Alert archive / West Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in West Virginia, 2023
243 severe thunderstorm warnings in 2023. 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 2023. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
- 243
- Busiest month
- July96 severe thunderstorm warnings
- Busiest day
- August 7, 202363 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 243 severe thunderstorm warnings covering West Virginia in 2023 had a qualifying storm report inside them; 333 of 481 hail, wind and damage reports fell inside a warning, on average 20 minutes after it went out.
West Virginia, 2023
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Severe thunderstorm warnings | 243 | 193 | 21% | 481 | 69% | 20 min |
Each office's whole area, 2023
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NWS Charleston, WV: severe thunderstorm warnings | 140 | 103 | 26% | 423 | 60% | 19 min |
| NWS Pittsburgh, PA: severe thunderstorm warnings | 133 | 98 | 26% | 502 | 76% | 21 min |
| NWS Baltimore/Washington: severe thunderstorm warnings | 370 | 286 | 23% | 992 | 89% | 21 min |
| NWS Blacksburg, VA: severe thunderstorm warnings | 225 | 197 | 12% | 776 | 75% | 22 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 27, 5:18 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Jackson, Mason | 27 min |
| Feb 27, 5:22 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Cabell, Wayne | 23 min |
| Feb 27, 5:29 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Wayne | 31 min |
| Feb 27, 6:25 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Pleasants | 17 min |
| Mar 3, 4:44 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Wayne | 31 min |
| Mar 3, 7:25 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Mason | 35 min |
| Mar 23, 10:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Berkeley, Jefferson, Morgan | 36 min |
| Mar 23, 11:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Jefferson | 36 min |
| Apr 1, 12:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Marshall | 47 min |
| Apr 1, 12:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Brooke, Hancock | 48 min |
| Apr 4, 3:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Lincoln | 22 min |
| Apr 5, 6:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Brooke, Hancock | 66 min |
| Apr 5, 6:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Brooke, Hancock, Marshall, Ohio | 63 min |
| Apr 5, 7:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Hancock | 32 min |
| Apr 5, 7:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Brooke, Marshall, Monongalia, Ohio, Wetzel | 46 min |
| May 16, 5:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | McDowell, Mingo, Wyoming | 58 min |
| May 16, 5:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | McDowell | 38 min |
| Jun 3, 1:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Preston, Tucker | 36 min |
| Jun 3, 4:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Grant, Pendleton | 25 min |
| Jun 3, 5:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Doddridge, Harrison, Tyler | 13 min |
| Jun 3, 5:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Monongalia | 38 min |
| Jun 3, 5:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Monongalia | 33 min |
| Jun 3, 6:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Doddridge, Pleasants, Ritchie, Tyler | 25 min |
| Jun 3, 6:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Marshall | 19 min |
| Jun 3, 6:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Pleasants, Ritchie, Tyler | 26 min |
| Jun 3, 6:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Pleasants, Ritchie, Tyler | 25 min |
| Jun 3, 9:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Ritchie, Wirt, Wood | 27 min |
| Jun 4, 12:04 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Grant | 26 min |
| Jun 4, 5:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Mercer | 60 min |
| Jun 4, 5:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Mercer | 42 min |
| Jun 15, 11:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Brooke, Ohio | 33 min |
| Jun 16, 3:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Berkeley, Jefferson | 29 min |
| Jun 16, 3:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Jefferson | 31 min |
| Jun 26, 2:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Pendleton | 39 min |
| Jun 26, 3:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Hampshire, Mineral | 20 min |
| Jun 26, 5:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Berkeley, Morgan | 43 min |
| Jun 26, 6:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Preston | 19 min |
| Jul 1, 3:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Grant, Hampshire, Hardy, Pendleton | 40 min |
| Jul 1, 4:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Hampshire, Hardy, Mineral | 49 min |
| Jul 2, 7:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Boone, Cabell, Lincoln, Wayne | 24 min |
| Jul 2, 7:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Boone, Cabell, Kanawha, Lincoln, Logan, Putnam and 1 more | 45 min |
