Apr 8, 1:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Fayette, Kanawha, Raleigh | 51 min |
| Apr 8, 2:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Cabell, Wayne | 36 min |
| Apr 8, 2:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Fayette, Raleigh | 33 min |
| Apr 8, 2:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Monroe, Summers | 57 min |
| Apr 8, 2:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Boone, Kanawha, Lincoln | 27 min |
| Apr 8, 3:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Monroe, Summers | 66 min |
| Apr 8, 3:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Boone, Logan | 35 min |
| Apr 8, 3:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Boone, Logan, Raleigh, Wyoming | 32 min |
| Apr 8, 3:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Mercer, Monroe, Summers | 40 min |
| Apr 8, 3:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Logan, McDowell, Raleigh, Wyoming | 47 min |
| Apr 8, 4:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Mercer, Monroe | 23 min |
| Apr 8, 11:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Mason | 53 min |
| Apr 9, 12:24 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Jackson, Mason, Wood | 36 min |
| Apr 9, 12:28 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Mason, Putnam | 32 min |
| Apr 9, 12:34 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Cabell, Wayne | 41 min |
| Apr 9, 12:41 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Boone, Cabell, Clay, Fayette, Jackson, Kanawha and 4 more | 49 min |
| Apr 9, 12:54 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Calhoun, Gilmer, Jackson, Pleasants, Ritchie, Roane and 2 more | 51 min |
| Apr 9, 1:23 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Boone, Braxton, Calhoun, Clay, Fayette, Gilmer and 7 more | 52 min |
| Apr 9, 1:36 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Braxton, Calhoun, Doddridge, Gilmer, Lewis, Ritchie and 3 more | 39 min |
| Apr 9, 2:04 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Barbour, Braxton, Clay, Lewis, Nicholas, Pocahontas and 3 more | 56 min |
| Apr 9, 2:11 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Fayette, Raleigh | 38 min |
| Apr 9, 2:42 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Pendleton | 63 min |
| Apr 9, 2:42 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Tucker | 33 min |
| Apr 9, 2:47 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Mercer, Monroe, Summers | 43 min |
| Apr 9, 2:52 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Grant, Hardy | 38 min |
| Apr 9, 11:44 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Berkeley, Jefferson | 46 min |
| Apr 13, 2:06 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Boone, Clay, Fayette, Kanawha, Nicholas, Raleigh and 1 more | 39 min |
| Apr 13, 2:47 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Braxton, Clay, Fayette, Nicholas, Raleigh, Webster | 43 min |
| Apr 13, 3:57 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Preston, Tucker | 63 min |
| Apr 13, 10:18 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Randolph, Upshur | 27 min |
| Apr 13, 10:39 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Randolph | 41 min |
| Apr 13, 11:54 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Berkeley, Hampshire, Morgan | 51 min |
| Apr 13, 12:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Berkeley, Hampshire, Hardy, Jefferson, Morgan | 36 min |
| Apr 13, 12:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Berkeley | 48 min |
| Apr 13, 1:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Jefferson | 40 min |
| May 10, 9:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Calhoun, Jackson, Ritchie, Roane, Wirt | 23 min |
| May 28, 3:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Mercer | 38 min |
| May 28, 8:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Lincoln | 34 min |
| May 29, 2:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Wayne | 34 min |
| May 29, 2:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Berkeley, Jefferson | 29 min |
| May 29, 2:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Hancock | 47 min |
| May 29, 2:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Jefferson | 25 min |
| May 29, 2:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Clay, Fayette, Kanawha, Nicholas | 46 min |
| May 29, 2:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Jefferson | 25 min |
| May 29, 4:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Hancock | 30 min |
| May 29, 4:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Hancock | 24 min |
| May 29, 5:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Braxton | 37 min |
| Jun 3, 3:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Marion, Monongalia, Wetzel | 27 min |
| Jun 3, 4:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Doddridge, Tyler | 29 min |
| Jun 3, 4:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Wetzel | 49 min |
| Jun 3, 4:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Doddridge, Harrison, Tyler | 45 min |
| Jun 3, 4:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Doddridge, Tyler | 50 min |
| Jun 3, 5:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Barbour, Harrison, Taylor | 44 min |
| Jun 4, 3:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Brooke, Hancock | 55 min |
| Jun 4, 4:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Brooke, Hancock | 42 min |
| Jun 4, 4:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Grant, Hampshire, Hardy, Mineral | 48 min |
| Jun 4, 4:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Hampshire, Mineral, Morgan | 49 min |
| Jun 4, 4:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Brooke, Ohio | 77 min |
| Jun 4, 5:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Berkeley, Hampshire, Morgan | 40 min |
