Winter Storm Watches in West Virginia
423 winter storm watches 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 watches reaches back to 2005.
Winter Storm Watches by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- Winter Storm Watches
- 423
- Busiest year
- 201035 winter storm watches
- Average year
- 19over 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 County107
- Mineral County99
- Hampshire County74
- Hardy County73
- Pendleton County73
- Morgan County67
- Berkeley County64
- Jefferson County61
- Mercer County48
- Summers County48
- Tucker County46
- Monroe County44
- Upshur County41
- Barbour County40
- Pocahontas County37
- Preston County37
- Randolph County37
- Wyoming County36
- McDowell County34
- Greenbrier County34
- Webster County31
- Brooke County30
- Ohio County30
- Taylor County30
- Hancock County29
- Harrison County28
- Lewis County28
- Braxton County27
- Clay County27
- Marion County27
- Boone County26
- Calhoun County26
- Gilmer County26
- Kanawha County26
- Doddridge County25
- Marshall County25
- Roane County25
- Wetzel County25
- Logan County25
- Cabell County24
The latest winter storm watches
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 20, 12:04 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | LWX | Grant, Pendleton | 27 hr |
| Feb 20, 11:32 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | RNK | Greenbrier, Summers | 26 hr |
| Feb 20, 11:31 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | PBZ | Monongalia, Preston, Tucker | 24 hr |
| Feb 20, 11:26 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | RLX | Barbour, Boone, Braxton, Calhoun, Clay, Fayette and 14 more | 25 hr |
| Feb 4, 1:00 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | RNK | Greenbrier | 24 hr |
| Feb 4, 11:52 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | PBZ | Monongalia, Preston, Tucker | 25 hr |
| Feb 4, 11:34 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | RLX | Barbour, Nicholas, Pocahontas, Randolph, Upshur, Webster | 25 hr |
| Feb 4, 11:26 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | LWX | Grant, Pendleton | 26 hr |
| Jan 29, 2:38 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | RLX | McDowell | 10 hr |
| Jan 29, 2:37 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | RNK | Mercer | 24 hr |
| Jan 22, 2:16 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | LWX | Berkeley, Grant, Hampshire, Hardy, Jefferson, Mineral and 2 more | 32 hr |
| Jan 22, 2:04 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | PBZ | Brooke, Hancock, Marion, Marshall, Monongalia, Ohio and 3 more | 23 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.