Alert archive / West Virginia / Tornado Watches
Tornado Watches in West Virginia, 2008
14 tornado watches in 2008. 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 2008. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Watches
- 14
- Busiest month
- June8 tornado watches
- Busiest day
- June 4, 20087 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 8, 6:48 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Grant, Greenbrier, Hardy, Mercer, Monroe, Pendleton and 1 more | 9 hr |
| May 11, 9:52 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Boone, Braxton, Cabell, Calhoun, Clay, Fayette and 16 more | 6 hr |
| May 31, 4:10 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Brooke, Hancock, Marion, Marshall, Monongalia, Ohio and 4 more | 6 hr |
| May 31, 10:20 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Barbour, Berkeley, Braxton, Cabell, Calhoun, Clay and 31 more | 7 hr |
| May 31, 10:25 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Barbour, Berkeley, Braxton, Cabell, Calhoun, Clay and 35 more | 7 hr |
| May 31, 3:07 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Grant, Hardy, Pendleton | 6 hr |
| Jun 3, 3:33 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Cabell, Mason, Wayne | 3 hr |
| Jun 3, 8:42 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Cabell, Jackson, Mason, Pleasants, Putnam, Ritchie and 3 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 4, 2:26 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Boone, Braxton, Calhoun, Clay, Fayette, Gilmer and 13 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 4, 3:00 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Barbour, Cabell, Doddridge, Harrison, Jackson, Mason and 7 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 4, 9:18 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Barbour, Boone, Braxton, Cabell, Calhoun, Clay and 35 more | 7 hr |
| Jun 4, 12:49 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Berkeley, Grant, Hampshire, Hardy, Jefferson, Mineral and 2 more | 7 hr |
| Jun 4, 3:26 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Boone, Braxton, Cabell, Calhoun, Clay, Fayette and 17 more | 4 hr |
| Jun 4, 7:34 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Barbour, Boone, Braxton, Cabell, Calhoun, Clay and 25 more | 5 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Cabell County9
- Mason County9
- Jackson County8
- Putnam County8
- Pendleton County7
- Braxton County7
- Calhoun County7
- Clay County7
- Gilmer County7
- Kanawha County7
- Lewis County7
- Roane County7
- Wirt County7
- Nicholas County6
- Wayne County6
- Pleasants County6
- Tyler County6
- Randolph County6
- Ritchie County6
- Upshur County6
- Webster County6
- Wood County6
- Grant County5
- Greenbrier County5
- Hardy County5
- Boone County5
- Fayette County5
- Lincoln County5
- Raleigh County5
- Barbour County5
- Doddridge County5
- Harrison County5
- Taylor County5
- Pocahontas County5
- Logan County4
- Marion County4
- Monongalia County4
- Preston County4
- Wetzel County4
- Monroe County3
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
Nearby
Alerts in force nowTornadoes on recordThe radar archive20072009
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.