Alert archive / West Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings / 2026
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in West Virginia, August 2026
139 severe thunderstorm warnings in August 2026. 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 August 2026. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
- 139
- Busiest day
- August 11, 202628 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2, 3:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Braxton, Calhoun, Clay, Nicholas, Roane | 50 min |
| Aug 2, 4:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Braxton, Clay, Nicholas, Webster | 44 min |
| Aug 2, 4:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Braxton, Randolph, Upshur, Webster | 51 min |
| Aug 2, 5:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Fayette, Nicholas | 53 min |
| Aug 2, 5:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Greenbrier, Summers | 65 min |
| Aug 2, 5:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Fayette, Nicholas | 48 min |
| Aug 5, 8:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Hampshire | 30 min |
| Aug 7, 3:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Berkeley | 23 min |
| Aug 7, 3:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Berkeley, Jefferson | 46 min |
| Aug 7, 5:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Pendleton | 54 min |
| Aug 7, 5:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Mason | 35 min |
| Aug 7, 6:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Mason | 38 min |
| Aug 7, 6:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Jackson, Mason, Putnam, Wood | 35 min |
| Aug 7, 6:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Wayne | 35 min |
| Aug 7, 6:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Jackson, Mason, Putnam, Ritchie, Roane, Wirt and 1 more | 37 min |
| Aug 7, 7:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Calhoun, Clay, Kanawha, Roane | 24 min |
| Aug 7, 7:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Braxton, Calhoun, Clay, Gilmer, Jackson, Ritchie and 3 more | 34 min |
| Aug 7, 7:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Braxton, Calhoun, Doddridge, Gilmer, Lewis, Ritchie and 1 more | 34 min |
| Aug 8, 8:03 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Marion, Marshall, Monongalia, Wetzel | 42 min |
| Aug 8, 12:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Jackson, Kanawha, Putnam, Roane | 25 min |
| Aug 8, 12:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Clay, Kanawha | 32 min |
| Aug 8, 12:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Clay, Fayette, Kanawha, Nicholas | 31 min |
| Aug 8, 1:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Hardy, Pendleton | 42 min |
| Aug 8, 2:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Hampshire | 59 min |
| Aug 8, 4:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Jefferson | 35 min |
| Aug 9, 12:30 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Wood | 28 min |
| Aug 9, 2:16 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Cabell | 25 min |
| Aug 10, 10:56 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Brooke, Marshall, Ohio | 55 min |
| Aug 10, 12:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Pleasants, Tyler, Wood | 33 min |
| Aug 10, 12:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Doddridge, Harrison, Pleasants, Ritchie, Tyler, Wirt and 1 more | 31 min |
| Aug 10, 12:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Marion, Monongalia, Preston | 57 min |
| Aug 10, 12:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Jackson, Wood | 27 min |
| Aug 10, 1:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Barbour, Calhoun, Doddridge, Gilmer, Harrison, Lewis and 5 more | 35 min |
| Aug 10, 1:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Ritchie, Wirt, Wood | 31 min |
| Aug 10, 1:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Preston | 21 min |
| Aug 10, 1:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Grant, Hampshire, Hardy, Mineral | 57 min |
| Aug 10, 1:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Morgan | 48 min |
| Aug 10, 1:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Braxton, Calhoun, Clay, Gilmer, Lewis, Roane and 1 more | 32 min |
| Aug 10, 2:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Jackson, Kanawha, Roane | 13 min |
| Aug 10, 2:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Morgan | 35 min |
| Aug 10, 2:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Berkeley, Hampshire, Hardy, Morgan | 53 min |
| Aug 10, 2:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Berkeley, Jefferson, Morgan | 50 min |
| Aug 10, 2:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Grant, Hardy | 51 min |
| Aug 10, 2:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Clay, Fayette, Kanawha, Nicholas, Pocahontas, Raleigh and 2 more | 34 min |
| Aug 10, 2:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Grant, Hardy, Pendleton | 63 min |
| Aug 10, 2:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Greenbrier, Monroe, Summers | 78 min |
| Aug 10, 3:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Jefferson | 18 min |
