Alert archive / West Virginia / Webster County
Weather alerts in Webster County, West Virginia, 2026
184 weather alerts in 2026, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.
Webster County and its neighbors
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2026. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 184
- Warnings
- 71
- Watches
- 32
- Advisories
- 25
- Busiest month
- August31 alerts
- Busiest day
- June 11, 20269 alerts
Over time
By month
Warning verification
How often warnings here had a storm report inside them, and how much warning the reports had.
Webster County, 2026
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado warnings | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Severe thunderstorm warnings | 36 | 29 | 19% | 11 | 100% | 22 min |
| Flash flood warnings | 10 | 4 | 60% | 0 |
Each office's whole area, 2026
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NWS Charleston, WV: tornado warnings | 39 | 2 | 95% | 9 | 33% | 5 min |
| NWS Charleston, WV: severe thunderstorm warnings | 432 | 322 | 25% | 1,175 | 80% | 22 min |
| NWS Charleston, WV: flash flood warnings | 260 | 169 | 35% | 759 | 88% | 121 min |
An office's figures cover every county it serves, including across state lines.
The year is still running; reports filed late and damage surveys can still change these figures.
Verified by the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow, which matches each storm-based warning with the local storm reports inside its polygon while it was in force, within 15 km of its edge: a tornado warning counts as verified on a tornado report, a severe thunderstorm warning on hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more, or wind damage, a flash flood warning on a flash flood report. The false alarm ratio is the share of warnings with no such report; "inside a warning" is the probability of detection, the share of reports that fell inside one; lead time runs from the warning's issue to each report inside it, counting zero for a report that came first. A warning with no report is not proof nothing happened: reports come from spotters, the public and damage surveys, and are thin where few people live.
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 | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 1, 11:48 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | RLX | 23 hr |
| Jan 10, 12:43 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | RLX | 33 hr |
| Jan 11, 9:59 AM EST | Snow Squall Warning | RLX | 31 min |
| Jan 13, 6:19 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | RLX | 47 hr |
| Jan 14, 12:11 AM EST | Cold Weather Advisory | RLX | 55 hr |
| Jan 15, 7:11 AM EST | Snow Squall Warning | RLX | 64 min |
| Jan 15, 8:14 AM EST | Snow Squall Warning | RLX | 61 min |
| Jan 15, 9:10 AM EST | Snow Squall Warning | RLX | 65 min |
| Jan 15, 11:00 AM EST | Snow Squall Warning | RLX | 60 min |
| Jan 15, 11:50 AM EST | Snow Squall Warning | RLX | 55 min |
| Jan 15, 12:31 PM EST | Snow Squall Warning | RLX | 59 min |
| Jan 16, 1:41 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | RLX | 35 hr |
| Jan 18, 1:34 PM EST | Cold Weather Advisory | RLX | 46 hr |
| Jan 19, 1:40 AM EST | Extreme Cold Warning | RLX | 36 hr |
| Jan 21, 12:28 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | RLX | 37 hr |
| Jan 23, 1:08 AM EST | Winter Storm Warning | RLX | 3 days |
| Jan 25, 9:06 AM EST | Extreme Cold Watch | RLX | 15 hr |
| Jan 25, 9:39 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Jan 26, 12:26 AM EST | Extreme Cold Warning | RLX | 3 days |
| Jan 27, 12:34 AM EST | Cold Weather Advisory | RLX | 34 hr |
| Jan 28, 12:44 AM EST | Cold Weather Advisory | RLX | 58 hr |
| Jan 29, 11:39 PM EST | Cold Weather Advisory | RLX | 35 hr |
| Jan 31, 12:10 AM EST | Cold Weather Advisory | RLX | 35 hr |
| Jan 31, 12:10 AM EST | Extreme Cold Warning | RLX | 37 hr |
| Jan 31, 11:51 PM EST | Cold Weather Advisory | RLX | 34 hr |
| Feb 2, 12:53 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | RLX | 33 hr |
| Feb 4, 11:34 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | RLX | 25 hr |
| Feb 5, 12:39 PM EST | Winter Storm Warning | RLX | 42 hr |
| Feb 5, 12:40 PM EST | Cold Weather Advisory | RLX | 68 hr |
| Feb 5, 12:40 PM EST | Extreme Cold Warning | RLX | 69 hr |
| Feb 6, 9:36 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 4 hr |
| Feb 10, 12:48 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | RLX | 23 hr |
| Feb 10, 11:34 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RLX | 26 min |
| Feb 15, 7:42 PM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | RLX | 14 hr |
| Feb 19, 1:51 PM EST | Flood Watch | RLX | 17 hr |
| Feb 20, 11:26 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | RLX | 25 hr |
| Feb 21, 12:24 PM EST | Winter Storm Warning | RLX | 61 hr |
| Mar 1, 1:46 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | RLX | 44 hr |
| Mar 3, 10:39 AM EST | Flood Watch | RLX | 67 hr |
| Mar 5, 6:15 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RLX | 30 min |
| Mar 11, 1:50 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 85 min |
| Mar 12, 2:26 AM EDT | Wind Advisory | RLX | 42 hr |
| Mar 15, 1:47 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | RLX | 44 hr |
| Mar 16, 2:41 AM EDT | Winter Weather Advisory | RLX | 38 hr |
| Mar 16, 6:13 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 4 hr |
| Mar 16, 10:17 PM EDT | Snow Squall Warning | RLX | 28 min |
