Alert archive / West Virginia / Winter Storm Watches
Winter Storm Watches in West Virginia, 2021
22 winter storm watches in 2021. 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 in 2021. Tap one for its archive.
- Winter Storm Watches
- 22
- Busiest month
- February16 winter storm watches
- Busiest day
- February 16, 20214 winter storm 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 24, 3:43 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | PBZ | Preston, Tucker | 24 hr |
| Jan 24, 3:45 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | LWX | Grant, Hampshire, Hardy, Mineral, Pendleton | 21 hr |
| Jan 29, 2:23 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | RLX | Fayette, Nicholas, Pocahontas, Raleigh, Randolph, Webster | 22 hr |
| Jan 29, 3:10 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | LWX | Berkeley, Grant, Hampshire, Hardy, Jefferson, Mineral and 2 more | 23 hr |
| Jan 29, 3:12 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | RNK | Greenbrier, Mercer, Monroe, Summers | 14 hr |
| Jan 30, 3:42 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | PBZ | Preston, Tucker | 10 hr |
| Feb 5, 11:53 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | RNK | Greenbrier, Mercer, Monroe, Summers | 16 hr |
| Feb 5, 2:04 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | RLX | Fayette, McDowell, Nicholas, Pocahontas, Raleigh, Randolph and 2 more | 13 hr |
| Feb 5, 3:13 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | LWX | Berkeley, Hampshire, Hardy, Jefferson, Morgan, Pendleton | 12 hr |
| Feb 8, 3:02 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | RLX | Barbour, Boone, Braxton, Cabell, Calhoun, Clay and 25 more | 37 hr |
| Feb 9, 12:00 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | PBZ | Marion, Monongalia, Preston, Tucker | 16 hr |
| Feb 9, 2:23 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | LWX | Grant, Hampshire, Hardy, Mineral, Pendleton | 13 hr |
| Feb 9, 2:56 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | RNK | Greenbrier | 13 hr |
| Feb 10, 3:33 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | LWX | Pendleton | 24 hr |
| Feb 10, 3:40 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | RNK | Greenbrier, Mercer, Monroe, Summers | 24 hr |
| Feb 13, 1:55 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | PBZ | Brooke, Hancock, Marion, Marshall, Monongalia, Ohio and 1 more | 24 hr |
| Feb 13, 3:05 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | RLX | Boone, Cabell, Calhoun, Doddridge, Gilmer, Harrison and 15 more | 13 hr |
| Feb 14, 2:32 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | LWX | Hampshire, Mineral, Morgan | 14 hr |
| Feb 16, 4:56 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | LWX | Berkeley, Grant, Hampshire, Hardy, Jefferson, Mineral and 2 more | 29 hr |
| Feb 16, 5:07 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | RNK | Greenbrier, Mercer, Monroe, Summers | 23 hr |
| Feb 16, 11:07 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | RLX | Barbour, Boone, Braxton, Cabell, Calhoun, Clay and 28 more | 17 hr |
| Feb 16, 11:55 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | PBZ | Monongalia, Preston, Tucker | 25 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Hampshire County6
- Pendleton County6
- Hardy County5
- Mineral County5
- Greenbrier County5
- Preston County4
- Tucker County4
- Grant County4
- Fayette County4
- Nicholas County4
- Pocahontas County4
- Raleigh County4
- Randolph County4
- Webster County4
- Morgan County4
- Mercer County4
- Monroe County4
- Summers County4
- Berkeley County3
- Jefferson County3
- Wyoming County3
- Boone County3
- Cabell County3
- Calhoun County3
- Doddridge County3
- Gilmer County3
- Harrison County3
- Jackson County3
- Kanawha County3
- Lewis County3
- Lincoln County3
- Logan County3
- Mason County3
- Mingo County3
- Putnam County3
- Ritchie County3
- Roane County3
- Tyler County3
- Wayne County3
- Wirt County3
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.