Weather alerts in West Virginia, 1989
159 weather alerts in 1989, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered any part of the state, so the counties below add up to more than the state.
Weather alerts by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 1989. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 159
- Warnings
- 159
- Watches
- 0
- Advisories
- 0
- Busiest month
- June43 alerts
- Busiest day
- April 26, 198910 alerts
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 15, 9:45 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Cabell, Mason | 4 hr |
| Feb 15, 9:45 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Wayne | 4 hr |
| Feb 15, 11:10 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Lincoln, Putnam | 3 hr |
| Feb 16, 2:07 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Jackson | 3 hr |
| Feb 16, 2:11 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Mason | 3 hr |
| Mar 6, 9:08 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Kanawha, Lincoln | 3 hr |
| Mar 6, 11:10 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Barbour, Harrison, Lewis, Upshur | 3 hr |
| Mar 6, 11:10 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Marion, Monongalia, Taylor | 3 hr |
| Mar 29, 6:52 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Marshall | 3 hr |
| Apr 25, 3:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Pleasants, Ritchie, Wirt, Wood | 66 min |
| Apr 25, 4:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Calhoun, Roane | 56 min |
| Apr 25, 4:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Braxton, Clay | 69 min |
| Apr 25, 5:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Gilmer, Ritchie | 61 min |
| Apr 25, 5:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Greenbrier | 48 min |
| Apr 25, 5:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Braxton | 64 min |
| Apr 25, 6:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Webster | 65 min |
| Apr 25, 6:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Pocahontas | 69 min |
| Apr 25, 9:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Mason | 65 min |
| Apr 25, 10:08 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Webster | 4 hr |
| Apr 25, 10:35 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Pocahontas, Randolph | 4 hr |
| Apr 25, 10:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Kanawha, Putnam | 77 min |
| Apr 26, 12:54 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Braxton | 5 hr |
| Apr 26, 12:54 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Upshur | 5 hr |
| Apr 26, 12:54 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Calhoun, Ritchie, Wirt, Wood | 5 hr |
| Apr 26, 12:54 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Doddridge, Gilmer, Lewis | 5 hr |
| Apr 26, 1:20 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Webster | 6 hr |
| Apr 26, 1:39 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Pocahontas, Randolph | 6 hr |
| Apr 27, 2:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | McDowell, Wyoming | 40 min |
| Apr 28, 2:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Mingo | 63 min |
| Apr 28, 4:20 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Raleigh | 55 min |
| Apr 29, 10:05 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Tyler | 3 hr |
| May 5, 5:04 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Raleigh | 116 min |
| May 5, 5:21 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Pocahontas | 3 hr |
| May 5, 6:19 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Summers | 116 min |
| May 5, 7:08 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Raleigh | 67 min |
| May 5, 11:01 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | McDowell | 3 hr |
| May 16, 2:50 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Berkeley, Jefferson | 4 hr |
| May 16, 2:50 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Morgan | 4 hr |
| May 16, 6:08 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Berkeley, Morgan | 6 hr |
| May 16, 6:08 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Jefferson | 6 hr |
| May 16, 10:57 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Berkeley, Jefferson | 5 hr |
| May 16, 10:57 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Morgan | 5 hr |
| May 25, 8:26 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Brooke, Hancock | 64 min |
| May 25, 8:26 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Ohio | 64 min |
| May 26, 5:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | McDowell, Mingo | 51 min |
| May 26, 5:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Fayette | 52 min |
| Jun 5, 4:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Lewis, Upshur | 60 min |
| Jun 7, 3:23 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Upshur | 2 hr |
| Jun 7, 8:32 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Pocahontas | 118 min |
| Jun 12, 5:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Mason | 65 min |
| Jun 12, 5:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Calhoun, Jackson, Roane | 68 min |
| Jun 12, 6:26 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RLX | Ritchie | 64 min |
| Jun 12, 6:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Harrison, Lewis, Upshur | 55 min |