| Mar 23, 2:47 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | 28 min |
| Apr 1, 2:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| Apr 1, 4:40 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Apr 1, 6:57 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 93 min |
| Apr 5, 12:35 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | RLX | 21 hr |
| Apr 6, 12:24 PM EDT | Freeze Warning | RLX | 22 hr |
| Apr 7, 12:09 PM EDT | Freeze Warning | RLX | 22 hr |
| Apr 8, 1:51 PM EDT | Freeze Warning | RLX | 19 hr |
| Apr 18, 2:04 PM EDT | Freeze Watch | RLX | 10 hr |
| Apr 19, 12:32 AM EDT | Frost Advisory | RLX | 32 hr |
| Apr 19, 12:32 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | RLX | 32 hr |
| Apr 19, 11:53 AM EDT | Freeze Watch | RLX | 13 hr |
| Apr 20, 12:54 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | RLX | 32 hr |
| Apr 29, 2:45 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Apr 30, 2:06 AM EDT | Frost Advisory | RLX | 31 hr |
| May 1, 1:25 PM EDT | Freeze Watch | RLX | 23 hr |
| May 1, 6:14 PM EDT | Freeze Warning | RLX | 15 hr |
| May 2, 12:00 PM EDT | Freeze Warning | RLX | 21 hr |
| May 7, 1:17 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | RLX | 19 hr |
| May 10, 3:10 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| May 10, 4:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | 22 min |
| May 10, 7:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | 32 min |
| May 11, 12:32 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | RLX | 19 hr |
| May 13, 12:41 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| May 20, 7:50 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 115 min |
| May 20, 1:06 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 114 min |
| May 20, 3:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| May 20, 5:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | 26 min |
| May 20, 5:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | 36 min |
| May 20, 5:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | 49 min |
| May 20, 6:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | 51 min |
| May 24, 12:52 PM EDT | Flood Watch | RLX | 13 hr |
| May 25, 1:37 AM EDT | Flood Watch | RLX | 6 hr |
| May 26, 1:25 PM EDT | Flood Watch | RLX | 34 hr |
| May 27, 12:31 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 119 min |
| May 27, 1:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
| May 27, 3:21 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 114 min |
| May 27, 4:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | 31 min |
| May 27, 6:54 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jun 2, 1:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | 37 min |
| Jun 9, 3:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | 45 min |
| Jun 10, 12:39 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | 36 min |
| Jun 10, 1:06 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | 24 min |
| Jun 10, 1:31 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | 29 min |
| Jun 10, 10:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | 32 min |
| Jun 10, 10:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | 29 min |
| Jun 10, 11:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | 29 min |
| Jun 11, 12:27 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jun 11, 5:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | 47 min |
| Jun 11, 5:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | 31 min |
| Jun 11, 5:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | 37 min |
| Jun 11, 6:55 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | 2 hr |
| Jun 11, 7:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | 27 min |
| Jun 12, 2:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Jun 12, 3:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | 43 min |
| Jun 12, 3:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | 37 min |
| Jun 14, 1:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Jun 14, 8:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | 54 min |
| Jun 18, 4:39 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Jun 18, 6:43 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jun 18, 7:17 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | 28 min |
| Jun 18, 7:44 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | 31 min |
| Jun 18, 8:08 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | 37 min |
| Jun 18, 8:18 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | 27 min |
| Jun 22, 3:00 AM EDT | Flood Watch | RLX | 27 hr |
| Jun 22, 1:25 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jun 29, 12:34 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | RLX | 5 days |
| Jul 4, 2:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
| Jul 4, 2:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | 30 min |
| Jul 4, 3:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | 30 min |
| Jul 4, 3:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | 21 min |
| Jul 4, 3:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | 30 min |
| Jul 4, 4:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | 31 min |
| Jul 7, 3:38 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | 3 hr |
| Jul 9, 9:13 AM EDT | Flood Watch | RLX | 3 days |
| Jul 18, 11:35 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | 40 min |
| Jul 18, 3:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | 40 min |
| Jul 21, 3:59 AM EDT | Flood Watch | RLX | 22 hr |
