Alert archive / West Virginia / Special Weather Statements / 2017
Special Weather Statements in West Virginia, May 2017
81 special weather statements in May 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 special weather statements reaches back to 2006.
Special Weather Statements by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in May 2017. Tap one for its archive.
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- May 20, 201722 special weather statements
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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, 1:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Lincoln, Putnam | 30 min |
| May 1, 1:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Calhoun, Kanawha, Roane | 36 min |
| May 1, 1:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Ritchie, Tyler | 30 min |
| May 1, 2:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Doddridge, Harrison | 33 min |
| May 1, 3:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Preston | 48 min |
| May 1, 3:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Greenbrier, Mercer, Summers | 59 min |
| May 1, 4:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Barbour, Randolph, Upshur, Webster | 31 min |
| May 1, 4:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Preston, Tucker | 77 min |
| May 1, 4:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Barbour, Randolph, Taylor | 30 min |
| May 1, 4:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Greenbrier | 57 min |
| May 4, 9:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Greenbrier | 87 min |
| May 5, 3:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Clay | 36 min |
| May 5, 4:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Fayette | 42 min |
| May 5, 4:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Barbour, Taylor | 37 min |
| May 5, 6:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Barbour | 42 min |
| May 5, 6:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Preston | 40 min |
| May 5, 6:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Mercer, Summers | 53 min |
| May 10, 2:00 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Monroe | 60 min |
| May 11, 4:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Mingo | 32 min |
| May 11, 5:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Kanawha | 32 min |
| May 11, 5:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Mercer | 49 min |
| May 11, 5:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | McDowell | 23 min |
| May 12, 3:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Boone, Clay, Fayette, Kanawha, Lincoln, Nicholas and 1 more | 4 hr |
| May 12, 3:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Boone, Clay, Fayette, Kanawha, Lincoln, Nicholas and 1 more | 4 hr |
| May 13, 11:24 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Boone | 4 hr |
| May 18, 3:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Brooke | 28 min |
| May 18, 3:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Hancock | 34 min |
| May 18, 5:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | McDowell | 33 min |
| May 19, 7:53 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Logan, Mingo | 37 min |
| May 19, 8:33 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Logan, Mingo | 42 min |
| May 19, 10:32 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Logan, Mingo, Wyoming | 118 min |
| May 19, 4:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Ohio | 27 min |
| May 19, 7:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Cabell, Mason | 32 min |
| May 19, 8:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Cabell, Lincoln, Mason, Putnam, Roane | 53 min |
| May 19, 9:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Kanawha | 55 min |
| May 19, 9:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Boone, Lincoln | 61 min |
| May 19, 9:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Clay, Fayette, Nicholas | 67 min |
| May 19, 10:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Greenbrier | 54 min |
| May 19, 11:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Mingo | 65 min |
| May 20, 1:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Greenbrier | 54 min |
| May 20, 2:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Pocahontas | 39 min |
| May 20, 2:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Greenbrier | 63 min |
| May 20, 3:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Mercer | 43 min |
| May 20, 4:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Mercer | 56 min |
| May 20, 5:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Cabell | 30 min |
| May 20, 5:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | McDowell, Wyoming | 34 min |
| May 20, 5:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Monroe | 37 min |
| May 20, 6:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Greenbrier | 24 min |
| May 20, 6:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Nicholas | 36 min |
| May 20, 6:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Boone, Fayette, Nicholas | 32 min |
| May 20, 7:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Fayette | 31 min |
| May 20, 7:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Lincoln | 28 min |
| May 20, 7:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Pocahontas | 45 min |
| May 20, 7:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Randolph | 44 min |
| May 20, 7:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Braxton | 46 min |
| May 24, 1:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Logan | 23 min |
| May 24, 1:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Logan | 32 min |
| May 24, 2:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Logan | 30 min |
| May 24, 2:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Boone | 30 min |
| May 27, 1:23 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Pleasants | 22 min |
| May 27, 3:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Doddridge | 44 min |
| May 27, 4:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Lewis, Upshur | 24 min |
| May 27, 4:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Wood | 36 min |
| May 27, 6:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Wayne | 94 min |
| May 27, 6:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Roane | 32 min |
| May 27, 6:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Jackson | 24 min |
| May 27, 7:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Clay | 30 min |
| May 27, 7:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Doddridge, Pleasants | 87 min |
| May 27, 7:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Greenbrier | 54 min |
| May 27, 8:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Jackson | 27 min |
| May 27, 8:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Wirt | 29 min |
| May 27, 9:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Ritchie | 24 min |
| May 28, 2:27 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Lewis | 33 min |
| May 28, 2:31 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Upshur | 44 min |
| May 28, 3:15 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Barbour, Doddridge, Harrison, Upshur | 45 min |
| May 31, 10:48 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Wayne | 42 min |
| May 31, 11:34 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Kanawha | 41 min |
| May 31, 11:59 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Kanawha | 31 min |
| May 31, 12:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Greenbrier | 60 min |
| May 31, 4:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Mingo | 34 min |
| May 31, 6:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Mercer | 41 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Greenbrier County9
- Kanawha County7
- Lincoln County6
- Mercer County6
- Fayette County6
- Mingo County6
- Boone County6
- Logan County6
- Barbour County5
- Clay County5
- Nicholas County5
- Doddridge County4
- Upshur County4
- Wayne County4
- Roane County3
- Preston County3
- Randolph County3
- McDowell County3
- Cabell County3
- Putnam County2
- Ritchie County2
- Harrison County2
- Summers County2
- Taylor County2
- Monroe County2
- Wyoming County2
- Mason County2
- Pocahontas County2
- Pleasants County2
- Lewis County2
- Jackson County2
- Calhoun County1
- Tyler County1
- Webster County1
- Tucker County1
- Brooke County1
- Hancock County1
- Ohio County1
- Braxton County1
- Wood County1
1 more counties
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