| Jun 4, 5:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Hampshire, Mineral, Morgan | 40 min |
| Jun 4, 5:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Berkeley, Morgan | 35 min |
| Jun 4, 5:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Hardy, Pendleton | 47 min |
| Jun 4, 6:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Hampshire, Mineral | 28 min |
| Jun 4, 7:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Grant, Hampshire, Hardy, Mineral | 29 min |
| Jun 4, 7:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Mercer | 25 min |
| Jun 4, 7:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Boone, Fayette, Kanawha | 41 min |
| Jun 5, 2:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Berkeley, Jefferson | 27 min |
| Jun 6, 5:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Clay, Kanawha, Roane | 34 min |
| Jun 6, 7:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Greenbrier | 64 min |
| Jun 6, 7:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Greenbrier | 53 min |
| Jun 6, 11:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Mingo, Wayne | 33 min |
| Jun 10, 3:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Hampshire, Morgan | 21 min |
| Jun 10, 3:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Grant, Hampshire, Hardy, Mineral | 18 min |
| Jun 10, 4:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Hampshire, Morgan | 33 min |
| Jun 10, 7:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Cabell | 61 min |
| Jun 10, 8:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Wayne | 40 min |
| Jun 10, 8:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Wayne | 28 min |
| Jun 10, 9:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Hancock | 23 min |
| Jun 10, 9:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Jackson, Mason, Wood | 22 min |
| Jun 10, 9:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Lincoln, Wayne | 46 min |
| Jun 10, 9:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Hancock | 37 min |
| Jun 10, 9:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Ritchie, Wirt, Wood | 31 min |
| Jun 10, 9:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Kanawha, Lincoln, Putnam | 35 min |
| Jun 10, 9:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Pleasants, Ritchie, Tyler, Wood | 50 min |
| Jun 21, 2:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Greenbrier, Monroe, Summers | 49 min |
| Jun 21, 5:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Hancock | 32 min |
| Jun 22, 1:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Hampshire, Morgan | 46 min |
| Jun 22, 2:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Hampshire, Hardy | 30 min |
| Jun 22, 3:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Grant, Hampshire, Hardy, Mineral | 37 min |
| Jun 22, 3:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Berkeley, Morgan | 48 min |
| Jun 22, 3:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Hampshire, Hardy | 24 min |
| Jun 22, 5:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Jefferson | 47 min |
| Jun 23, 4:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Berkeley, Hampshire, Morgan | 45 min |
| Jun 23, 5:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Berkeley, Jefferson | 49 min |
| Jun 25, 3:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Berkeley, Morgan | 25 min |
| Jun 25, 4:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Berkeley, Jefferson | 16 min |
| Jun 25, 5:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Jefferson | 29 min |
| Jun 30, 3:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Greenbrier, Monroe, Summers | 43 min |
| Jul 5, 4:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Pendleton | 45 min |
| Jul 5, 4:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Pendleton | 35 min |
| Jul 6, 2:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Pendleton | 17 min |
| Jul 6, 3:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Grant, Hardy, Pendleton | 44 min |
| Jul 6, 6:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Berkeley, Jefferson | 52 min |
| Jul 6, 6:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Mingo | 32 min |
| Jul 6, 6:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Jefferson | 10 min |
| Jul 7, 3:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Mineral | 23 min |
| Jul 7, 4:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Mineral | 41 min |
| Jul 7, 7:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Taylor | 38 min |
| Jul 7, 7:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Kanawha | 29 min |
| Jul 7, 7:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Harrison, Taylor | 33 min |
| Jul 9, 7:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Harrison, Taylor | 24 min |
| Jul 9, 7:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Harrison, Taylor | 29 min |
| Jul 10, 4:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Marshall | 23 min |
| Jul 10, 4:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Pendleton | 39 min |
| Jul 10, 4:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Marshall, Ohio | 48 min |
| Jul 10, 5:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Brooke, Hancock | 38 min |
| Jul 10, 5:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Marion, Monongalia, Preston | 29 min |
| Jul 10, 5:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Greenbrier | 40 min |
| Jul 10, 5:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Hancock | 47 min |
| Jul 10, 6:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Grant, Hardy, Pendleton | 25 min |
| Jul 10, 6:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Pocahontas | 17 min |
| Jul 10, 6:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Grant, Hardy | 33 min |
| Jul 10, 7:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Hampshire, Hardy, Mineral | 38 min |
