Alert archive / West Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Watches / 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in West Virginia, August 2002
2 severe thunderstorm watches in August 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 August 2002. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Watches
- 2
- Busiest day
- August 5, 20022 severe thunderstorm watches
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 5, 2:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barbour, Braxton, Brooke, Cabell, Calhoun, Clay and 23 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 5, 2:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Berkeley, Grant, Hampshire, Hardy, Jefferson, Mineral and 3 more | 5 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Barbour County1
- Braxton County1
- Brooke County1
- Cabell County1
- Calhoun County1
- Clay County1
- Doddridge County1
- Gilmer County1
- Harrison County1
- Jackson County1
- Lewis County1
- Marion County1
- Marshall County1
- Mason County1
- Monongalia County1
- Ohio County1
- Pleasants County1
- Preston County1
- Putnam County1
- Randolph County1
- Ritchie County1
- Roane County1
- Taylor County1
- Tyler County1
- Upshur County1
- Webster County1
- Wetzel County1
- Wirt County1
- Wood County1
- Berkeley County1
- Grant County1
- Hampshire County1
- Hardy County1
- Jefferson County1
- Mineral County1
- Morgan County1
- Pendleton County1
- Tucker County1
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.