Alert archive / West Virginia / Tornado Warnings

Tornado Warnings in West Virginia, 2017

22 tornado warnings in 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 tornado warnings reaches back to 1986.

Tornado Warnings by county

Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2017. Tap one for its archive.

Tornado Warnings
22
Busiest month
March6 tornado warnings
Busiest day
March 1, 20176 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 1, 8:58 AM ESTTornado WarningRLXJackson, Mason, Wood32 min
Mar 1, 9:28 AM ESTTornado WarningRLXCalhoun, Jackson, Ritchie, Wirt, Wood32 min
Mar 1, 9:33 AM ESTTornado WarningRLXCalhoun, Jackson, Mason, Putnam, Roane27 min
Mar 1, 9:36 AM ESTTornado WarningPBZMarshall, Wetzel9 min
Mar 1, 9:44 AM ESTTornado WarningPBZMarshall, Wetzel31 min
Mar 1, 9:55 AM ESTTornado WarningRLXBraxton, Calhoun, Gilmer, Jackson, Roane35 min
Apr 30, 4:33 PM EDTTornado WarningLWXHampshire27 min
May 30, 5:57 PM EDTTornado WarningLWXJefferson19 min
Jun 23, 6:20 PM EDTTornado WarningRLXJackson, Mason25 min
Jun 23, 6:27 PM EDTTornado WarningRLXWirt, Wood33 min
Jun 23, 6:44 PM EDTTornado WarningRLXJackson, Wood16 min
Jun 23, 7:20 PM EDTTornado WarningPBZMarion, Monongalia, Preston40 min
Jun 23, 7:32 PM EDTTornado WarningRLXDoddridge, Harrison, Ritchie28 min
Jun 23, 8:05 PM EDTTornado WarningRLXJackson10 min
Jul 10, 6:29 PM EDTTornado WarningRLXJackson, Wood31 min
Jul 10, 6:32 PM EDTTornado WarningRLXDoddridge, Harrison, Tyler28 min
Jul 10, 6:59 PM EDTTornado WarningRLXRitchie, Wirt, Wood31 min
Jul 10, 7:39 PM EDTTornado WarningRLXJackson, Mason36 min
Jul 22, 5:34 PM EDTTornado WarningRLXRitchie26 min
Aug 22, 4:16 PM EDTTornado WarningPBZMonongalia29 min
Aug 22, 4:43 PM EDTTornado WarningPBZMonongalia32 min
Sep 5, 3:06 PM EDTTornado WarningLWXBerkeley24 min

By county

Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.

The busiest days

Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.

  1. March 1, 20176tornado warnings
  2. June 23, 20175tornado warnings
  3. July 10, 20174tornado warnings
  4. August 22, 20172tornado warnings
  5. April 30, 20171tornado warnings
  6. May 30, 20171tornado warnings
  7. June 24, 20171tornado warnings
  8. July 22, 20171tornado warnings
  9. September 5, 20171tornado warnings

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.