| Jul 21, 12:15 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jul 21, 1:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 10 hr |
| Jul 21, 2:33 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 57 min |
| Jul 21, 6:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | 55 min |
| Jul 21, 7:02 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 58 min |
| Jul 21, 7:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | 66 min |
| Jul 21, 8:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | 47 min |
| Jul 28, 2:04 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 116 min |
| Aug 2, 2:43 AM EDT | Flood Watch | RLX | 21 hr |
| Aug 2, 1:09 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Aug 2, 4:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | 44 min |
| Aug 2, 4:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | 51 min |
| Aug 10, 12:30 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Aug 10, 12:35 PM EDT | Flood Watch | RLX | 4 days |
| Aug 10, 12:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Aug 10, 2:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | 28 min |
| Aug 10, 2:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | 34 min |
| Aug 11, 2:35 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | 55 min |
| Aug 11, 11:37 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
| Aug 11, 12:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | 57 min |
| Aug 15, 2:48 AM EDT | Flood Watch | RLX | 71 hr |
| Aug 16, 1:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
| Aug 16, 2:28 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Aug 16, 2:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | 63 min |
| Aug 16, 3:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | 54 min |
| Aug 16, 4:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | 32 min |
| Aug 16, 6:31 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 89 min |
| Aug 16, 8:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | 32 min |
| Aug 16, 9:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | 45 min |
| Aug 16, 9:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | 50 min |
| Aug 16, 9:27 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | 3 hr |
| Aug 17, 5:08 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | 3 hr |
| Aug 17, 5:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | 27 min |
| Aug 17, 6:04 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | 2 hr |
| Aug 21, 7:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | 39 min |
| Aug 21, 8:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | 57 min |
| Aug 22, 11:38 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Aug 28, 12:01 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | 29 min |
| Aug 28, 2:39 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | 3 hr |
| Sep 4, 1:31 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 119 min |
| Sep 4, 2:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Sep 4, 3:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | 56 min |
| Sep 4, 3:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | 40 min |
| Sep 4, 3:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | 47 min |
| Sep 4, 4:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | 42 min |
| Sep 5, 8:14 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | 46 min |
| Sep 5, 8:43 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | 47 min |
| Sep 11, 1:35 PM EDT | Flood Watch | RLX | 35 hr |
| Sep 12, 9:13 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | RLX | 11 hr |
| Sep 18, 7:41 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | 34 min |
| Sep 18, 8:14 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | 31 min |
| Sep 20, 4:40 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | 5 hr |
| Sep 20, 5:43 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | 4 hr |
| Sep 20, 9:19 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | RLX | 5 hr |
| Sep 20, 9:23 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | RLX | 5 hr |
| Sep 20, 2:11 PM EDT | Flood Watch | RLX | 3 days |
| Sep 21, 5:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | 37 min |
| Sep 21, 8:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | 35 min |
| Sep 22, 4:11 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | 3 hr |
| Sep 22, 5:30 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | 3 hr |
By product
Every kind of product issued here, grouped by hazard. Each opens the same place narrowed to that product.
| Product | Alerts |
|---|---|
| Severe storms | |
| Severe Thunderstorm Warning | 36 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 11 |
| Tornado Watch | 1 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 27 |
| Special Weather Statement | 29 |
| Flooding | |
| Areal Flood Warning | 3 |
| Flash Flood Warning | 10 |
| Flood Watch | 13 |
| Winter | |
| Snow Squall Warning | 8 |
| Winter Storm Warning | 3 |
| Winter Storm Watch | 3 |
| Winter Weather Advisory | 8 |
| Heat | |
| Heat Advisory | 1 |
| Cold | |
| Extreme Cold Warning | 4 |
| Freeze Warning | 7 |
| Extreme Cold Watch | 1 |
| Freeze Watch | 3 |
| Cold Weather Advisory | 8 |
| Frost Advisory | 5 |
| Wind and dust | |
| Wind Advisory | 2 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 1 |
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
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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.