Tornado Watches in West Virginia
178 tornado watches since 1986. 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 watches reaches back to 1997.
Tornado Watches by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Watches
- 178
- Busiest year
- 200214 tornado watches
- Average year
- 6over 29 years on file
Over time
By year
Watches are counted from 1997, when the Storm Prediction Center archive begins.
By month of the year
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Mason County68
- Cabell County67
- Jackson County64
- Putnam County61
- Wood County60
- Roane County58
- Wayne County58
- Wirt County57
- Kanawha County56
- Lincoln County55
- Ritchie County55
- Calhoun County53
- Pleasants County53
- Logan County52
- Tyler County52
- Boone County50
- Braxton County50
- Jefferson County50
- Mingo County50
- Clay County49
- Gilmer County49
- Doddridge County48
- Marshall County48
- Wetzel County48
- Berkeley County46
- Ohio County46
- Brooke County45
- Harrison County45
- Hancock County44
- Marion County44
- Lewis County43
- Monongalia County42
- Morgan County41
- Nicholas County41
- Fayette County40
- Taylor County40
- Upshur County40
- Wyoming County40
- Barbour County39
- Preston County39
The latest tornado watches
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 18, 4:39 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Boone, Braxton, Cabell, Calhoun, Clay, Fayette and 17 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 26, 4:52 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Brooke, Hancock, Marshall, Ohio, Wetzel | 6 hr |
| Mar 16, 10:52 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Berkeley, Jefferson, Morgan | 8 hr |
| Mar 11, 1:45 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Berkeley, Grant, Hampshire, Hardy, Jefferson, Marion and 5 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 11, 10:35 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Barbour, Braxton, Brooke, Cabell, Calhoun, Clay and 23 more | 8 hr |
| Mar 7, 1:23 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Brooke, Doddridge, Hancock, Harrison, Marion, Marshall and 10 more | 5 hr |
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.