Alert archive / West Virginia / Tornado Warnings / 2026
Tornado Warnings in West Virginia, July 2026
23 tornado warnings in July 2026. 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 July 2026. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Warnings
- 23
- Busiest day
- July 21, 202616 tornado warnings
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 21, 1:30 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RLX | Calhoun, Gilmer, Ritchie | 30 min |
| Jul 21, 3:53 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RLX | Tyler | 37 min |
| Jul 21, 4:06 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PBZ | Monongalia | 24 min |
| Jul 21, 4:17 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RLX | Doddridge, Tyler | 17 min |
| Jul 21, 4:34 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PBZ | Monongalia, Preston | 26 min |
| Jul 21, 4:37 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RLX | Doddridge, Pleasants, Ritchie, Tyler | 27 min |
| Jul 21, 5:35 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RLX | Barbour, Taylor | 25 min |
| Jul 21, 6:19 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Hampshire | 26 min |
| Jul 21, 6:22 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RLX | Cabell, Wayne | 23 min |
| Jul 21, 6:38 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Hampshire | 37 min |
| Jul 21, 6:56 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Pendleton | 34 min |
| Jul 21, 7:03 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Hampshire, Hardy | 10 min |
| Jul 21, 7:05 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Grant, Hardy | 25 min |
| Jul 21, 7:24 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Pendleton | 21 min |
| Jul 21, 7:32 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Hardy | 28 min |
| Jul 21, 7:42 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Hardy, Pendleton | 33 min |
| Jul 21, 8:16 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RLX | Boone, Fayette, Kanawha, Raleigh | 29 min |
| Jul 21, 8:59 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RLX | Fayette | 26 min |
| Jul 21, 9:17 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Greenbrier | 28 min |
| Jul 21, 9:48 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Greenbrier | 27 min |
| Jul 21, 10:06 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Greenbrier | 24 min |
| Jul 28, 7:25 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | RLX | Lincoln, Logan, Mingo, Wayne | 50 min |
| Jul 28, 2:32 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Greenbrier, Monroe, Summers | 28 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Hardy County4
- Greenbrier County4
- Tyler County3
- Hampshire County3
- Pendleton County3
- Ritchie County2
- Monongalia County2
- Doddridge County2
- Wayne County2
- Fayette County2
- Calhoun County1
- Gilmer County1
- Preston County1
- Pleasants County1
- Barbour County1
- Taylor County1
- Cabell County1
- Grant County1
- Boone County1
- Kanawha County1
- Raleigh County1
- Lincoln County1
- Logan County1
- Mingo County1
- Monroe County1
- Summers County1
Nearby
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. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.