Alert archive / West Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Watches / 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in West Virginia, May 2002
12 severe thunderstorm watches in May 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 May 2002. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Watches
- 12
- Busiest day
- May 2, 20025 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2, 4:30 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barbour, Brooke, Doddridge, Harrison, Marion, Marshall and 11 more | 4 hr |
| May 2, 12:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Fayette, Greenbrier, Mercer, Monroe, Nicholas, Pendleton and 4 more | 5 hr |
| May 2, 1:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | McDowell | 7 hr |
| May 2, 4:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Mercer, Monroe, Summers | 6 hr |
| May 2, 5:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Mercer, Monroe, Summers | 5 hr |
| May 9, 2:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Berkeley, Grant, Greenbrier, Hampshire, Hardy, Jefferson and 8 more | 5 hr |
| May 12, 10:45 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Brooke, Hancock, Marshall, Monongalia, Ohio, Pleasants and 2 more | 5 hr |
| May 12, 3:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barbour, Berkeley, Braxton, Doddridge, Gilmer, Grant and 21 more | 6 hr |
| May 13, 10:00 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Greenbrier, McDowell, Mercer, Monroe, Summers | 5 hr |
| May 26, 2:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Berkeley, Hampshire, Hardy, Jefferson, Morgan | 6 hr |
| May 31, 5:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Brooke, Hancock, Marshall, Ohio | 6 hr |
| May 31, 5:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Berkeley, Hampshire, Jefferson, Morgan | 6 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Monroe County5
- Marshall County4
- Mercer County4
- Summers County4
- Berkeley County4
- Hampshire County4
- Jefferson County4
- Morgan County4
- Brooke County3
- Monongalia County3
- Ohio County3
- Preston County3
- Tucker County3
- Tyler County3
- Wetzel County3
- Greenbrier County3
- Pendleton County3
- Pocahontas County3
- Hardy County3
- Barbour County2
- Doddridge County2
- Harrison County2
- Marion County2
- Pleasants County2
- Taylor County2
- Nicholas County2
- Webster County2
- McDowell County2
- Grant County2
- Mineral County2
- Randolph County2
- Hancock County2
- Ritchie County1
- Wirt County1
- Wood County1
- Fayette County1
- Raleigh County1
- Braxton County1
- Gilmer County1
- Lewis County1
1 more counties
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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.