Alert archive / West Virginia / Tornado Watches
Tornado Watches in West Virginia, 2009
5 tornado watches in 2009. 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 2009. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Watches
- 5
- Busiest month
- May2 tornado watches
- Busiest day
- February 11, 20091 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 11, 1:59 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Boone, Braxton, Brooke, Cabell, Calhoun, Clay and 25 more | 7 hr |
| May 8, 6:32 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Logan, McDowell, Mercer, Mingo, Wyoming | 7 hr |
| May 8, 10:01 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Monroe, Summers | 4 hr |
| Jun 17, 3:48 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Barbour, Braxton, Brooke, Calhoun, Clay, Doddridge and 26 more | 6 hr |
| Oct 9, 3:17 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Cabell, Lincoln, Logan, Mingo, Wayne | 4 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Logan County3
- Mingo County3
- Braxton County2
- Brooke County2
- Cabell County2
- Calhoun County2
- Clay County2
- Doddridge County2
- Fayette County2
- Gilmer County2
- Hancock County2
- Jackson County2
- Lincoln County2
- McDowell County2
- Marshall County2
- Mason County2
- Nicholas County2
- Ohio County2
- Pleasants County2
- Ritchie County2
- Roane County2
- Tyler County2
- Wayne County2
- Wetzel County2
- Wirt County2
- Wood County2
- Wyoming County2
- Boone County1
- Kanawha County1
- Putnam County1
- Raleigh County1
- Mercer County1
- Monroe County1
- Summers County1
- Barbour County1
- Harrison County1
- Lewis County1
- Marion County1
- Monongalia County1
- Pocahontas County1
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
Nearby
Alerts in force nowTornadoes on recordThe radar archive20082010
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.