Winter Storm Warnings in West Virginia
498 winter storm warnings since 1986. 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 winter storm warnings reaches back to 2005.
Winter Storm Warnings by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- Winter Storm Warnings
- 498
- Busiest year
- 201051 winter storm warnings
- Average year
- 23over 22 years on file
Over time
By year
Before late 2005 the archive holds only tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings, and from 1997 SPC's watches, so the jump that year is the archive widening, not the weather.
By month of the year
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Grant County122
- Mineral County102
- Pendleton County81
- Hampshire County67
- Mercer County66
- Summers County64
- Hardy County62
- Morgan County62
- Berkeley County60
- Jefferson County53
- Tucker County53
- Upshur County52
- Pocahontas County51
- Barbour County49
- Greenbrier County49
- Randolph County48
- Monroe County43
- McDowell County39
- Webster County39
- Preston County38
- Kanawha County36
- Wyoming County36
- Logan County34
- Taylor County34
- Nicholas County34
- Boone County33
- Mingo County33
- Lincoln County32
- Putnam County32
- Fayette County32
- Calhoun County31
- Lewis County31
- Wirt County31
- Clay County30
- Ritchie County30
- Wayne County30
- Brooke County29
- Hancock County29
- Braxton County29
- Gilmer County29
The latest winter storm warnings
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 2, 1:49 AM EST | Winter Storm Warning | RNK | Greenbrier | 30 hr |
| Mar 2, 12:49 AM EST | Winter Storm Warning | RLX | Pocahontas, Randolph | 33 hr |
| Feb 21, 2:46 PM EST | Winter Storm Warning | LWX | Berkeley, Grant, Jefferson, Mineral, Morgan, Pendleton | 57 hr |
| Feb 21, 1:59 PM EST | Winter Storm Warning | RNK | Greenbrier, Mercer, Summers | 63 hr |
| Feb 21, 12:24 PM EST | Winter Storm Warning | RLX | Barbour, Boone, Braxton, Calhoun, Clay, Doddridge and 22 more | 61 hr |
| Feb 21, 12:00 PM EST | Winter Storm Warning | PBZ | Monongalia, Preston, Tucker | 61 hr |
| Feb 5, 1:17 PM EST | Winter Storm Warning | LWX | Grant, Pendleton | 42 hr |
| Feb 5, 12:40 PM EST | Winter Storm Warning | RNK | Greenbrier | 44 hr |
| Feb 5, 12:39 PM EST | Winter Storm Warning | RLX | Barbour, Fayette, Nicholas, Pocahontas, Raleigh, Randolph and 2 more | 42 hr |
| Feb 5, 12:25 PM EST | Winter Storm Warning | PBZ | Preston, Tucker | 42 hr |
| Jan 29, 2:29 PM EST | Winter Storm Warning | RNK | Mercer | 63 hr |
| Jan 29, 12:39 PM EST | Winter Storm Warning | RLX | McDowell | 54 hr |
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.