Severe Thunderstorm Watches in West Virginia
860 severe thunderstorm watches since 1986. 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 watches reaches back to 1997.
Severe Thunderstorm Watches by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Watches
- 860
- Busiest year
- 202649 severe thunderstorm watches
- Average year
- 29over 30 years on file
Over time
By year
Watches are counted from 1997, when the Storm Prediction Center archive begins.
By month of the year
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Hancock County285
- Ohio County285
- Brooke County281
- Jefferson County273
- Marshall County272
- Berkeley County253
- Wetzel County241
- Tyler County233
- Morgan County232
- Pleasants County232
- Wirt County228
- Wood County228
- Ritchie County227
- Doddridge County226
- Calhoun County225
- Monongalia County225
- Jackson County224
- Roane County223
- Kanawha County220
- Marion County220
- Mason County220
- Gilmer County218
- Hampshire County218
- Harrison County218
- Cabell County215
- Hardy County215
- Lincoln County215
- Lewis County214
- Putnam County214
- Wayne County212
- Mineral County205
- Barbour County204
- Clay County203
- Preston County203
- Taylor County202
- Grant County198
- Braxton County196
- Boone County193
- Upshur County191
- Pendleton County188
The latest severe thunderstorm watches
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 9, 2:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Brooke, Hancock | 8 hr |
| Sep 4, 2:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barbour, Berkeley, Boone, Braxton, Cabell, Calhoun and 45 more | 7 hr |
| Sep 3, 8:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Berkeley, Jefferson, Morgan | 5 hr |
| Sep 3, 4:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Grant, Hampshire, Hardy, Mineral | 6 hr |
| Sep 3, 3:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barbour, Brooke, Doddridge, Hancock, Harrison, Marion and 9 more | 9 hr |
| Sep 2, 4:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Hancock | 9 hr |
| Sep 2, 11:46 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Berkeley, Hampshire, Hardy, Jefferson, Mineral, Morgan | 5 hr |
| Aug 27, 3:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Berkeley, Jefferson, Morgan | 7 hr |
| Aug 22, 1:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barbour, Boone, Braxton, Brooke, Cabell, Calhoun and 27 more | 8 hr |
| Aug 17, 2:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Mercer, Monroe, Summers | 7 hr |
| Aug 16, 4:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Berkeley, Grant, Greenbrier, Hampshire, Hardy, Jefferson and 5 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 16, 1:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barbour, Boone, Braxton, Brooke, Cabell, Calhoun and 36 more | 9 hr |
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.