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Severe Thunderstorm Watches in West Virginia, 2017

20 severe thunderstorm watches in 2017. 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 2017. Tap one for its archive.

Severe Thunderstorm Watches
20
Busiest month
August5 severe thunderstorm watches
Busiest day
March 1, 20173 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
Feb 25, 1:30 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBerkeley, Jefferson6 hr
Mar 1, 6:48 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBarbour, Braxton, Cabell, Calhoun, Clay, Doddridge and 19 more5 hr
Mar 1, 7:47 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBoone, Fayette, Lincoln, Logan, McDowell, Mingo and 3 more5 hr
Mar 1, 10:38 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBerkeley, Grant, Greenbrier, Hampshire, Hardy, Jefferson and 6 more4 hr
May 1, 5:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBerkeley, Grant, Hampshire, Hardy, Jefferson, Mineral and 2 more5 hr
May 19, 3:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBrooke, Calhoun, Doddridge, Gilmer, Hancock, Jackson and 12 more6 hr
May 27, 4:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBarbour, Boone, Braxton, Cabell, Calhoun, Clay and 26 more6 hr
Jun 18, 1:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBrooke, Hancock, Ohio8 hr
Jun 19, 12:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBerkeley, Jefferson8 hr
Jun 23, 2:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBarbour, Brooke, Calhoun, Doddridge, Gilmer, Harrison and 17 more8 hr
Jul 7, 1:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBarbour, Braxton, Brooke, Cabell, Calhoun, Doddridge and 24 more8 hr
Jul 14, 1:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBerkeley, Grant, Hampshire, Hardy, Jefferson, Mineral and 2 more7 hr
Jul 22, 3:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBarbour, Boone, Braxton, Cabell, Calhoun, Clay and 21 more6 hr
Aug 4, 1:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBrooke, Hancock, Marion, Marshall, Monongalia, Ohio and 2 more8 hr
Aug 12, 4:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBerkeley, Jefferson, Morgan7 hr
Aug 18, 2:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBerkeley, Jefferson9 hr
Aug 19, 2:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBrooke, Hancock, Marshall, Ohio6 hr
Aug 22, 12:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBarbour, Brooke, Cabell, Calhoun, Doddridge, Gilmer and 24 more8 hr
Sep 5, 3:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBerkeley, Jefferson5 hr
Nov 5, 5:28 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBrooke, Hancock, Marshall, Ohio, Wetzel5 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.

  1. March 1, 20173severe thunderstorm watches
  2. February 25, 20171severe thunderstorm watches
  3. May 1, 20171severe thunderstorm watches
  4. May 19, 20171severe thunderstorm watches
  5. May 27, 20171severe thunderstorm watches
  6. June 18, 20171severe thunderstorm watches
  7. June 19, 20171severe thunderstorm watches
  8. June 23, 20171severe thunderstorm watches
  9. July 7, 20171severe thunderstorm watches
  10. July 14, 20171severe thunderstorm watches
  11. July 22, 20171severe thunderstorm watches
  12. August 4, 20171severe thunderstorm watches

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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.