Alert archive / West Virginia / Special Weather Statements / 2020
Special Weather Statements in West Virginia, May 2020
53 special weather statements in May 2020. 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 2020. Tap one for its archive.
- Special Weather Statements
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- Busiest day
- May 29, 202011 special weather statements
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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 3, 6:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Jackson | 95 min |
| May 3, 7:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Wayne | 32 min |
| May 3, 7:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Gilmer | 93 min |
| May 3, 9:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Mercer, Summers | 31 min |
| May 3, 10:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Mercer, Monroe | 29 min |
| May 3, 10:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Mercer, Monroe | 36 min |
| May 5, 6:41 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Logan, McDowell, Mingo, Wyoming | 109 min |
| May 5, 7:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Mercer | 36 min |
| May 10, 6:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Mason | 32 min |
| May 10, 7:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Cabell, Lincoln, Putnam, Wayne | 31 min |
| May 10, 7:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Calhoun, Jackson, Pleasants, Ritchie, Roane, Tyler and 2 more | 34 min |
| May 10, 7:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Brooke, Hancock, Marion, Marshall, Monongalia, Ohio and 1 more | 47 min |
| May 10, 7:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Braxton, Clay, Kanawha | 33 min |
| May 10, 7:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Calhoun, Doddridge, Gilmer, Harrison, Lewis | 33 min |
| May 10, 8:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Monongalia, Preston, Tucker | 56 min |
| May 10, 8:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Boone, Logan, Mingo | 25 min |
| May 10, 8:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Barbour, Braxton, Clay, Gilmer, Harrison, Lewis and 4 more | 36 min |
| May 10, 8:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Barbour, Braxton, Clay, Gilmer, Harrison, Lewis and 4 more | 35 min |
| May 10, 8:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Fayette, McDowell, Raleigh, Wyoming | 27 min |
| May 10, 9:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Barbour, Nicholas, Pocahontas, Randolph, Taylor, Upshur and 1 more | 27 min |
| May 10, 9:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Tucker | 40 min |
| May 10, 9:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Pocahontas, Randolph | 26 min |
| May 10, 10:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Braxton, Gilmer, Lewis, Upshur | 22 min |
| May 14, 8:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Marion, Monongalia, Wetzel | 48 min |
| May 16, 5:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Greenbrier | 24 min |
| May 16, 6:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Nicholas | 28 min |
| May 20, 1:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Kanawha | 54 min |
| May 22, 7:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Marshall | 24 min |
| May 24, 12:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Nicholas | 23 min |
| May 24, 12:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Kanawha | 29 min |
| May 24, 6:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Mercer | 30 min |
| May 24, 7:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Mingo | 55 min |
| May 24, 7:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Mercer | 37 min |
| May 25, 5:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Webster | 62 min |
| May 25, 5:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | McDowell | 58 min |
| May 28, 2:38 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | McDowell, Wyoming | 112 min |
| May 28, 3:18 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Kanawha | 3 hr |
| May 28, 4:53 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Roane | 112 min |
| May 28, 5:14 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Pleasants, Ritchie, Wirt, Wood | 2 hr |
| May 28, 3:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Monroe | 31 min |
| May 28, 7:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Logan | 25 min |
| May 28, 7:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Lincoln | 27 min |
| May 28, 8:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Boone | 29 min |
| May 28, 8:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Boone, Kanawha | 26 min |
| May 29, 1:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | McDowell | 29 min |
| May 29, 2:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Marion, Monongalia | 34 min |
| May 29, 2:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Wyoming | 23 min |
| May 29, 3:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Putnam | 42 min |
| May 29, 3:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Raleigh | 24 min |
| May 29, 4:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Lincoln | 23 min |
| May 29, 4:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Kanawha | 33 min |
| May 29, 5:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Ritchie | 25 min |
| May 29, 5:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Braxton | 26 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Mercer County6
- Kanawha County6
- Gilmer County5
- McDowell County5
- Braxton County5
- Nicholas County5
- Wyoming County4
- Monongalia County4
- Lewis County4
- Upshur County4
- Webster County4
- Monroe County3
- Logan County3
- Mingo County3
- Lincoln County3
- Ritchie County3
- Marion County3
- Clay County3
- Harrison County3
- Boone County3
- Barbour County3
- Taylor County3
- Jackson County2
- Wayne County2
- Putnam County2
- Calhoun County2
- Pleasants County2
- Roane County2
- Wirt County2
- Wood County2
- Marshall County2
- Wetzel County2
- Tucker County2
- Raleigh County2
- Pocahontas County2
- Randolph County2
- Summers County1
- Mason County1
- Cabell County1
- Tyler County1
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Sources
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