| Jul 10, 8:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Hampshire | 38 min |
| Jul 12, 6:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Randolph, Webster | 25 min |
| Jul 16, 3:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Mineral | 58 min |
| Jul 16, 4:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Hampshire, Mineral, Morgan | 47 min |
| Jul 16, 5:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Hampshire | 32 min |
| Jul 16, 6:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Marshall, Monongalia, Wetzel | 33 min |
| Jul 20, 5:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Clay, Kanawha | 54 min |
| Jul 20, 5:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Braxton, Clay, Nicholas, Roane | 49 min |
| Jul 20, 6:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Gilmer, Lewis | 53 min |
| Jul 21, 1:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Hardy | 30 min |
| Jul 21, 4:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Hampshire, Hardy | 38 min |
| Jul 21, 4:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Berkeley, Morgan | 37 min |
| Jul 21, 4:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Hampshire | 26 min |
| Jul 21, 5:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Hampshire, Morgan | 22 min |
| Jul 22, 11:50 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Pendleton | 29 min |
| Jul 22, 12:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Hampshire | 39 min |
| Jul 22, 12:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Grant, Hampshire, Hardy, Mineral | 39 min |
| Jul 22, 12:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Berkeley, Jefferson | 52 min |
| Jul 22, 1:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Grant, Hardy | 34 min |
| Jul 22, 1:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Hampshire, Hardy | 42 min |
| Jul 22, 1:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Jefferson | 43 min |
| Jul 22, 1:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Hampshire, Hardy | 40 min |
| Jul 22, 2:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Jefferson | 42 min |
| Jul 22, 4:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Cabell, Lincoln, Wayne | 47 min |
| Jul 22, 5:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Cabell, Kanawha, Lincoln, Mason, Putnam | 42 min |
| Jul 22, 6:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Boone, Kanawha, Lincoln, Putnam, Roane | 40 min |
| Jul 22, 7:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Braxton, Lewis, Randolph, Upshur, Webster | 43 min |
| Jul 22, 8:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Pocahontas, Randolph, Webster | 47 min |
| Jul 22, 8:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Greenbrier, Mercer, Monroe, Summers | 52 min |
| Jul 23, 3:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Hampshire, Morgan | 36 min |
| Jul 27, 7:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Pleasants, Ritchie, Tyler, Wood | 45 min |
| Jul 27, 7:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Cabell, Mason | 49 min |
| Jul 27, 8:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Marion, Monongalia, Wetzel | 26 min |
| Jul 27, 8:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Cabell, Jackson, Kanawha, Mason, Putnam, Roane | 41 min |
| Jul 27, 8:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Monongalia | 32 min |
| Aug 1, 3:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Grant, Hardy | 40 min |
| Aug 1, 6:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Boone, Lincoln | 33 min |
| Aug 1, 6:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Boone, Kanawha, Lincoln | 42 min |
| Aug 1, 7:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Calhoun, Gilmer, Ritchie, Roane | 43 min |
| Aug 1, 7:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Grant, Pendleton | 51 min |
| Aug 1, 7:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Morgan | 50 min |
| Aug 1, 7:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Doddridge, Gilmer, Lewis, Ritchie | 50 min |
| Aug 1, 8:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Doddridge, Harrison | 54 min |
| Aug 1, 8:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Berkeley, Morgan | 46 min |
| Aug 6, 2:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Pendleton | 20 min |
| Aug 6, 3:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Mercer | 32 min |
| Aug 6, 3:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Mercer | 46 min |
| Aug 6, 3:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Monroe | 21 min |
| Aug 6, 3:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Mercer | 45 min |
| Aug 6, 4:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Mercer, Monroe, Summers | 47 min |
| Aug 6, 4:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Greenbrier | 60 min |
| Aug 6, 4:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Greenbrier, Monroe, Summers | 38 min |
| Aug 6, 5:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Greenbrier | 41 min |
| Aug 7, 2:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Berkeley, Jefferson | 52 min |
| Aug 7, 2:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Pendleton | 42 min |
| Aug 7, 4:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Mineral | 49 min |
| Aug 7, 4:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Mineral | 27 min |
| Aug 7, 5:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Hampshire | 42 min |
| Aug 7, 5:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Pendleton | 45 min |
| Aug 7, 5:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Pendleton | 50 min |
| Aug 12, 5:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Pendleton | 41 min |
| Aug 25, 10:18 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Hampshire | 27 min |