| Aug 10, 3:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Fayette, Pocahontas, Raleigh | 18 min |
| Aug 10, 4:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Monroe, Summers | 73 min |
| Aug 10, 4:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Marshall | 41 min |
| Aug 10, 5:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Mason | 45 min |
| Aug 10, 6:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Mason | 52 min |
| Aug 10, 6:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Jackson, Kanawha, Mason, Putnam | 28 min |
| Aug 10, 11:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Brooke, Ohio | 24 min |
| Aug 11, 12:11 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Wood | 34 min |
| Aug 11, 1:48 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Mason | 27 min |
| Aug 11, 2:09 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Jackson, Mason | 51 min |
| Aug 11, 2:34 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Cabell, Clay, Jackson, Kanawha, Mason, Putnam and 1 more | 56 min |
| Aug 11, 2:35 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Braxton, Calhoun, Clay, Gilmer, Nicholas, Pocahontas and 3 more | 55 min |
| Aug 11, 7:49 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Greenbrier, Monroe, Summers | 56 min |
| Aug 11, 11:08 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Wood | 67 min |
| Aug 11, 11:21 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Jackson, Mason, Wood | 54 min |
| Aug 11, 11:38 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Calhoun, Jackson, Pleasants, Ritchie, Tyler, Wirt and 1 more | 67 min |
| Aug 11, 11:47 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Cabell, Calhoun, Jackson, Mason, Putnam, Roane and 1 more | 58 min |
| Aug 11, 11:53 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Wetzel | 29 min |
| Aug 11, 12:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Boone, Braxton, Cabell, Calhoun, Clay, Gilmer and 6 more | 65 min |
| Aug 11, 12:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Barbour, Braxton, Calhoun, Doddridge, Gilmer, Harrison and 5 more | 34 min |
| Aug 11, 12:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Cabell, Lincoln, Putnam, Wayne | 24 min |
| Aug 11, 12:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Boone, Cabell, Lincoln, Logan, Putnam, Wayne | 44 min |
| Aug 11, 12:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Boone, Braxton, Clay, Fayette, Kanawha, Nicholas and 2 more | 57 min |
| Aug 11, 1:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Boone, Lincoln, Logan, Raleigh, Wyoming | 45 min |
| Aug 11, 1:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Boone, Logan, Mingo, Raleigh, Wayne, Wyoming | 43 min |
| Aug 11, 1:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | McDowell, Mingo, Raleigh, Wyoming | 48 min |
| Aug 11, 2:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Mercer | 50 min |
| Aug 11, 5:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Cabell, Lincoln, Logan, Mingo, Putnam, Wayne | 79 min |
| Aug 11, 5:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Cabell, Kanawha, Lincoln, Mason, Putnam | 47 min |
| Aug 11, 5:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Boone, Kanawha, Lincoln, Logan | 39 min |
| Aug 11, 6:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Boone, Fayette, Kanawha, Lincoln, Logan, McDowell and 4 more | 61 min |
| Aug 11, 7:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Mercer, Monroe, Summers | 72 min |
| Aug 11, 7:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Fayette, McDowell, Mingo, Raleigh, Wyoming | 52 min |
| Aug 11, 7:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Greenbrier, Monroe, Summers | 65 min |
| Aug 14, 3:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Greenbrier, Monroe | 50 min |
| Aug 14, 4:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Mercer | 51 min |
| Aug 15, 3:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Wayne | 30 min |
| Aug 16, 1:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Calhoun, Jackson, Mason, Ritchie, Roane, Wirt and 1 more | 46 min |
| Aug 16, 2:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Brooke, Hancock | 45 min |
| Aug 16, 2:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Braxton, Calhoun, Clay, Gilmer, Jackson, Lewis and 3 more | 42 min |
| Aug 16, 2:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Marshall, Ohio, Wetzel | 43 min |
| Aug 16, 2:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Barbour, Braxton, Calhoun, Clay, Gilmer, Lewis and 4 more | 63 min |
| Aug 16, 3:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Doddridge, Tyler | 43 min |
| Aug 16, 3:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Cabell, Kanawha, Lincoln, Mason, Putnam | 38 min |
| Aug 16, 3:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Marion, Marshall, Monongalia, Ohio, Wetzel | 50 min |
| Aug 16, 3:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Clay, Jackson, Kanawha, Putnam, Roane | 44 min |
| Aug 16, 3:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Barbour, Braxton, Lewis, Pocahontas, Randolph, Upshur and 1 more | 54 min |
| Aug 16, 4:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Monongalia, Preston | 40 min |