| Jul 2, 7:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Boone, Logan, Mingo, Raleigh, Wyoming | 51 min |
| Jul 2, 7:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Boone, Fayette, Jackson, Kanawha, Lincoln, Putnam | 37 min |
| Jul 2, 7:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Brooke, Hancock | 34 min |
| Jul 2, 10:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Grant, Mineral | 39 min |
| Jul 3, 12:30 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Greenbrier, Mercer, Monroe, Summers | 45 min |
| Jul 3, 1:15 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Greenbrier, Monroe, Summers | 45 min |
| Jul 3, 4:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Mercer, Monroe, Summers | 45 min |
| Jul 6, 4:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Marshall | 26 min |
| Jul 6, 6:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Brooke, Hancock | 26 min |
| Jul 6, 6:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Hancock | 26 min |
| Jul 9, 1:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Jefferson | 26 min |
| Jul 13, 2:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Jackson, Kanawha, Putnam | 28 min |
| Jul 13, 2:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Braxton, Clay, Nicholas | 31 min |
| Jul 13, 2:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Braxton, Nicholas, Webster | 37 min |
| Jul 13, 3:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Cabell, Mason | 36 min |
| Jul 13, 3:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Harrison, Lewis | 30 min |
| Jul 13, 3:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Pocahontas | 39 min |
| Jul 13, 3:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Greenbrier | 47 min |
| Jul 13, 3:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Cabell, Mason, Putnam | 33 min |
| Jul 13, 4:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Cabell, Mason, Putnam | 26 min |
| Jul 13, 4:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Jackson, Kanawha, Putnam | 34 min |
| Jul 13, 4:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Greenbrier | 44 min |
| Jul 13, 4:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Clay, Kanawha, Roane | 37 min |
| Jul 13, 5:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Kanawha, Lincoln | 37 min |
| Jul 13, 5:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Clay, Kanawha, Nicholas | 33 min |
| Jul 13, 6:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Marshall, Wetzel | 31 min |
| Jul 13, 6:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Greenbrier, Summers | 31 min |
| Jul 13, 7:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Marshall, Ohio | 31 min |
| Jul 13, 7:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Marshall | 28 min |
| Jul 13, 7:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Brooke, Marshall, Ohio | 26 min |
| Jul 13, 7:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Greenbrier, Monroe, Summers | 56 min |
| Jul 13, 7:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Greenbrier, Monroe, Summers | 46 min |
| Jul 13, 11:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Mercer, Monroe, Summers | 59 min |
| Jul 14, 10:18 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Pleasants, Ritchie, Wirt, Wood | 42 min |
| Jul 14, 10:53 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Marion, Monongalia, Wetzel | 37 min |
| Jul 14, 12:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Pendleton | 24 min |
| Jul 14, 2:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Hampshire | 26 min |
| Jul 14, 2:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Berkeley, Hampshire | 51 min |
| Jul 14, 3:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Mercer | 60 min |
| Jul 14, 3:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Berkeley, Jefferson | 49 min |
| Jul 14, 4:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Jefferson | 45 min |
| Jul 15, 7:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Hampshire, Mineral, Morgan | 64 min |
| Jul 15, 8:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Berkeley, Morgan | 44 min |
| Jul 17, 1:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Marshall, Wetzel | 39 min |
| Jul 17, 3:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Boone, Fayette, Kanawha | 45 min |
| Jul 17, 5:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Grant, Hardy, Pendleton | 29 min |
| Jul 17, 7:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Monroe | 56 min |
| Jul 17, 7:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Jackson, Mason | 30 min |
| Jul 18, 5:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Mason | 36 min |
| Jul 18, 5:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Lincoln, Logan, Mingo, Wayne | 27 min |
| Jul 18, 5:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Mason, Putnam | 24 min |
| Jul 18, 5:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Calhoun, Gilmer, Ritchie, Wirt | 41 min |
| Jul 18, 5:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Jackson, Mason | 32 min |
| Jul 18, 5:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Boone, Kanawha, Lincoln | 31 min |
| Jul 18, 6:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Calhoun, Gilmer, Ritchie | 36 min |
| Jul 18, 6:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Braxton, Calhoun, Clay, Gilmer, Jackson, Kanawha and 1 more | 48 min |
| Jul 18, 6:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Braxton, Gilmer | 46 min |
| Jul 18, 7:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Calhoun, Doddridge, Gilmer, Ritchie | 31 min |
| Jul 18, 9:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Cabell, Wayne | 22 min |
| Jul 21, 1:25 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Hampshire, Mineral | 30 min |
| Jul 23, 7:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Greenbrier, Monroe, Summers | 54 min |
| Jul 23, 8:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Greenbrier | 45 min |
| Jul 24, 8:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Berkeley | 23 min |
| Jul 27, 3:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Jefferson | 39 min |
| Jul 27, 3:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Preston | 31 min |
| Jul 27, 4:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Jefferson | 53 min |
| Jul 27, 4:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Grant, Hardy | 17 min |
| Jul 27, 5:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Jackson, Mason | 36 min |
| Jul 27, 6:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Jackson, Mason | 32 min |
| Jul 28, 1:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Wayne | 29 min |
| Jul 28, 2:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Cabell, Lincoln, Logan, Mingo, Wayne | 39 min |
| Jul 28, 2:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Pleasants, Wood | 47 min |
| Jul 28, 2:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Boone, Cabell, Kanawha, Lincoln, Putnam | 32 min |
| Jul 28, 2:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Pleasants, Ritchie, Wirt, Wood | 38 min |
| Jul 28, 3:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Cabell, Jackson, Kanawha, Mason, Putnam, Roane | 40 min |
| Jul 28, 3:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Doddridge, Pleasants, Ritchie, Tyler | 47 min |
| Jul 28, 3:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Calhoun, Doddridge, Gilmer, Lewis, Ritchie, Wirt | 27 min |
| Jul 28, 3:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Boone, Fayette, Kanawha, Logan, Nicholas, Raleigh and 1 more | 45 min |
| Jul 28, 3:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Braxton, Calhoun, Clay, Gilmer, Kanawha, Nicholas and 1 more | 38 min |
| Jul 28, 3:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Doddridge, Gilmer, Harrison, Lewis, Upshur | 47 min |
| Jul 28, 3:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Fayette, McDowell, Raleigh, Wyoming | 31 min |
| Jul 28, 4:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Braxton, Clay, Fayette, Lewis, Nicholas, Upshur and 1 more | 42 min |
| Jul 28, 4:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Greenbrier, Mercer, Monroe, Summers | 72 min |
| Jul 28, 4:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Barbour, Harrison, Lewis, Randolph, Taylor, Upshur | 46 min |
| Jul 28, 4:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Barbour, Nicholas, Pocahontas, Randolph, Webster | 69 min |
| Jul 28, 4:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Monroe | 69 min |
| Jul 28, 4:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Grant, Pendleton | 77 min |
| Jul 28, 5:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Tucker | 28 min |
| Jul 28, 5:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Greenbrier, Monroe | 71 min |
| Jul 28, 5:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Berkeley, Jefferson | 40 min |
| Jul 28, 5:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Grant | 43 min |
| Jul 28, 5:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Jefferson | 44 min |
| Aug 7, 10:58 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Wood | 47 min |
| Aug 7, 11:30 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Pleasants, Ritchie, Tyler, Wood | 45 min |
| Aug 7, 11:53 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Doddridge, Harrison, Pleasants, Ritchie, Tyler | 37 min |
| Aug 7, 12:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Marion, Marshall, Wetzel | 60 min |
| Aug 7, 12:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Calhoun, Clay, Roane | 45 min |
| Aug 7, 12:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Marion, Monongalia, Preston | 41 min |
| Aug 7, 12:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Jackson, Wood | 34 min |
| Aug 7, 12:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Jackson, Kanawha, Putnam, Roane | 33 min |
| Aug 7, 12:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Mason | 27 min |
| Aug 7, 12:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Doddridge, Harrison, Ritchie, Tyler | 38 min |
| Aug 7, 12:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Berkeley, Hampshire, Mineral, Morgan | 51 min |
| Aug 7, 12:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Marion, Monongalia, Preston | 48 min |
| Aug 7, 1:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Pleasants, Ritchie, Wirt, Wood | 40 min |
| Aug 7, 1:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Braxton, Calhoun, Clay, Gilmer | 36 min |
| Aug 7, 1:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Berkeley, Morgan | 46 min |
| Aug 7, 1:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Pleasants, Ritchie, Tyler | 32 min |
| Aug 7, 1:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Berkeley, Hampshire, Jefferson, Morgan | 40 min |
| Aug 7, 1:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Braxton, Lewis, Webster | 13 min |
| Aug 7, 1:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Marion, Monongalia, Preston | 50 min |
| Aug 7, 1:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Pocahontas, Randolph, Webster | 47 min |
| Aug 7, 1:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Braxton, Lewis, Randolph, Upshur, Webster | 29 min |
| Aug 7, 1:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Marion, Monongalia, Wetzel | 39 min |
| Aug 7, 1:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Hampshire, Mineral | 62 min |
| Aug 7, 2:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Barbour, Pocahontas, Randolph, Upshur | 30 min |
| Aug 7, 2:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Cabell, Kanawha, Lincoln, Mason, Putnam | 25 min |
| Aug 7, 2:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Mineral | 20 min |
| Aug 7, 2:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Berkeley, Jefferson, Morgan | 47 min |
| Aug 7, 2:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Jackson, Roane, Wirt, Wood | 29 min |
| Aug 7, 2:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Pocahontas | 24 min |
| Aug 7, 2:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Pendleton | 53 min |
| Aug 7, 2:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Marion, Monongalia, Preston | 34 min |
| Aug 7, 2:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Hampshire, Mineral, Morgan | 46 min |
| Aug 7, 2:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Jackson, Kanawha, Putnam | 20 min |
| Aug 7, 2:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Mason | 36 min |
| Aug 7, 2:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Wayne | 36 min |
| Aug 7, 2:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Mineral, Morgan | 34 min |
| Aug 7, 2:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Jackson, Kanawha, Putnam | 20 min |
| Aug 7, 2:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Cabell, Wayne | 16 min |
| Aug 7, 2:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Grant, Hampshire, Hardy, Mineral, Morgan, Pendleton | 65 min |
| Aug 7, 2:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Berkeley, Jefferson | 23 min |
| Aug 7, 2:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Jackson, Kanawha, Roane | 34 min |
| Aug 7, 3:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Pendleton | 45 min |
| Aug 7, 3:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Pendleton | 31 min |
| Aug 7, 3:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Cabell, Lincoln, Wayne | 30 min |
| Aug 7, 3:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Berkeley, Hampshire, Morgan | 58 min |
| Aug 7, 3:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Braxton, Calhoun, Clay, Kanawha, Roane | 26 min |
| Aug 7, 3:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Hampshire, Hardy | 21 min |
| Aug 7, 3:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Kanawha, Lincoln, Putnam | 28 min |
| Aug 7, 3:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Berkeley, Morgan | 37 min |
| Aug 7, 3:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Hampshire, Hardy | 19 min |
| Aug 7, 3:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Lincoln, Logan, Mingo, Wayne | 27 min |
| Aug 7, 3:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Berkeley, Jefferson | 41 min |
| Aug 7, 3:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Kanawha | 37 min |
| Aug 7, 3:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Hampshire, Jefferson | 10 min |
| Aug 7, 3:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Hampshire | 9 min |
| Aug 7, 4:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Jefferson | 22 min |
| Aug 7, 4:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Braxton, Clay | 36 min |
| Aug 7, 4:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Jefferson | 50 min |
| Aug 7, 4:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Braxton, Randolph, Upshur, Webster | 35 min |
| Aug 7, 5:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | McDowell | 18 min |
| Aug 7, 5:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Pendleton | 17 min |
| Aug 7, 5:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Greenbrier, Monroe, Summers | 68 min |
| Aug 7, 6:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Monroe | 21 min |
| Aug 12, 5:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Brooke, Hancock, Ohio | 50 min |
| Aug 12, 6:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Brooke, Hancock | 51 min |
| Aug 12, 6:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Hancock | 38 min |
| Aug 12, 6:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Brooke, Ohio | 51 min |
| Aug 12, 7:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Hancock | 45 min |
| Aug 12, 7:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Brooke, Ohio | 39 min |
| Aug 12, 8:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Wood | 29 min |
| Aug 12, 8:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Pleasants | 26 min |
| Aug 12, 8:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Wetzel | 33 min |
| Aug 12, 8:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Tyler | 30 min |
| Aug 12, 8:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Monongalia | 49 min |
| Aug 12, 9:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Marion, Monongalia, Wetzel | 30 min |
| Aug 12, 9:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Ritchie, Wirt | 33 min |
| Aug 12, 9:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Monongalia, Preston | 42 min |
| Aug 12, 9:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Monongalia, Preston | 45 min |
| Aug 12, 10:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Calhoun, Gilmer, Ritchie | 35 min |
| Aug 12, 10:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Barbour, Harrison, Taylor | 32 min |
| Aug 12, 10:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Grant, Mineral | 31 min |
| Aug 25, 12:52 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Brooke, Hancock | 53 min |
| Aug 25, 1:38 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Brooke, Hancock, Ohio | 52 min |
| Aug 25, 2:42 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Marion, Monongalia, Preston | 48 min |
| Aug 25, 3:02 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Marshall, Wetzel | 28 min |
| Aug 25, 3:21 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Marion, Wetzel | 24 min |
| Aug 25, 3:23 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Barbour, Doddridge, Harrison, Pleasants, Ritchie, Taylor and 1 more | 38 min |
| Aug 25, 5:48 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Clay, Kanawha, Nicholas, Roane | 42 min |
| Aug 25, 6:27 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Clay, Fayette, Kanawha, Nicholas, Webster | 48 min |
| Aug 25, 6:56 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Boone, Kanawha, Lincoln | 34 min |
| Sep 6, 6:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Pendleton | 31 min |
| Sep 6, 6:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Hardy | 42 min |
| Sep 6, 10:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Clay, Fayette, Nicholas | 62 min |
| Sep 7, 11:11 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Hampshire, Morgan | 49 min |
| Sep 7, 11:45 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Hampshire, Morgan | 29 min |
| Sep 7, 11:49 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Hampshire, Hardy | 41 min |
| Sep 7, 12:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Hampshire | 47 min |
| Sep 7, 12:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Berkeley, Morgan | 35 min |
| Sep 7, 1:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Jefferson | 39 min |
| Sep 7, 1:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Berkeley, Morgan | 50 min |
| Sep 7, 1:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Jefferson | 50 min |
| Sep 8, 4:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Hardy | 28 min |
| Sep 8, 4:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Pendleton | 30 min |
| Sep 8, 5:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Hardy | 29 min |
| Sep 8, 7:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Grant, Pendleton | 30 min |
| Sep 9, 1:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Monroe | 64 min |
| Sep 9, 4:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Kanawha | 39 min |
| Sep 9, 6:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Morgan | 30 min |
| Sep 12, 12:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Boone, Kanawha, Lincoln, Putnam | 27 min |
| Sep 12, 12:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Kanawha | 34 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Kanawha County28
- Hampshire County21
- Jefferson County20
- Ritchie County19
- Berkeley County18
- Morgan County18
- Jackson County16
- Mason County15
- Lincoln County15
- Putnam County15
- Pleasants County14
- Brooke County14
- Monongalia County14
- Pendleton County14
- Monroe County14
- Cabell County13
- Wayne County13
- Hancock County13
- Clay County13
- Marshall County12
- Mineral County12
- Greenbrier County12
- Braxton County12
- Grant County11
- Tyler County11
- Hardy County11
- Wetzel County10
- Preston County10
- Wood County10
- Boone County10
- Summers County10
- Nicholas County10
- Roane County10
- Marion County10
- Calhoun County10
- Gilmer County10
- Ohio County9
- Doddridge County9
- Harrison County8
- Wirt County8
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
Nearby
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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.