| Jun 12, 7:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Braxton, Webster | 55 min |
| Jun 12, 7:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Preston | 61 min |
| Jun 12, 8:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Pocahontas | 3 hr |
| Jun 16, 2:20 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Kanawha | 4 hr |
| Jun 16, 2:20 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Calhoun | 4 hr |
| Jun 16, 2:20 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Roane | 85 min |
| Jun 16, 4:51 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Wayne | 3 hr |
| Jun 16, 6:41 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Calhoun | 3 hr |
| Jun 16, 8:15 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Wayne | 105 min |
| Jun 16, 8:35 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Grant, Mineral | 3 hr |
| Jun 16, 8:35 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Hampshire, Hardy | 3 hr |
| Jun 19, 6:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Braxton, Nicholas | 57 min |
| Jun 19, 7:22 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Braxton | 3 hr |
| Jun 21, 6:03 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Brooke, Hancock | 3 hr |
| Jun 21, 9:08 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Brooke | 4 hr |
| Jun 22, 1:15 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Hardy | 3 hr |
| Jun 22, 6:30 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Mineral | 2 hr |
| Jun 22, 7:35 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Braxton | 115 min |
| Jun 22, 8:49 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Grant, Hardy, Pendleton | 116 min |
| Jun 22, 10:46 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Grant, Hardy, Pendleton | 119 min |
| Jun 24, 6:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Monongalia, Preston, Tucker | 59 min |
| Jun 24, 9:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Lewis, Upshur | 56 min |
| Jun 24, 9:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Randolph | 56 min |
| Jun 26, 6:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Monongalia | 68 min |
| Jun 26, 6:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Marion | 63 min |
| Jun 26, 7:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Barbour, Harrison, Taylor | 67 min |
| Jun 26, 8:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Barbour, Randolph | 57 min |
| Jun 27, 6:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Brooke, Hancock | 57 min |
| Jun 27, 7:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Pleasants, Tyler | 58 min |
| Jun 27, 7:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Wayne | 35 min |
| Jun 27, 8:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Marion, Monongalia | 62 min |
| Jun 27, 8:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Harrison | 62 min |
| Jun 27, 8:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Preston | 64 min |
| Jun 27, 9:00 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RLX | Preston | 60 min |
| Jun 27, 9:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Barbour, Randolph, Tucker, Upshur | 56 min |
| Jun 27, 9:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Berkeley, Jefferson | 67 min |
| Jul 5, 7:33 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Putnam | 2 hr |
| Jul 6, 3:09 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Putnam | 96 min |
| Jul 6, 5:27 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Mineral | 3 hr |
| Jul 6, 6:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Hampshire, Hardy | 63 min |
| Jul 6, 8:56 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Harrison | 64 min |
| Jul 7, 9:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Berkeley, Jefferson | 118 min |
| Jul 7, 9:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Morgan | 118 min |
| Jul 7, 10:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Hampshire | 67 min |
| Jul 9, 4:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Harrison, Lewis | 60 min |
| Jul 9, 7:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Pocahontas | 55 min |
| Jul 11, 5:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Marshall | 70 min |
| Jul 13, 12:15 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Marshall | 4 hr |
| Jul 16, 6:05 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Randolph | 2 hr |
| Jul 21, 3:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Hardy | 60 min |
| Jul 22, 7:10 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Pendleton | 2 hr |
| Jul 22, 9:30 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Pendleton | 90 min |
| Jul 24, 5:10 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Randolph, Upshur, Webster | 2 hr |
| Jul 25, 5:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Harrison, Lewis | 61 min |
| Jul 25, 6:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Greenbrier | 51 min |
| Jul 26, 1:38 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Mineral | 3 hr |
| Jul 26, 3:27 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Grant, Hardy | 3 hr |
| Jul 26, 6:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Clay | 62 min |
| Jul 26, 7:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Raleigh | 53 min |
