Alert archive / West Virginia / Tornado Watches
Tornado Watches in West Virginia, 2019
8 tornado watches in 2019. 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 2019. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Watches
- 8
- Busiest month
- April4 tornado watches
- Busiest day
- April 14, 20193 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 14, 2:33 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Boone, Cabell, Jackson, Kanawha, Lincoln, Logan and 7 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 14, 6:08 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Berkeley, Grant, Hampshire, Hardy, Jefferson, Mineral and 2 more | 9 hr |
| Apr 14, 6:46 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Brooke, Hancock, Marion, Marshall, Monongalia, Ohio and 3 more | 8 hr |
| Apr 19, 12:48 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Berkeley, Hampshire, Hardy, Jefferson, Morgan, Pendleton | 9 hr |
| May 28, 12:08 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Calhoun, Jackson, Pleasants, Ritchie, Roane, Tyler and 2 more | 4 hr |
| May 28, 1:48 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Brooke, Hancock | 8 hr |
| Oct 31, 12:45 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Barbour, Boone, Braxton, Calhoun, Clay, Doddridge and 25 more | 4 hr |
| Oct 31, 2:56 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Berkeley, Grant, Hampshire, Hardy, Jefferson, Marion and 6 more | 10 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Roane County3
- Wirt County3
- Berkeley County3
- Hampshire County3
- Hardy County3
- Jefferson County3
- Morgan County3
- Pendleton County3
- Boone County2
- Jackson County2
- Kanawha County2
- Lincoln County2
- Logan County2
- Mingo County2
- Wood County2
- Grant County2
- Mineral County2
- Brooke County2
- Hancock County2
- Marion County2
- Monongalia County2
- Preston County2
- Tucker County2
- Calhoun County2
- Ritchie County2
- Tyler County2
- Cabell County1
- Mason County1
- Putnam County1
- Wayne County1
- Marshall County1
- Ohio County1
- Wetzel County1
- Pleasants County1
- Barbour County1
- Braxton County1
- Clay County1
- Doddridge County1
- Fayette County1
- Gilmer County1
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.