| Aug 16, 4:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Monongalia, Preston | 32 min |
| Aug 16, 4:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Preston | 16 min |
| Aug 16, 4:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Preston, Tucker | 50 min |
| Aug 16, 4:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Grant, Mineral | 34 min |
| Aug 16, 4:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Clay, Fayette, Kanawha, Nicholas | 46 min |
| Aug 16, 5:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Mineral | 32 min |
| Aug 16, 5:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Greenbrier, Monroe, Summers | 57 min |
| Aug 16, 5:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Hampshire, Morgan | 42 min |
| Aug 16, 6:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Cabell, Lincoln, Mason, Putnam, Wayne | 50 min |
| Aug 16, 6:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Lincoln, Wayne | 49 min |
| Aug 16, 7:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Cabell, Jackson, Kanawha, Mason, Putnam, Roane | 48 min |
| Aug 16, 7:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Wayne | 34 min |
| Aug 16, 8:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Braxton, Calhoun, Clay, Fayette, Kanawha, Nicholas and 1 more | 45 min |
| Aug 16, 8:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Braxton, Clay, Fayette, Nicholas, Webster | 32 min |
| Aug 16, 8:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Greenbrier | 60 min |
| Aug 16, 9:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Braxton, Clay, Fayette, Nicholas, Pocahontas, Raleigh and 2 more | 45 min |
| Aug 16, 9:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Barbour, Braxton, Gilmer, Lewis, Pocahontas, Randolph and 2 more | 50 min |
| Aug 16, 9:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Greenbrier | 67 min |
| Aug 16, 9:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Pocahontas, Randolph | 51 min |
| Aug 16, 9:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Pocahontas, Randolph | 46 min |
| Aug 22, 2:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Lincoln, Logan, Mingo, Wayne | 36 min |
| Aug 22, 2:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Cabell, Kanawha, Lincoln, Putnam | 31 min |
| Aug 22, 2:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Wood | 35 min |
| Aug 22, 2:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Pleasants, Wood | 34 min |
| Aug 22, 4:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Marshall, Monongalia, Wetzel | 49 min |
| Aug 22, 5:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Hampshire, Hardy | 30 min |
| Aug 22, 5:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Jackson, Mason, Pleasants, Wood | 49 min |
| Aug 22, 5:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Hampshire, Hardy | 48 min |
| Aug 22, 6:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Hampshire, Hardy | 22 min |
| Aug 22, 6:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Calhoun, Doddridge, Gilmer, Jackson, Pleasants, Ritchie and 4 more | 49 min |
| Aug 22, 6:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | McDowell, Wyoming | 17 min |
| Aug 22, 6:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | McDowell, Wyoming | 19 min |
| Aug 22, 7:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Braxton, Calhoun, Doddridge, Gilmer, Harrison, Lewis and 3 more | 48 min |
| Aug 22, 8:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Berkeley, Morgan | 33 min |
| Aug 27, 4:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Berkeley, Jefferson | 45 min |
| Aug 27, 5:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Berkeley, Jefferson | 28 min |
| Aug 27, 5:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Berkeley, Jefferson | 50 min |
| Aug 27, 6:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Marion, Wetzel | 24 min |
| Aug 27, 6:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Jefferson | 40 min |
| Aug 27, 6:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Hampshire | 28 min |
| Aug 27, 7:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | McDowell, Wyoming | 24 min |
| Aug 27, 8:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Preston | 58 min |
| Aug 27, 11:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Monroe | 54 min |
| Aug 28, 12:01 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Pocahontas, Randolph, Webster | 29 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Clay County19
- Jackson County19
- Kanawha County19
- Braxton County18
- Roane County18
- Mason County18
- Wood County18
- Calhoun County17
- Putnam County16
- Nicholas County13
- Lincoln County13
- Fayette County12
- Ritchie County12
- Wirt County12
- Gilmer County12
- Cabell County12
- Webster County11
- Wayne County11
- Randolph County9
- Hampshire County9
- Lewis County9
- Pocahontas County9
- Raleigh County9
- Greenbrier County8
- Berkeley County8
- Jefferson County8
- Hardy County8
- Tyler County8
- Monroe County8
- Wyoming County8
- Upshur County7
- Summers County7
- Doddridge County7
- Pleasants County7
- Preston County7
- Boone County7
- Logan County7
- Marshall County6
- Monongalia County6
- Wetzel County6
Nearby
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.