Alert archive / West Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Watches
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in West Virginia, 1997
25 severe thunderstorm watches in 1997. 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 in 1997. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Watches
- 25
- Busiest month
- July9 severe thunderstorm watches
- Busiest day
- March 29, 19972 severe thunderstorm watches
Over time
By month
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 5, 12:45 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Boone, Cabell, Clay, Fayette, Kanawha, Lincoln and 7 more | 5 hr |
| Feb 21, 11:15 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Lincoln, Mingo, Wayne | 4 hr |
| Mar 1, 4:30 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Boone, Clay, Fayette, Greenbrier, Kanawha, Lincoln and 11 more | 4 hr |
| Mar 2, 1:30 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Boone, Cabell, Clay, Fayette, Greenbrier, Kanawha and 12 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 28, 11:30 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Boone, Cabell, Calhoun, Clay, Fayette, Gilmer and 13 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 29, 12:15 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Jefferson | 6 hr |
| May 18, 3:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Brooke, Hancock, Ohio | 6 hr |
| May 19, 5:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Brooke, Hancock, Marshall, Ohio | 6 hr |
| May 19, 6:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barbour, Braxton, Cabell, Calhoun, Clay, Doddridge and 26 more | 4 hr |
| Jun 18, 2:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barbour, Boone, Braxton, Brooke, Calhoun, Clay and 32 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 18, 4:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Berkeley, Greenbrier, Hampshire, Hardy, Jefferson, Mercer and 2 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 25, 4:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Mason | 6 hr |
| Jun 26, 1:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barbour, Berkeley, Fayette, Grant, Greenbrier, Hampshire and 16 more | 5 hr |
| Jul 2, 8:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barbour, Boone, Braxton, Cabell, Calhoun, Clay and 39 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 9, 12:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barbour, Berkeley, Boone, Braxton, Calhoun, Clay and 33 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 9, 4:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Jefferson | 6 hr |
| Jul 18, 4:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Morgan | 6 hr |
| Jul 18, 5:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Pleasants, Ritchie, Wood | 6 hr |
| Jul 26, 6:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Jackson, Mason, Wood | 5 hr |
| Jul 27, 7:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Brooke, Doddridge, Harrison, Jackson, Marion, Marshall and 8 more | 5 hr |
| Jul 28, 1:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barbour, Grant, Hampshire, Hardy, Harrison, Marion and 8 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 28, 4:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barbour, Boone, Braxton, Calhoun, Clay, Fayette and 23 more | 5 hr |
| Aug 16, 7:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Brooke, Hancock, Marshall, Ohio | 5 hr |
| Aug 17, 1:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barbour, Boone, Braxton, Cabell, Calhoun, Clay and 29 more | 7 hr |
| Aug 17, 4:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barbour, Berkeley, Grant, Hampshire, Hardy, Jefferson and 8 more | 7 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Clay County10
- Fayette County10
- Kanawha County10
- Lincoln County10
- Webster County10
- Boone County9
- Nicholas County9
- Pocahontas County9
- Barbour County9
- Logan County8
- Putnam County8
- Raleigh County8
- Wayne County8
- Wyoming County8
- Jackson County8
- Wirt County8
- Preston County8
- Randolph County8
- Tucker County8
- Upshur County8
- Mingo County7
- Greenbrier County7
- Calhoun County7
- Gilmer County7
- Mason County7
- Roane County7
- Jefferson County7
- Harrison County7
- Marion County7
- Ritchie County7
- Wood County7
- Pendleton County7
- Cabell County6
- Ohio County6
- Braxton County6
- Doddridge County6
- Lewis County6
- Monongalia County6
- Pleasants County6
- Taylor County6
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
Nearby
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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.