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Severe Thunderstorm Watches in West Virginia, 2002

31 severe thunderstorm watches in 2002. 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 2002. Tap one for its archive.

Severe Thunderstorm Watches
31
Busiest month
May12 severe thunderstorm watches
Busiest day
May 2, 20025 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 9, 2:00 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCMason5 hr
Mar 9, 5:15 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBrooke, Hancock, Marshall, Ohio5 hr
Apr 19, 4:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBrooke, Hancock, Marshall, Ohio, Wetzel6 hr
Apr 21, 2:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBoone, Cabell, Fayette, Greenbrier, Kanawha, Lincoln and 11 more5 hr
Apr 28, 5:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBarbour, Boone, Braxton, Calhoun, Clay, Doddridge and 34 more4 hr
Apr 28, 5:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBarbour, Boone, Braxton, Calhoun, Clay, Doddridge and 34 more4 hr
May 2, 4:30 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBarbour, Brooke, Doddridge, Harrison, Marion, Marshall and 11 more4 hr
May 2, 12:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCFayette, Greenbrier, Mercer, Monroe, Nicholas, Pendleton and 4 more5 hr
May 2, 1:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCMcDowell7 hr
May 2, 4:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCMercer, Monroe, Summers6 hr
May 2, 5:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCMercer, Monroe, Summers5 hr
May 9, 2:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBerkeley, Grant, Greenbrier, Hampshire, Hardy, Jefferson and 8 more5 hr
May 12, 10:45 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBrooke, Hancock, Marshall, Monongalia, Ohio, Pleasants and 2 more5 hr
May 12, 3:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBarbour, Berkeley, Braxton, Doddridge, Gilmer, Grant and 21 more6 hr
May 13, 10:00 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCGreenbrier, McDowell, Mercer, Monroe, Summers5 hr
May 26, 2:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBerkeley, Hampshire, Hardy, Jefferson, Morgan6 hr
May 31, 5:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBrooke, Hancock, Marshall, Ohio6 hr
May 31, 5:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBerkeley, Hampshire, Jefferson, Morgan6 hr
Jun 2, 2:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCMcDowell6 hr
Jun 4, 5:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBarbour, Berkeley, Grant, Hampshire, Hardy, Jefferson and 10 more5 hr
Jun 5, 3:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBrooke, Hancock, Marshall, Ohio6 hr
Jun 5, 3:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBerkeley, Hampshire, Hardy, Jefferson, Mineral, Morgan5 hr
Jun 5, 6:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCMason, Pleasants, Wood4 hr
Jun 6, 2:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBerkeley, Hampshire, Hardy, Jefferson, Morgan6 hr
Jun 27, 2:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBrooke, Hancock, Marion, Marshall, Monongalia, Ohio and 4 more6 hr
Jul 3, 2:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCGreenbrier, Mercer, Monroe, Nicholas, Pocahontas, Raleigh and 1 more6 hr
Jul 5, 2:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCMercer6 hr
Jul 29, 7:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBrooke, Doddridge, Gilmer, Hancock, Marion, Marshall and 7 more5 hr
Aug 5, 2:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBarbour, Braxton, Brooke, Cabell, Calhoun, Clay and 23 more6 hr
Aug 5, 2:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBerkeley, Grant, Hampshire, Hardy, Jefferson, Mineral and 3 more5 hr
Sep 3, 3:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBrooke, Hancock, Ohio5 hr

By county

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

15 more counties

The busiest days

Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.

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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.