| Jul 27, 5:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Cabell, Wayne | 48 min |
| Aug 4, 6:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Marshall, Ohio | 47 min |
| Aug 5, 7:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Marshall | 51 min |
| Aug 5, 8:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Mason | 56 min |
| Aug 5, 8:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Cabell | 44 min |
| Aug 5, 8:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Lincoln, Putnam | 62 min |
| Aug 5, 9:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Fayette | 64 min |
| Aug 5, 9:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Harrison, Marion, Taylor | 60 min |
| Aug 18, 2:37 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Monroe | 2 hr |
| Aug 19, 6:08 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RLX | Calhoun, Gilmer, Ritchie | 67 min |
| Aug 19, 6:34 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RLX | Barbour, Harrison, Upshur | 56 min |
| Aug 19, 6:34 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RLX | Lewis | 56 min |
| Aug 21, 9:15 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Pocahontas | 60 min |
| Aug 21, 10:30 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Nicholas, Webster | 3 hr |
| Aug 21, 4:23 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Randolph, Tucker | 4 hr |
| Aug 23, 5:27 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Randolph | 2 hr |
| Aug 23, 7:25 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Randolph | 2 hr |
| Aug 23, 8:37 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Upshur | 3 hr |
| Aug 23, 8:37 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Lewis | 2 hr |
| Aug 23, 9:35 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Randolph | 2 hr |
| Aug 23, 11:44 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Randolph, Upshur | 2 hr |
| Aug 23, 4:25 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Braxton, Webster | 3 hr |
| Aug 23, 4:59 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Wayne | 61 min |
| Aug 24, 4:15 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Cabell | 3 hr |
| Aug 24, 6:54 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Randolph | 3 hr |
| Aug 24, 9:29 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Wayne | 61 min |
| Sep 15, 10:41 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Lincoln, Putnam | 3 hr |
| Sep 15, 10:41 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Mingo | 4 hr |
| Sep 15, 11:37 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Logan | 3 hr |
| Sep 16, 2:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Wayne | 65 min |
| Sep 16, 4:00 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Lincoln, Putnam | 50 min |
| Sep 16, 4:00 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Boone | 50 min |
| Sep 16, 4:00 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Kanawha | 2 hr |
| Sep 16, 4:32 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Mason | 58 min |
| Sep 22, 10:30 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | McDowell, Mercer, Raleigh, Wyoming | 3 hr |
| Sep 22, 10:30 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Monroe, Summers | 3 hr |
| Oct 17, 9:01 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Mingo | 59 min |
| Oct 17, 9:48 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Raleigh, Wyoming | 117 min |
| Oct 18, 10:32 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Mingo | 118 min |
| Oct 18, 11:27 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Logan | 2 hr |
| Oct 19, 6:44 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Lewis | 2 hr |
| Dec 31, 3:05 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Mercer | 4 hr |
| Dec 31, 5:20 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Kanawha | 4 hr |
| Dec 31, 8:13 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Wyoming | 4 hr |
| Dec 31, 9:30 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Lewis | 3 hr |
| Dec 31, 12:03 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Marshall, Ohio | 6 hr |
| Dec 31, 5:17 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Mercer | 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 | 60 |
| Tornado Warning | 5 |
| Flooding | |
| Flash Flood Warning | 94 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Randolph County13
- Lewis County11
- Upshur County11
- Harrison County9
- Wayne County8
- Braxton County8
- Pocahontas County8
- Putnam County7
- Webster County7
- Hardy County7
- Mason County6
- Marshall County6
- Calhoun County6
- Raleigh County6
- Lincoln County5
- Kanawha County5
- Barbour County5
- Ritchie County5
- Mingo County5
- Berkeley County5
- Jefferson County5
- Cabell County4
- Marion County4
- Monongalia County4
- McDowell County4
- Wyoming County4
- Morgan County4
- Brooke County4
- Preston County4
- Grant County4
- Mineral County4
- Pendleton County4
- Taylor County3
- Roane County3
- Gilmer County3
- Hancock County3
- Ohio County3
- Hampshire County3
- Tucker County3
- Mercer County3
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
Nearby
Alerts in force nowTornadoes on recordThe radar archive19881990
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.