Alert archive / West Virginia / Flash Flood Warnings
Flash Flood Warnings in West Virginia, 1998
169 flash flood warnings in 1998. 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 flash flood warnings reaches back to 1986.
Flash Flood Warnings by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 1998. Tap one for its archive.
- Flash Flood Warnings
- 169
- Busiest month
- June120 flash flood warnings
- Busiest day
- June 28, 199833 flash flood warnings
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 7, 7:59 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Pleasants, Tyler | 6 hr |
| Jan 7, 9:23 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Wetzel | 7 hr |
| Jan 8, 3:45 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Pocahontas | 3 hr |
| Jan 8, 9:08 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Jefferson | 4 hr |
| Jan 9, 12:22 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Wood | 4 hr |
| Jan 9, 12:42 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Brooke, Hancock, Ohio | 3 hr |
| Feb 5, 4:13 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Jefferson | 6 hr |
| Feb 5, 11:59 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Jefferson | 7 hr |
| Mar 20, 7:42 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Clay, Fayette, Kanawha | 4 hr |
| Mar 20, 7:42 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Roane | 4 hr |
| Mar 20, 8:24 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Berkeley, Jefferson | 2 hr |
| Mar 20, 8:41 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Braxton, Webster | 3 hr |
| Mar 20, 10:46 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Berkeley, Jefferson | 2 hr |
| Mar 20, 10:56 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Grant, Hampshire, Hardy | 2 hr |
| Mar 20, 11:23 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | McDowell | 4 hr |
| Mar 21, 12:02 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Mercer | 2 hr |
| Mar 21, 12:32 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Fayette, Kanawha, Roane | 3 hr |
| Mar 21, 12:57 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Jefferson | 2 hr |
| Mar 21, 12:57 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Berkeley | 2 hr |
| Mar 21, 4:02 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Kanawha, Roane | 3 hr |
| Mar 21, 4:02 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Fayette | 3 hr |
| Mar 21, 4:02 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | McDowell | 3 hr |
| Mar 21, 4:12 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Fayette, Kanawha, Roane | 3 hr |
| Mar 21, 4:12 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | McDowell | 3 hr |
| Apr 17, 7:26 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | McDowell, Mingo | 5 hr |
| Apr 19, 1:30 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Preston, Tucker | 9 hr |
| Apr 19, 1:30 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Preston, Tucker | 9 hr |
| 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 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 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 24, 7:26 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Cabell, Lincoln | 4 hr |
| May 24, 9:04 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Boone | 3 hr |
| May 24, 9:38 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Marshall | 3 hr |
| 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 30, 4:31 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Randolph | 119 min |
| Jun 15, 12:16 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Mason | 5 hr |
| Jun 15, 12:43 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Cabell | 5 hr |
| Jun 15, 1:28 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Kanawha | 4 hr |
| Jun 15, 1:36 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Lincoln | 4 hr |
| Jun 15, 1:40 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Putnam | 3 hr |
| Jun 15, 1:53 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Boone | 4 hr |
| Jun 15, 1:53 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Fayette | 4 hr |
| Jun 15, 2:27 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Clay, Nicholas | 5 hr |
| Jun 15, 3:15 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Tucker | 4 hr |
| Jun 15, 3:24 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Harrison, Taylor | 3 hr |
| Jun 15, 3:56 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Preston | 3 hr |
| Jun 15, 4:26 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Hampshire | 64 min |
| Jun 15, 4:53 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Jackson | 2 hr |
| Jun 15, 5:06 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Roane | 2 hr |
| Jun 15, 6:07 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Mason | 3 hr |
| Jun 15, 6:31 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Taylor | 3 hr |
| Jun 15, 6:44 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Calhoun, Gilmer | 3 hr |
| Jun 15, 7:01 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Jackson | 3 hr |
| Jun 15, 7:11 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Harrison | 3 hr |
