Alert archive / West Virginia / Special Weather Statements / 2016
Special Weather Statements in West Virginia, May 2016
71 special weather statements in May 2016. 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 special weather statements reaches back to 2006.
Special Weather Statements by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in May 2016. Tap one for its archive.
- Special Weather Statements
- 71
- Busiest day
- May 2, 201619 special weather statements
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 1, 6:15 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Greenbrier | 60 min |
| May 1, 7:49 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Mercer | 41 min |
| May 1, 8:48 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Monroe | 27 min |
| May 1, 4:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Brooke | 28 min |
| May 1, 5:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Wetzel | 27 min |
| May 1, 6:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Lewis | 48 min |
| May 1, 8:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Monroe | 28 min |
| May 1, 8:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Marion, Monongalia | 30 min |
| May 1, 8:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Mercer | 34 min |
| May 1, 9:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Monongalia | 49 min |
| May 2, 2:58 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Gilmer, Ritchie, Wirt | 62 min |
| May 2, 3:47 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Hancock | 28 min |
| May 2, 6:04 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Pocahontas | 26 min |
| May 2, 2:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | McDowell | 43 min |
| May 2, 2:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Raleigh, Wyoming | 40 min |
| May 2, 2:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Raleigh | 49 min |
| May 2, 3:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | McDowell | 42 min |
| May 2, 4:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Cabell, Kanawha, Lincoln, Putnam, Wayne | 4 hr |
| May 2, 4:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Mercer | 27 min |
| May 2, 4:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Nicholas | 28 min |
| May 2, 4:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Braxton, Calhoun, Clay, Fayette, Nicholas, Roane and 1 more | 4 hr |
| May 2, 5:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Monroe | 37 min |
| May 2, 5:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Greenbrier | 35 min |
| May 2, 5:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Pocahontas | 39 min |
| May 2, 5:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Greenbrier, Monroe | 28 min |
| May 4, 1:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Cabell, Calhoun, Jackson, Kanawha, Lincoln, Mason and 4 more | 55 min |
| May 4, 1:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Cabell, Calhoun, Jackson, Kanawha, Lincoln, Mason and 4 more | 53 min |
| May 4, 3:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Doddridge, Tyler | 26 min |
| May 4, 3:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Jackson, Mason, Wirt, Wood | 20 min |
| May 5, 4:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Marion | 24 min |
| May 6, 9:59 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Barbour | 2 hr |
| May 6, 1:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Barbour | 3 hr |
| May 10, 5:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Ohio | 31 min |
| May 10, 6:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Ohio | 41 min |
| May 10, 6:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Preston | 42 min |
| May 10, 6:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Mason | 36 min |
| May 10, 8:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Cabell, Wayne | 73 min |
| May 10, 10:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Mingo | 24 min |
| May 10, 10:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | McDowell, Wyoming | 36 min |
| May 10, 11:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Mercer, Monroe, Summers | 57 min |
| May 10, 11:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | McDowell, Wyoming | 40 min |
| May 11, 12:27 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Greenbrier, Monroe | 33 min |
| May 11, 4:05 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Boone, Lincoln, Logan, Mingo | 115 min |
| May 11, 4:59 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Mercer | 61 min |
| May 11, 3:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Boone, Logan, Mingo, Raleigh, Wayne, Wyoming | 57 min |
| May 11, 4:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Mercer | 59 min |
| May 11, 4:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Tyler | 22 min |
| May 11, 5:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Mingo | 31 min |
| May 11, 5:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Barbour | 20 min |
| May 12, 2:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | McDowell, Wyoming | 52 min |
| May 12, 5:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Monroe | 58 min |
| May 12, 6:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Mercer | 63 min |
| May 12, 6:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Wayne | 38 min |
| May 12, 7:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Kanawha | 60 min |
| May 12, 7:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Mercer | 57 min |
| May 12, 8:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Wayne | 31 min |
| May 12, 8:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Monroe, Summers | 60 min |
| May 12, 9:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Clay | 60 min |
| May 21, 4:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Barbour, Gilmer, Lewis, Upshur | 51 min |
| May 21, 4:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Braxton, Randolph | 32 min |
| May 22, 2:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Pleasants | 32 min |
| May 22, 2:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Calhoun | 34 min |
| May 23, 7:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Braxton | 46 min |
| May 27, 5:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Fayette | 34 min |
| May 27, 6:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Kanawha | 62 min |
| May 27, 7:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Lincoln | 35 min |
| May 27, 7:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Clay | 36 min |
| May 29, 1:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Cabell, Mason | 21 min |
| May 29, 2:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Wayne | 19 min |
| May 29, 4:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Jackson | 34 min |
| May 29, 5:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Jackson | 14 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Mercer County8
- Monroe County8
- Wayne County6
- McDowell County5
- Wyoming County5
- Cabell County5
- Kanawha County5
- Lincoln County5
- Jackson County5
- Mason County5
- Greenbrier County4
- Wirt County4
- Calhoun County4
- Barbour County4
- Mingo County4
- Raleigh County3
- Putnam County3
- Braxton County3
- Clay County3
- Roane County3
- Wood County3
- Lewis County2
- Marion County2
- Monongalia County2
- Gilmer County2
- Pocahontas County2
- Nicholas County2
- Fayette County2
- Tyler County2
- Ohio County2
- Summers County2
- Boone County2
- Logan County2
- Brooke County1
- Wetzel County1
- Ritchie County1
- Hancock County1
- Webster County1
- Doddridge County1
- Preston County1
3 more counties
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Sources
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