| Aug 25, 2:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Monongalia, Preston | 23 min |
| Aug 25, 3:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Marshall, Ohio, Wetzel | 38 min |
| Aug 25, 3:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Marion, Marshall, Monongalia, Ohio, Wetzel | 51 min |
| Aug 25, 4:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Morgan | 48 min |
| Aug 25, 4:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Marion, Monongalia, Preston, Wetzel | 40 min |
| Aug 25, 4:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Berkeley, Hampshire, Jefferson, Morgan | 40 min |
| Aug 25, 4:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Ritchie, Wood | 39 min |
| Aug 25, 4:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Mineral | 38 min |
| Aug 25, 4:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Barbour, Harrison, Randolph, Taylor | 36 min |
| Aug 25, 4:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Jackson, Wood | 33 min |
| Aug 25, 5:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Preston, Tucker | 42 min |
| Aug 25, 5:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Hampshire | 41 min |
| Aug 25, 5:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Berkeley, Jefferson, Morgan | 51 min |
| Aug 25, 5:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Calhoun, Jackson, Ritchie, Roane, Wirt | 51 min |
| Aug 25, 5:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Grant | 33 min |
| Aug 25, 5:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Mineral | 18 min |
| Aug 25, 5:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Hampshire | 49 min |
| Aug 25, 5:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Jackson, Mason, Putnam | 46 min |
| Aug 25, 6:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Clay, Kanawha, Putnam, Roane | 45 min |
| Aug 25, 7:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Fayette, Kanawha | 45 min |
| Aug 25, 7:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Greenbrier | 73 min |
| Aug 25, 8:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Boone, Kanawha, Logan, Raleigh, Wyoming | 51 min |
| Aug 25, 8:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Raleigh, Wyoming | 24 min |
| Aug 26, 3:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Wood | 29 min |
| Aug 27, 2:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Braxton | 34 min |
| Aug 27, 2:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Mineral | 39 min |
| Aug 27, 3:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Braxton, Nicholas, Webster | 50 min |
| Aug 27, 4:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Greenbrier | 56 min |
| Aug 27, 4:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Pocahontas | 28 min |
| Aug 27, 5:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Hancock | 42 min |
| Aug 27, 6:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Hancock | 52 min |
| Aug 27, 6:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Brooke, Hancock | 49 min |
| Aug 27, 7:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Brooke, Hancock, Ohio | 50 min |
| Aug 27, 7:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Brooke, Marshall, Monongalia, Ohio, Preston | 65 min |
| Aug 27, 8:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Mineral | 15 min |
| Aug 27, 8:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Monongalia, Preston | 48 min |
| Aug 28, 2:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Brooke, Marshall, Ohio | 29 min |
| Aug 28, 3:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Berkeley, Jefferson, Morgan | 43 min |
| Aug 28, 3:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Monongalia, Preston | 42 min |
| Aug 28, 3:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Brooke, Ohio | 24 min |
| Aug 28, 4:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Hampshire | 41 min |
| Sep 2, 6:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Jefferson | 43 min |
| Sep 3, 3:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Berkeley, Jefferson | 45 min |
| Sep 3, 3:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Jackson, Pleasants, Ritchie, Wirt, Wood | 42 min |
| Nov 15, 2:06 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Brooke, Hancock, Marshall, Monongalia, Ohio, Wetzel | 39 min |
| Nov 15, 3:16 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Marion, Monongalia, Preston, Tucker | 44 min |
| Nov 15, 3:38 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Grant, Mineral | 55 min |
| Nov 15, 3:46 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Preston, Tucker | 44 min |
| Nov 15, 4:56 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Berkeley, Jefferson, Morgan | 64 min |
| Nov 15, 4:58 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Berkeley, Grant, Hampshire, Hardy, Mineral, Morgan | 47 min |
| Nov 15, 5:00 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Hampshire, Hardy | 60 min |
| Nov 15, 5:44 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Jefferson | 46 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Hampshire County41
- Jefferson County29
- Berkeley County27
- Morgan County27
- Hardy County24
- Mineral County23
- Kanawha County21
- Hancock County20
- Ritchie County17
- Grant County17
- Pendleton County16
- Lincoln County15
- Monongalia County15
- Putnam County14
- Brooke County14
- Roane County13
- Wood County13
- Preston County13
- Monroe County13
- Greenbrier County13
- Ohio County13
- Randolph County12
- Boone County12
- Wayne County11
- Jackson County11
- Mercer County11
- Summers County11
- Fayette County11
- Marshall County11
- Braxton County11
- Cabell County10
- Mason County10
- Doddridge County10
- Tyler County10
- Raleigh County10
- Clay County10
- Gilmer County9
- Harrison County9
- Lewis County9
- Marion County9
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.