Alert archive / West Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings / 2025

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in West Virginia, May 2025

92 severe thunderstorm warnings in May 2025. 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 2025. Tap one for its archive.

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings: 92
Busiest day: May 17, 202517 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, 3:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Mineral	42 min
May 1, 4:05 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Mineral	25 min
May 1, 4:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Mineral	48 min
May 1, 5:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Mineral	47 min
May 1, 5:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Marion, Monongalia, Preston	49 min
May 1, 5:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Preston	47 min
May 2, 2:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Wood	33 min
May 2, 3:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Wood	31 min
May 2, 3:34 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	PBZ	Brooke, Ohio	41 min
May 2, 4:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Brooke, Ohio	37 min
May 2, 4:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Ohio	35 min
May 2, 4:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Brooke, Hancock	42 min
May 2, 4:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Hancock	32 min
May 2, 6:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Wayne	40 min
May 2, 6:49 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Wayne	26 min
May 2, 7:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Lincoln, Wayne	37 min
May 3, 4:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Berkeley, Jefferson	51 min
May 3, 4:54 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Berkeley, Jefferson	51 min
May 4, 2:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Logan, Mingo	28 min
May 4, 4:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Jackson, Roane	35 min
May 4, 5:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Pleasants, Wirt, Wood	30 min
May 4, 6:55 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Barbour, Harrison, Lewis, Randolph, Upshur	35 min
May 4, 7:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Barbour, Upshur	30 min
May 4, 7:54 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	RLX	Barbour, Taylor	36 min
May 4, 8:18 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Preston, Tucker	57 min
May 4, 8:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Barbour	21 min
May 4, 8:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Preston, Tucker	37 min
May 5, 1:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Jackson, Kanawha, Putnam, Roane	34 min
May 5, 2:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Jackson, Roane, Wirt	27 min
May 5, 3:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Jackson, Wirt, Wood	34 min
May 5, 3:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Wood	31 min
May 8, 5:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Wayne	23 min
May 8, 6:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Lincoln, Wayne	33 min
May 8, 6:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Boone, Lincoln, Logan, Wayne	33 min
May 8, 7:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Boone, Logan	33 min
May 8, 7:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Fayette, Kanawha	35 min
May 8, 7:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Boone, Logan, Raleigh, Wyoming	33 min
May 8, 8:04 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Logan, McDowell, Mingo	26 min
May 8, 8:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Raleigh, Wyoming	31 min
May 13, 2:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Logan, Mingo	30 min
May 13, 2:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Braxton, Nicholas, Webster	27 min
May 13, 2:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Calhoun, Clay, Roane	29 min
May 13, 2:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Boone, Logan	29 min
May 13, 2:47 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Calhoun, Roane	28 min
May 13, 3:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Boone, Logan	34 min
May 13, 5:39 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Jackson, Mason, Roane, Wirt	36 min
May 13, 5:49 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Jackson, Wood	41 min
May 16, 12:51 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	McDowell	54 min
May 16, 1:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Mercer	59 min
May 16, 1:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	RLX	McDowell	27 min
May 16, 2:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	RNK	Mercer, Monroe, Summers	64 min
May 16, 2:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	McDowell	37 min
May 16, 2:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Marion, Monongalia, Preston, Tucker	45 min
May 16, 2:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Grant, Mineral	58 min
May 16, 2:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Barbour, Harrison, Randolph, Taylor	29 min
May 16, 2:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Mercer	63 min
May 16, 2:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	McDowell, Raleigh, Wyoming	31 min
May 16, 3:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Jefferson	36 min
May 16, 3:33 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Hampshire, Mineral, Morgan	27 min
May 16, 3:37 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Hampshire, Hardy	38 min
May 16, 3:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Hampshire, Hardy, Mineral, Morgan	19 min
May 16, 3:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Berkeley, Hampshire, Jefferson, Morgan	52 min
May 16, 4:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Jefferson	33 min
May 16, 11:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	RLX	Wayne	30 min
May 16, 11:04 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Kanawha, Lincoln, Putnam, Roane	26 min
May 16, 11:18 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Lincoln, Mingo, Wayne	27 min
May 16, 11:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Braxton, Calhoun, Clay, Fayette, Kanawha, Nicholas and 1 more	30 min
May 16, 11:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Brooke, Hancock	28 min
May 16, 11:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Boone, Kanawha, Lincoln, Logan, Mingo, Putnam and 1 more	30 min
May 16, 11:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Brooke, Marshall, Ohio, Wetzel	53 min
May 17, 12:13 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Boone, Clay, Fayette, Kanawha, Lincoln, Nicholas	32 min
May 17, 12:16 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Brooke, Hancock	29 min
May 17, 12:32 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Marion, Marshall, Monongalia, Wetzel	43 min
May 17, 12:42 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Brooke, Hancock, Marshall, Ohio	48 min
May 17, 12:43 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Fayette, Nicholas, Raleigh, Webster	32 min
May 17, 12:57 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Greenbrier	63 min
May 17, 1:03 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Pendleton	42 min
May 17, 1:07 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Monongalia, Preston	53 min
May 17, 1:34 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Grant, Hampshire, Mineral	26 min
May 17, 1:59 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	McDowell	31 min
May 30, 12:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	McDowell, Mingo, Wyoming	48 min
May 30, 1:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Mercer	62 min
May 30, 2:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Clay, Fayette, Kanawha, Nicholas, Raleigh	57 min
May 30, 2:37 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Braxton, Calhoun, Clay, Gilmer, Lewis, Nicholas and 4 more	53 min
May 30, 2:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Fayette, Nicholas, Pocahontas, Webster	64 min
May 30, 3:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Barbour, Harrison, Lewis, Pocahontas, Randolph, Upshur and 1 more	61 min
May 30, 3:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Doddridge, Gilmer, Harrison, Lewis, Ritchie, Tyler	30 min
May 30, 4:01 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Pocahontas	23 min
May 30, 4:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Doddridge, Harrison, Tyler	52 min
May 30, 7:05 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Berkeley, Hampshire, Morgan	55 min
May 30, 7:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Berkeley, Jefferson	47 min
May 30, 8:01 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Berkeley, Jefferson, Morgan	29 min

By county

Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.

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Sources

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