Alert archive / West Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Watches
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in West Virginia, 2003
45 severe thunderstorm watches in 2003. 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 2003. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Watches
- 45
- Busiest month
- July16 severe thunderstorm watches
- Busiest day
- July 8, 20034 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 22, 4:35 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Boone, Cabell, Calhoun, Jackson, Kanawha, Lincoln and 7 more | 4 hr |
| Mar 13, 2:20 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Berkeley, Grant, Greenbrier, Hampshire, Hardy, Jefferson and 9 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 5, 12:05 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Brooke, Cabell, Calhoun, Doddridge, Hancock, Jackson and 15 more | 5 hr |
| May 1, 1:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Brooke, Ohio | 5 hr |
| May 7, 3:40 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Wayne | 5 hr |
| May 7, 1:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Berkeley, Hampshire, Hardy, Jefferson, Mineral, Morgan | 6 hr |
| May 8, 12:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Berkeley, Grant, Hampshire, Hardy, Jefferson, Mineral and 2 more | 5 hr |
| May 9, 6:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Boone, Braxton, Cabell, Calhoun, Clay, Doddridge and 21 more | 5 hr |
| May 9, 7:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Logan, Mingo | 5 hr |
| May 11, 6:05 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Wayne | 4 hr |
| May 23, 3:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barbour, Braxton, Brooke, Calhoun, Clay, Doddridge and 23 more | 6 hr |
| May 31, 1:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Berkeley, Jefferson, Morgan | 5 hr |
| Jun 8, 4:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Brooke, Calhoun, Doddridge, Hancock, Jackson, Marshall and 9 more | 5 hr |
| Jun 11, 11:30 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Logan, Mingo | 6 hr |
| Jun 11, 3:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barbour, Berkeley, Braxton, Fayette, Grant, Greenbrier and 21 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 12, 1:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Berkeley, Grant, Hampshire, Hardy, Jefferson, Mineral and 5 more | 7 hr |
| Jun 14, 1:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Berkeley, Jefferson | 6 hr |
| Jun 26, 1:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Brooke, Hancock, Marshall, Ohio | 7 hr |
| Jul 4, 10:45 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Hancock | 5 hr |
| Jul 4, 3:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Brooke, Hancock, Ohio | 6 hr |
| Jul 7, 3:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barbour, Brooke, Doddridge, Hancock, Harrison, Marion and 10 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 7, 8:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Berkeley, Grant, Greenbrier, Hampshire, Hardy, Jefferson and 7 more | 5 hr |
| Jul 7, 9:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Braxton, Brooke, Cabell, Calhoun, Clay, Doddridge and 20 more | 3 hr |
| Jul 8, 3:20 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barbour, Brooke, Doddridge, Hancock, Harrison, Lewis and 12 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 8, 3:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barbour, Braxton, Brooke, Cabell, Calhoun, Clay and 25 more | 5 hr |
| Jul 8, 8:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barbour, Berkeley, Grant, Hampshire, Hardy, Harrison and 14 more | 4 hr |
| Jul 9, 11:50 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barbour, Berkeley, Braxton, Clay, Fayette, Grant and 20 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 10, 3:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barbour, Boone, Braxton, Cabell, Calhoun, Clay and 40 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 10, 6:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Hardy, Monroe, Pendleton | 6 hr |
| Jul 12, 12:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barbour, Boone, Braxton, Brooke, Cabell, Calhoun and 33 more | 5 hr |
| Jul 12, 5:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barbour, Berkeley, Boone, Braxton, Cabell, Calhoun and 38 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 18, 1:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Brooke, Hancock, Marshall, Monongalia, Ohio, Wetzel | 6 hr |
| Jul 21, 8:40 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Brooke, Cabell, Calhoun, Doddridge, Gilmer, Hancock and 18 more | 5 hr |
| Jul 22, 5:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Berkeley, Jefferson | 5 hr |
| Aug 4, 7:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | McDowell, Mercer | 5 hr |
| Aug 16, 2:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barbour, Brooke, Doddridge, Hancock, Harrison, Marion and 6 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 26, 1:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Brooke, Hancock, Marion, Marshall, Monongalia, Morgan and 5 more | 5 hr |
| Aug 26, 2:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Berkeley, Grant, Hampshire, Hardy, Jefferson, Pendleton | 5 hr |
| Aug 26, 4:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Brooke, Hancock, Marshall, Ohio | 6 hr |
| Aug 26, 9:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barbour, Brooke, Doddridge, Grant, Hampshire, Hardy and 16 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 27, 10:35 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Berkeley, Grant, Hampshire, Hardy, Jefferson, Mineral and 1 more | 5 hr |
| Aug 27, 2:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barbour, Braxton, Brooke, Cabell, Calhoun, Clay and 23 more | 5 hr |
| Aug 27, 3:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Berkeley, Grant, Hampshire, Hardy, Jefferson, Mineral and 2 more | 7 hr |
| Sep 27, 4:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Berkeley, Grant, Hampshire, Hardy, Mineral, Morgan and 4 more | 5 hr |
| Nov 12, 7:20 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Brooke, Hancock, Marshall, Ohio | 4 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Ohio County20
- Brooke County19
- Marshall County18
- Hancock County17
- Berkeley County16
- Wetzel County16
- Hardy County15
- Morgan County15
- Doddridge County15
- Tyler County15
- Grant County14
- Hampshire County14
- Jefferson County14
- Mineral County14
- Monongalia County14
- Marion County13
- Pleasants County13
- Ritchie County13
- Preston County13
- Harrison County13
- Barbour County13
- Calhoun County12
- Jackson County12
- Mason County12
- Roane County12
- Wirt County12
- Pendleton County12
- Randolph County12
- Tucker County12
- Wood County12
- Lewis County12
- Taylor County12
- Putnam County11
- Webster County11
- Cabell County10
- Wayne County10
- Braxton County10
- Upshur County10
- Kanawha County9
- Pocahontas County9
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.