Alert archive / West Virginia / Tornado Warnings
Tornado Warnings in West Virginia, 2016
19 tornado warnings in 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 tornado warnings reaches back to 1986.
Tornado Warnings by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2016. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Warnings
- 19
- Busiest month
- June6 tornado warnings
- Busiest day
- July 4, 20165 tornado warnings
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1, 7:25 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RLX | Raleigh, Wyoming | 35 min |
| Jun 16, 3:38 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Berkeley, Morgan | 52 min |
| Jun 16, 4:11 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Berkeley, Morgan | 34 min |
| Jun 16, 4:47 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PBZ | Monongalia, Preston | 28 min |
| Jun 21, 1:49 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RLX | Cabell, Kanawha, Lincoln, Mason, Putnam | 26 min |
| Jun 21, 2:58 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RLX | Nicholas, Pocahontas, Webster | 32 min |
| Jun 21, 3:04 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Greenbrier | 26 min |
| Jul 4, 4:16 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RLX | Lincoln, Putnam, Wayne | 29 min |
| Jul 4, 4:40 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RLX | Boone, Kanawha, Lincoln | 35 min |
| Jul 4, 5:09 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RLX | Kanawha | 18 min |
| Jul 4, 6:50 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RLX | Doddridge, Gilmer, Lewis, Ritchie | 25 min |
| Jul 4, 7:11 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RLX | Doddridge, Harrison, Lewis | 34 min |
| Jul 24, 6:42 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PBZ | Monongalia, Wetzel | 18 min |
| Aug 14, 1:56 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PBZ | Brooke, Ohio | 20 min |
| Aug 17, 1:13 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RLX | Cabell, Jackson, Kanawha, Putnam | 32 min |
| Aug 28, 8:06 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PBZ | Marshall | 24 min |
| Sep 29, 2:16 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PBZ | Wetzel | 29 min |
| Sep 29, 2:50 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PBZ | Marshall, Wetzel | 25 min |
| Sep 29, 3:31 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PBZ | Brooke, Marshall, Ohio | 29 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Kanawha County4
- Lincoln County3
- Putnam County3
- Wetzel County3
- Marshall County3
- Berkeley County2
- Morgan County2
- Monongalia County2
- Cabell County2
- Doddridge County2
- Lewis County2
- Brooke County2
- Ohio County2
- Raleigh County1
- Wyoming County1
- Preston County1
- Mason County1
- Nicholas County1
- Pocahontas County1
- Webster County1
- Greenbrier County1
- Wayne County1
- Boone County1
- Gilmer County1
- Ritchie County1
- Harrison County1
- Jackson 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. Rebuilt daily.