Alert archive / West Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Watches
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in West Virginia, 2018
15 severe thunderstorm watches in 2018. 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 2018. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Watches
- 15
- Busiest month
- May6 severe thunderstorm watches
- Busiest day
- March 17, 20181 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 17, 4:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | McDowell, Mingo | 7 hr |
| Apr 3, 7:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Braxton, Brooke, Cabell, Calhoun, Clay, Doddridge and 22 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 3, 9:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Boone, Logan, Mingo | 5 hr |
| May 4, 2:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Brooke, Hancock, Marshall, Ohio | 6 hr |
| May 10, 1:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Berkeley, Jefferson, Morgan | 8 hr |
| May 12, 2:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barbour, Berkeley, Brooke, Doddridge, Grant, Hampshire and 18 more | 8 hr |
| May 13, 4:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barbour, Berkeley, Brooke, Doddridge, Grant, Hampshire and 15 more | 7 hr |
| May 14, 12:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barbour, Berkeley, Braxton, Brooke, Calhoun, Doddridge and 27 more | 9 hr |
| May 22, 1:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Brooke, Hancock, Ohio | 7 hr |
| Jun 13, 6:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Brooke, Hancock, Marshall, Ohio | 4 hr |
| Jul 20, 4:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Logan, Mingo, Wayne | 6 hr |
| Jul 27, 1:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Berkeley, Grant, Hampshire, Hardy, Jefferson, Mineral and 2 more | 7 hr |
| Aug 21, 2:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Berkeley, Grant, Hampshire, Hardy, Jefferson, Mineral and 4 more | 7 hr |
| Sep 21, 4:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Brooke, Hancock, Ohio | 4 hr |
| Oct 2, 3:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Marion, Marshall, Monongalia, Ohio, Pleasants, Tyler and 1 more | 6 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Ohio County9
- Brooke County8
- Marshall County7
- Hancock County6
- Berkeley County6
- Jefferson County6
- Morgan County6
- Marion County5
- Monongalia County5
- Pleasants County5
- Tyler County5
- Wetzel County5
- Grant County5
- Hampshire County5
- Hardy County5
- Mineral County5
- Doddridge County4
- Harrison County4
- Taylor County4
- Preston County4
- Tucker County4
- Mingo County3
- Ritchie County3
- Wood County3
- Barbour County3
- Pendleton County3
- Braxton County2
- Calhoun County2
- Gilmer County2
- Lewis County2
- Wayne County2
- Wirt County2
- Logan County2
- McDowell County1
- Cabell County1
- Clay County1
- Jackson County1
- Kanawha County1
- Lincoln County1
- Mason County1
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.