Alert archive / West Virginia / Tornado Watches
Tornado Watches in West Virginia, 2026
6 tornado watches in 2026. 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 2026. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Watches
- 6
- Busiest month
- March5 tornado watches
- Busiest day
- March 11, 20262 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 7, 1:23 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Brooke, Doddridge, Hancock, Harrison, Marion, Marshall and 10 more | 5 hr |
| Mar 11, 10:35 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Barbour, Braxton, Brooke, Cabell, Calhoun, Clay and 23 more | 8 hr |
| Mar 11, 1:45 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Berkeley, Grant, Hampshire, Hardy, Jefferson, Marion and 5 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 16, 10:52 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Berkeley, Jefferson, Morgan | 8 hr |
| Mar 26, 4:52 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Brooke, Hancock, Marshall, Ohio, Wetzel | 6 hr |
| Jun 18, 4:39 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Boone, Braxton, Cabell, Calhoun, Clay, Fayette and 17 more | 6 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Brooke County3
- Hancock County3
- Marshall County3
- Ohio County3
- Ritchie County3
- Wetzel County3
- Wirt County3
- Wood County3
- Doddridge County2
- Harrison County2
- Marion County2
- Monongalia County2
- Pleasants County2
- Preston County2
- Taylor County2
- Tyler County2
- Braxton County2
- Cabell County2
- Calhoun County2
- Clay County2
- Gilmer County2
- Jackson County2
- Kanawha County2
- Lincoln County2
- Mason County2
- Putnam County2
- Roane County2
- Wayne County2
- Berkeley County2
- Jefferson County2
- Morgan County2
- Barbour County1
- Lewis County1
- Randolph County1
- Upshur County1
- Grant County1
- Hampshire County1
- Hardy County1
- Mineral County1
- Tucker County1
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
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.