Alert archive / West Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Watches
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in West Virginia, 2004
36 severe thunderstorm watches in 2004. 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 2004. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Watches
- 36
- Busiest month
- May14 severe thunderstorm watches
- Busiest day
- May 26, 20043 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 23, 2:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Berkeley, Jefferson, Morgan | 4 hr |
| May 2, 3:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Berkeley, Hampshire, Hardy, Jefferson, Mineral, Morgan | 6 hr |
| May 7, 11:00 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barbour, Berkeley, Braxton, Brooke, Calhoun, Doddridge and 27 more | 6 hr |
| May 7, 4:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barbour, Berkeley, Grant, Hampshire, Hardy, Jefferson and 8 more | 5 hr |
| May 18, 1:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Brooke, Doddridge, Hancock, Harrison, Marion, Marshall and 8 more | 6 hr |
| May 21, 3:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Brooke, Hancock, Ohio | 6 hr |
| May 21, 6:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barbour, Berkeley, Boone, Braxton, Cabell, Calhoun and 33 more | 4 hr |
| May 24, 12:30 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Brooke, Hancock, Marshall, Ohio | 6 hr |
| May 24, 12:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Hancock | 4 hr |
| May 25, 1:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barbour, Braxton, Brooke, Cabell, Calhoun, Clay and 29 more | 7 hr |
| May 25, 3:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barbour, Berkeley, Grant, Greenbrier, Hampshire, Hardy and 12 more | 6 hr |
| May 26, 12:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Mason | 7 hr |
| May 26, 2:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barbour, Boone, Braxton, Cabell, Calhoun, Clay and 38 more | 7 hr |
| May 26, 5:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Berkeley, Jefferson | 5 hr |
| May 27, 5:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barbour, Braxton, Brooke, Calhoun, Doddridge, Gilmer and 21 more | 5 hr |
| Jun 1, 11:45 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Berkeley, Hampshire, Hardy, Jefferson, Mineral, Morgan | 6 hr |
| Jun 1, 3:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Brooke, Cabell, Hancock, Jackson, Lincoln, Marshall and 9 more | 7 hr |
| Jun 1, 5:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barbour, Boone, Braxton, Calhoun, Clay, Doddridge and 33 more | 5 hr |
| Jun 11, 12:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Boone, Braxton, Cabell, Calhoun, Clay, Fayette and 24 more | 5 hr |
| Jun 11, 4:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Boone, Fayette, Greenbrier, Lincoln, Logan, McDowell and 7 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 13, 11:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Brooke, Hancock, Marshall, Ohio | 4 hr |
| Jun 14, 5:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Hancock | 6 hr |
| Jun 14, 7:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barbour, Berkeley, Braxton, Brooke, Cabell, Calhoun and 35 more | 4 hr |
| Jun 17, 1:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Brooke, Hancock, Marshall, Ohio | 6 hr |
| Jun 17, 2:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Berkeley, Hardy, Jefferson | 6 hr |
| Jun 24, 8:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Brooke, Hancock, Ohio | 5 hr |
| Jun 25, 1:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Berkeley, Hampshire, Hardy, Jefferson, Morgan, Pendleton | 7 hr |
| Jul 4, 12:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barbour, Brooke, Calhoun, Doddridge, Gilmer, Hancock and 19 more | 5 hr |
| Jul 6, 6:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cabell, Lincoln, Putnam, Wayne | 5 hr |
| Aug 4, 11:55 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Brooke, Calhoun, Doddridge, Gilmer, Hancock, Harrison and 14 more | 5 hr |
| Aug 4, 2:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Boone, Cabell, Clay, Fayette, Kanawha, Lincoln and 8 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 4, 2:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barbour, Berkeley, Grant, Hampshire, Jefferson, Mineral and 4 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 10, 1:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Brooke, Hancock, Ohio | 7 hr |
| Aug 19, 2:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Brooke, Hancock, Marshall, Ohio | 6 hr |
| Aug 19, 6:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Jefferson | 4 hr |
| Aug 20, 4:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Brooke, Doddridge, Hancock, Harrison, Marion, Marshall and 7 more | 5 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Hancock County17
- Brooke County16
- Ohio County16
- Jefferson County14
- Marshall County13
- Berkeley County12
- Preston County12
- Taylor County12
- Morgan County11
- Hampshire County11
- Hardy County11
- Mineral County11
- Barbour County11
- Doddridge County11
- Harrison County11
- Mason County11
- Randolph County11
- Calhoun County10
- Gilmer County10
- Jackson County10
- Monongalia County10
- Ritchie County10
- Wirt County10
- Wood County10
- Lewis County9
- Marion County9
- Pleasants County9
- Roane County9
- Tucker County9
- Tyler County9
- Upshur County9
- Wetzel County9
- Wayne County9
- Braxton County8
- Grant County8
- Pendleton County8
- Cabell County8
- Lincoln County8
- Putnam County8
- Webster County8
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.