Alert archive / West Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings / 2026

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in West Virginia, May 2026

51 severe thunderstorm warnings in May 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 May 2026. Tap one for its archive.

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings: 51
Busiest day: May 20, 202621 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 13, 2:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Brooke, Ohio	45 min
May 13, 2:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Marion, Marshall, Monongalia, Wetzel	46 min
May 13, 3:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Tyler	20 min
May 13, 3:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Marion, Monongalia, Preston	47 min
May 13, 4:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Barbour, Doddridge, Harrison, Lewis, Upshur	43 min
May 13, 5:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Mineral	29 min
May 13, 6:33 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Greenbrier, Monroe	38 min
May 13, 6:37 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Berkeley, Hampshire, Jefferson, Morgan	23 min
May 13, 6:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Monroe	28 min
May 18, 4:17 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Hampshire, Hardy	28 min
May 18, 4:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Hampshire, Hardy	33 min
May 18, 5:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Hampshire	35 min
May 18, 5:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Berkeley, Jefferson	21 min
May 18, 6:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Berkeley, Jefferson	30 min
May 18, 11:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Tucker	24 min
May 20, 1:37 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Morgan	27 min
May 20, 2:35 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Hampshire	25 min
May 20, 2:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Jefferson	44 min
May 20, 3:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Cabell, Lincoln, Wayne	25 min
May 20, 3:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Cabell, Lincoln, Wayne	34 min
May 20, 3:49 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Cabell, Kanawha, Lincoln, Mason, Putnam	41 min
May 20, 3:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Wayne	33 min
May 20, 4:05 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Jackson, Kanawha, Putnam	40 min
May 20, 4:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Wayne	24 min
May 20, 4:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Lincoln, Wayne	30 min
May 20, 4:39 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	RLX	Clay, Kanawha, Roane	51 min
May 20, 4:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Boone, Lincoln, Wayne	34 min
May 20, 5:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Braxton, Gilmer, Lewis	30 min
May 20, 5:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Boone, Lincoln, Logan, Mingo	30 min
May 20, 5:18 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	RLX	Braxton, Calhoun, Clay, Kanawha, Roane	57 min
May 20, 5:34 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Braxton, Lewis, Upshur, Webster	26 min
May 20, 5:54 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Lewis, Randolph, Upshur, Webster	36 min
May 20, 5:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Braxton, Webster	49 min
May 20, 6:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Boone, Kanawha, Raleigh	33 min
May 20, 6:39 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Braxton, Lewis, Randolph, Upshur, Webster	51 min
May 20, 7:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Barbour, Harrison, Lewis, Randolph, Upshur	44 min
May 20, 8:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Barbour, Randolph	18 min
May 20, 8:19 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Preston, Tucker	41 min
May 24, 5:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Logan, Mingo	48 min
May 24, 5:47 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Logan	27 min
May 27, 2:49 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Boone, Kanawha, Lincoln, Putnam	26 min
May 27, 3:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Marion, Wetzel	48 min
May 27, 3:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Doddridge, Harrison	32 min
May 27, 4:02 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Jackson, Mason, Putnam	28 min
May 27, 4:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Braxton, Doddridge, Gilmer, Lewis, Ritchie	31 min
May 27, 4:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Jackson, Kanawha, Mason, Putnam, Roane	30 min
May 27, 4:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Braxton, Gilmer, Lewis, Upshur, Webster	31 min
May 27, 4:47 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PBZ	Tucker	49 min
May 27, 4:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Calhoun, Jackson, Kanawha, Roane	31 min
May 27, 5:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Lewis, Randolph, Upshur	32 min
May 27, 5:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Greenbrier, Monroe, Summers	53 min

By county

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

2 more counties

Nearby

Alerts in force now Tornadoes on record The radar archive 2025

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.