| Jun 15, 7:21 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Clay | 3 hr |
| Jun 15, 7:50 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Upshur, Webster | 2 hr |
| Jun 15, 7:50 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Braxton | 2 hr |
| Jun 15, 8:47 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Randolph | 2 hr |
| Jun 16, 5:40 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Kanawha | 2 hr |
| Jun 16, 6:48 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Randolph | 2 hr |
| Jun 19, 4:16 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Barbour, Harrison | 3 hr |
| Jun 19, 5:53 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Tyler | 2 hr |
| Jun 19, 6:08 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Doddridge, Lewis, Upshur | 3 hr |
| Jun 19, 6:08 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Randolph | 3 hr |
| Jun 19, 6:08 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Taylor | 3 hr |
| Jun 19, 6:28 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Marshall, Ohio | 4 hr |
| Jun 19, 6:45 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Tucker | 4 hr |
| Jun 19, 7:16 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Pocahontas, Webster | 3 hr |
| Jun 19, 7:16 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Barbour, Harrison | 3 hr |
| Jun 19, 7:16 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Barbour, Harrison | 3 hr |
| Jun 19, 7:16 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Pocahontas, Webster | 3 hr |
| Jun 19, 9:15 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Harrison, Lewis | 2 hr |
| Jun 19, 9:15 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Randolph | 2 hr |
| Jun 19, 9:28 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Monroe | 3 hr |
| Jun 19, 9:30 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Upshur | 2 hr |
| Jun 19, 10:40 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Pocahontas, Webster | 2 hr |
| Jun 19, 11:04 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Doddridge, Tyler | 3 hr |
| Jun 19, 11:20 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Harrison, Lewis, Upshur | 3 hr |
| Jun 19, 11:20 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Randolph | 3 hr |
| Jun 19, 1:00 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Webster | 3 hr |
| Jun 19, 1:24 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Braxton | 19 hr |
| Jun 19, 1:47 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Doddridge, Tyler | 12 hr |
| Jun 21, 7:37 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Nicholas | 2 hr |
| Jun 26, 6:39 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Hancock | 3 hr |
| Jun 26, 8:32 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Marshall | 2 hr |
| Jun 27, 12:17 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Ritchie | 3 hr |
| Jun 27, 1:32 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Gilmer | 3 hr |
| Jun 27, 8:32 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Marshall | 3 hr |
| Jun 27, 9:11 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Marion, Monongalia, Wetzel | 3 hr |
| Jun 27, 11:30 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Tyler | 3 hr |
| Jun 27, 11:45 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Marshall | 5 hr |
| Jun 28, 1:07 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Pleasants, Ritchie | 3 hr |
| Jun 28, 2:33 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Wetzel | 2 hr |
| Jun 28, 2:34 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Doddridge, Ritchie, Tyler | 4 hr |
| Jun 28, 2:34 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Pleasants | 4 hr |
| Jun 28, 3:17 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Wood | 4 hr |
| Jun 28, 3:41 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Wirt | 3 hr |
| Jun 28, 4:09 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Calhoun | 3 hr |
| Jun 28, 4:34 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Harrison, Lewis | 2 hr |
| Jun 28, 4:34 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Gilmer | 2 hr |
| Jun 28, 6:14 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Jackson | 5 hr |
| Jun 28, 6:21 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Clay, Kanawha, Roane | 5 hr |
| Jun 28, 6:43 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Doddridge, Tyler | 5 hr |
| Jun 28, 6:43 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Pleasants | 5 hr |
| Jun 28, 6:50 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Wood | 4 hr |
| Jun 28, 6:50 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Wood | 4 hr |
| Jun 28, 7:55 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Nicholas | 3 hr |
| Jun 28, 7:55 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Nicholas | 3 hr |
| Jun 28, 8:28 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Wirt | 3 hr |
| Jun 28, 11:09 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Wood | 5 hr |
| Jun 28, 11:09 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Jackson, Roane, Wirt | 5 hr |
| Jun 28, 11:09 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Clay, Kanawha | 5 hr |
