Alert archive / West Virginia / Tornado Watches
Tornado Watches in West Virginia, 2002
14 tornado watches in 2002. 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 in 2002. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Watches
- 14
- Busiest month
- April5 tornado watches
- Busiest day
- April 28, 20025 tornado watches
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 28, 11:45 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Brooke, Hancock, Jackson, Mason, Ohio, Pleasants and 2 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 28, 12:30 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Cabell, Kanawha, Lincoln, Putnam, Wayne | 5 hr |
| Apr 28, 1:30 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Barbour, Boone, Braxton, Calhoun, Clay, Doddridge and 32 more | 4 hr |
| Apr 28, 2:30 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Marshall | 6 hr |
| Apr 28, 3:30 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Berkeley, Hampshire, Hardy, Jefferson, Morgan, Pendleton | 6 hr |
| May 1, 9:00 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | McDowell | 4 hr |
| May 2, 9:45 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Boone, Braxton, Cabell, Clay, Fayette, Kanawha and 10 more | 4 hr |
| May 2, 2:30 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Berkeley, Grant, Hampshire, Hardy, Jefferson, Mineral and 4 more | 7 hr |
| May 9, 11:15 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Barbour, Boone, Braxton, Brooke, Cabell, Calhoun and 35 more | 5 hr |
| May 13, 1:30 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Jefferson | 6 hr |
| Nov 10, 5:50 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Barbour, Boone, Braxton, Cabell, Calhoun, Clay and 25 more | 5 hr |
| Nov 10, 6:45 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Brooke, Hancock, Marshall, Ohio | 5 hr |
| Nov 10, 10:45 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Barbour, Boone, Braxton, Cabell, Calhoun, Clay and 32 more | 5 hr |
| Nov 11, 1:10 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Greenbrier, Monroe | 6 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Putnam County6
- Kanawha County6
- Lincoln County6
- McDowell County6
- Mason County5
- Cabell County5
- Wayne County5
- Boone County5
- Braxton County5
- Clay County5
- Fayette County5
- Logan County5
- Mingo County5
- Raleigh County5
- Roane County5
- Wyoming County5
- Jackson County4
- Pleasants County4
- Wood County4
- Barbour County4
- Calhoun County4
- Doddridge County4
- Gilmer County4
- Harrison County4
- Lewis County4
- Nicholas County4
- Ritchie County4
- Taylor County4
- Upshur County4
- Webster County4
- Wirt County4
- Brooke County3
- Hancock County3
- Ohio County3
- Marion County3
- Mercer County3
- Randolph County3
- Summers County3
- Tucker County3
- Tyler County3
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. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.