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Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in West Virginia, May 2024

68 severe thunderstorm warnings in May 2024. 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 2024. Tap one for its archive.

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings: 68
Busiest day: May 26, 202432 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 8, 12:16 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Mason	43 min
May 8, 12:36 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Hancock	39 min
May 8, 1:07 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Brooke, Marshall, Ohio	53 min
May 8, 5:15 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Pocahontas, Randolph, Webster	20 min
May 9, 6:17 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Marion, Marshall, Monongalia, Wetzel	43 min
May 9, 7:39 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Pleasants, Wood	51 min
May 9, 9:05 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Monongalia, Preston	29 min
May 11, 2:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Wood	34 min
May 11, 3:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Wirt, Wood	37 min
May 11, 3:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Marshall, Wetzel	48 min
May 11, 4:55 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Hancock	50 min
May 11, 5:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Brooke, Ohio	52 min
May 11, 9:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Berkeley, Morgan	23 min
May 11, 9:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Berkeley, Jefferson, Morgan	33 min
May 22, 1:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Cabell	30 min
May 22, 2:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Cabell, Mason, Putnam	33 min
May 22, 2:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Cabell, Kanawha, Lincoln, Mason, Putnam	32 min
May 22, 2:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Berkeley, Jefferson	23 min
May 22, 3:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Boone, Kanawha, Lincoln, Putnam	17 min
May 22, 4:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Jackson, Mason, Putnam, Roane	16 min
May 22, 4:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Monroe	44 min
May 22, 4:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Berkeley, Jefferson	23 min
May 22, 8:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Pendleton	25 min
May 23, 1:48 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Hancock	27 min
May 25, 5:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Hancock	52 min
May 25, 6:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Berkeley	37 min
May 25, 7:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Monongalia, Preston	42 min
May 25, 7:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Berkeley, Jefferson	31 min
May 25, 9:17 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Marshall, Wetzel	43 min
May 25, 9:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Marshall	52 min
May 25, 10:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Marshall, Wetzel	24 min
May 26, 2:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Wayne	75 min
May 26, 3:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Cabell, Lincoln, Wayne	77 min
May 26, 3:19 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Mason	71 min
May 26, 3:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Lincoln, Logan, Mingo, Wayne	80 min
May 26, 3:34 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Cabell, Mason, Putnam	56 min
May 26, 3:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Cabell, Lincoln, Putnam	45 min
May 26, 3:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Logan, McDowell, Mingo, Wyoming	49 min
May 26, 3:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Jackson, Kanawha, Lincoln, Mason, Putnam	47 min
May 26, 4:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Mercer	68 min
May 26, 4:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Boone, Kanawha, Lincoln, Logan, Raleigh, Wyoming	53 min
May 26, 4:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Clay, Jackson, Kanawha, Roane, Wirt, Wood	58 min
May 26, 4:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Clay, Fayette, Kanawha, Nicholas, Raleigh, Roane and 1 more	54 min
May 26, 4:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Mercer, Monroe, Summers	74 min
May 26, 5:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Clay, Fayette, Kanawha, Nicholas, Raleigh, Roane and 1 more	36 min
May 26, 5:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	RNK	Greenbrier, Monroe, Summers	77 min
May 26, 5:37 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Marshall, Wetzel	38 min
May 26, 5:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	RLX	Braxton, Calhoun, Clay, Gilmer, Nicholas, Pocahontas and 1 more	45 min
May 26, 6:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Braxton, Gilmer, Harrison, Lewis, Randolph, Upshur and 1 more	52 min
May 26, 6:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Brooke, Marion, Marshall, Monongalia, Ohio, Wetzel	48 min
May 26, 6:17 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	RNK	Greenbrier	73 min
May 26, 6:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Pocahontas, Randolph, Webster	38 min
May 26, 6:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Pocahontas, Randolph, Webster	50 min
May 26, 6:39 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Barbour, Harrison, Lewis, Pocahontas, Randolph, Taylor and 1 more	51 min
May 26, 6:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Pendleton	61 min
May 26, 6:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Brooke, Hancock, Ohio	47 min
May 26, 7:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Marion, Monongalia, Preston, Tucker, Wetzel	53 min
May 26, 7:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Monongalia, Preston	61 min
May 26, 7:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Grant, Mineral, Pendleton	59 min
May 26, 7:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Hardy, Pendleton	63 min
May 26, 8:17 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Grant, Hampshire, Hardy, Mineral, Pendleton	58 min
May 26, 9:05 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Berkeley, Hampshire, Hardy, Jefferson, Mineral, Morgan	55 min
May 26, 9:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Berkeley, Jefferson, Morgan	49 min
May 26, 10:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Berkeley, Jefferson	37 min
May 27, 3:49 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Berkeley, Jefferson	41 min
May 29, 4:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Morgan	31 min
May 29, 4:55 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Berkeley, Morgan	50 min
May 29, 5:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Berkeley	30 min

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Sources

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