| Jun 28, 11:09 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Pleasants, Tyler | 5 hr |
| Jun 28, 11:09 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Doddridge | 5 hr |
| Jun 28, 11:09 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Doddridge, Tyler | 5 hr |
| Jun 28, 11:09 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Clay, Jackson, Kanawha, Roane, Wirt | 5 hr |
| Jun 28, 11:09 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Pleasants, Wood | 5 hr |
| Jun 28, 5:14 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Pleasants, Wood | 5 hr |
| Jun 28, 5:14 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Jackson, Kanawha | 5 hr |
| Jun 28, 6:57 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Roane | 3 hr |
| Jun 28, 8:49 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Brooke, Ohio | 4 hr |
| Jun 28, 8:56 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Tyler | 4 hr |
| Jun 28, 9:25 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Marshall, Wetzel | 4 hr |
| Jun 28, 9:43 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Doddridge, Ritchie | 4 hr |
| Jun 28, 10:10 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Jackson, Pleasants, Wirt, Wood | 4 hr |
| Jun 28, 10:10 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Kanawha, Roane | 4 hr |
| Jun 28, 10:19 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Gilmer, Harrison, Lewis | 4 hr |
| Jun 28, 10:19 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Calhoun | 4 hr |
| Jun 28, 10:23 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Marion | 6 hr |
| Jun 28, 10:23 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Preston | 6 hr |
| Jun 28, 10:38 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Tucker | 5 hr |
| Jun 28, 10:53 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Clay | 4 hr |
| Jun 28, 11:09 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Upshur | 4 hr |
| Jun 28, 11:40 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Braxton, Webster | 4 hr |
| Jun 29, 12:19 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Pocahontas, Randolph | 4 hr |
| Jun 29, 12:59 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Tyler | 6 hr |
| Jun 29, 1:44 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Doddridge | 6 hr |
| Jun 29, 1:44 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Pleasants | 6 hr |
| Jun 29, 2:01 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Jackson, Kanawha, Roane | 5 hr |
| Jun 29, 3:42 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Webster | 5 hr |
| Jun 29, 6:24 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Putnam | 4 hr |
| Jun 29, 6:24 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Putnam | 4 hr |
| Jun 29, 6:51 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Jackson, Kanawha, Roane | 6 hr |
| Jun 29, 6:51 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Doddridge, Tyler | 6 hr |
| Jun 29, 6:51 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Pleasants | 6 hr |
| Jun 29, 8:26 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Marshall | 3 hr |
| Jun 29, 1:09 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Wetzel | 5 hr |
| Jun 29, 1:23 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Pleasants | 6 hr |
| Jun 29, 1:23 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Kanawha, Roane | 6 hr |
| Jun 29, 7:17 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Kanawha, Putnam | 12 hr |
| Jun 29, 7:17 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Pleasants | 12 hr |
| Jun 30, 1:06 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Marion, Marshall, Monongalia, Wetzel | 10 hr |
| Jun 30, 2:19 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Hancock | 5 hr |
| Jun 30, 3:23 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Brooke, Ohio | 5 hr |
| Jun 30, 7:16 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Braxton, Clay | 2 hr |
| Jul 2, 6:42 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Braxton | 3 hr |
| Jul 18, 11:42 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Cabell, Putnam | 3 hr |
| Jul 19, 12:04 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Boone, Kanawha, Lincoln | 3 hr |
| Aug 9, 6:06 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Grant | 119 min |
| Aug 14, 3:16 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Grant, Mineral | 2 hr |
| Aug 14, 4:47 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Hampshire | 93 min |
| Aug 24, 4:56 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Ohio | 2 hr |
| Aug 24, 5:22 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Brooke | 3 hr |
| Aug 24, 7:39 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Brooke | 2 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Kanawha County16
- Tyler County13
- Roane County13
- Pleasants County12
- Doddridge County10
- Harrison County9
- Jackson County9
- Wood County8
- Clay County8
- Webster County8
- Marshall County8
- Wetzel County7
- Randolph County7
- Jefferson County6
- Fayette County6
- Braxton County6
- Pocahontas County5
- Brooke County5
- Ohio County5
- Tucker County5
- Putnam County5
- Upshur County5
- Lewis County5
- Wirt County5
- McDowell County4
- