Alert archive / West Virginia / 1998
Weather alerts in West Virginia, May 1998
84 weather alerts in May 1998, 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 May 1998. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 84
- Warnings
- 75
- Watches
- 9
- Advisories
- 0
- Busiest day
- May 24, 199830 alerts
Over time
By day
Days in UTC, the clock the archive keeps.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2, 6:12 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Wetzel | 4 hr |
| May 2, 7:19 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Tyler | 4 hr |
| May 3, 4:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Mingo | 29 min |
| May 3, 4:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Logan | 31 min |
| May 3, 7:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Wood | 25 min |
| May 4, 3:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Greenbrier | 47 min |
| May 4, 5:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Putnam | 31 min |
| May 4, 8:31 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Marion | 3 hr |
| May 4, 10:26 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Mineral | 94 min |
| May 7, 6:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Wyoming | 55 min |
| May 7, 11:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | McDowell | 41 min |
| May 10, 2:44 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Lincoln | 3 hr |
| May 10, 2:44 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Fayette | 3 hr |
| May 10, 3:10 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Boone | 3 hr |
| May 16, 5:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Preston | 58 min |
| May 16, 5:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Upshur | 27 min |
| May 16, 6:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Upshur | 28 min |
| May 16, 6:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Randolph | 41 min |
| May 20, 2:25 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Mason | 35 min |
| May 20, 7:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Logan, McDowell, Mercer, Mingo, Wyoming | 4 hr |
| May 20, 7:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Pleasants | 5 hr |
| May 20, 8:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Mingo | 68 min |
| May 20, 9:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | McDowell, Wyoming | 56 min |
| May 23, 7:01 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Mingo | 44 min |
| May 23, 7:19 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | McDowell | 41 min |
| May 24, 3:43 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | McDowell | 47 min |
| May 24, 7:49 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | McDowell | 41 min |
| May 24, 2:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Boone, Braxton, Cabell, Calhoun, Clay, Doddridge and 23 more | 6 hr |
| May 24, 4:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Cabell | 44 min |
| May 24, 5:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Putnam | 52 min |
| May 24, 5:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Lincoln | 31 min |
| May 24, 5:17 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RLX | Lincoln | 28 min |
| May 24, 5:28 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RLX | Putnam | 32 min |
| May 24, 5:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Kanawha | 68 min |
| May 24, 5:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Marshall | 38 min |
| May 24, 6:06 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PBZ | Marshall | 24 min |
| May 24, 6:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Cabell | 50 min |
| May 24, 6:18 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RLX | Cabell, Wayne | 42 min |
| May 24, 6:27 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PBZ | Marshall | 33 min |
| May 24, 6:47 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RLX | Lincoln | 43 min |
| May 24, 6:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Monongalia | 38 min |
| May 24, 7:00 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Barbour, Boone, Braxton, Cabell, Calhoun, Clay and 36 more | 6 hr |
| May 24, 7:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Cabell, Wayne | 43 min |
| May 24, 7:12 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RLX | Cabell, Wayne | 48 min |
| May 24, 7:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Marion | 45 min |
| May 24, 7:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Harrison | 39 min |
| May 24, 7:22 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PBZ | Monongalia | 38 min |
| May 24, 7:26 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Cabell, Lincoln | 4 hr |
| May 24, 7:38 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RLX | Lincoln | 67 min |
| May 24, 7:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Tucker | 66 min |
| May 24, 7:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Preston | 63 min |
| May 24, 7:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Boone | 63 min |
| May 24, 7:53 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RLX | Taylor | 52 min |
| May 24, 7:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Wood | 50 min |
| May 24, 7:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Monongalia | 33 min |
| May 24, 8:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Pleasants | 43 min |
| May 24, 8:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Randolph | 49 min |
| May 24, 8:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Kanawha | 31 min |
| May 24, 8:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Brooke, Ohio | 67 min |
| May 24, 8:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Hampshire, Hardy, Jefferson, Pendleton | 6 hr |
| May 24, 8:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Raleigh | 12 min |
| May 24, 8:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Ritchie | 52 min |
| May 24, 8:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Tucker | 48 min |
| May 24, 8:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Fayette | 63 min |
| May 24, 8:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Mercer | 48 min |
| May 24, 8:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Raleigh | 34 min |
| May 24, 9:04 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Boone | 3 hr |
| May 24, 9:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Raleigh | 33 min |
| May 24, 9:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Hardy | 63 min |
| May 24, 9:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Mingo, Wayne | 53 min |
| May 24, 9:38 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Marshall | 3 hr |
| May 24, 9:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Monroe | 34 min |
| May 24, 10:10 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Monongalia | 110 min |
| May 24, 11:45 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Monongalia | 3 hr |
| May 25, 12:20 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Mingo | 40 min |
| May 25, 10:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Raleigh | 48 min |
| May 29, 2:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Brooke, Hancock, Marshall, Ohio | 6 hr |
| May 29, 5:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Hancock | 46 min |
| May 29, 7:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Jefferson | 6 hr |
| May 30, 4:31 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Randolph | 119 min |
| May 31, 6:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Hancock | 42 min |
| May 31, 6:30 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Barbour, Boone, Braxton, Brooke, Cabell, Calhoun and 36 more | 7 hr |
| May 31, 6:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Brooke, Ohio | 50 min |
| May 31, 7:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Mingo | 6 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 | 52 |
| Tornado Warning | 10 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 7 |
| Tornado Watch | 2 |
| Flooding | |
| Flash Flood Warning | 13 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Mingo County9
- Lincoln County9
- Cabell County9
- Wayne County7
- Monongalia County7
- Putnam County6
- McDowell County6
- Boone County6
- Raleigh County6
- Marshall County6
- Wood County5
- Randolph County5
- Pleasants County5
- Kanawha County5
- Wetzel County4
- Tyler County4
- Logan County4
- Marion County4
- Wyoming County4
- Fayette County4
- Preston County4
- Upshur County4
- Mason County4
- Harrison County4
- Ritchie County4
- Tucker County4
- Brooke County4
- Ohio County4
- Hancock County4
- Greenbrier County3
- Mineral County3
- Braxton County3
- Calhoun County3
- Clay County3
- Doddridge County3
- Gilmer County3
- Jackson County3
- Lewis County3
- Nicholas County3
- Roane County3
Nearby
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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. Rebuilt daily.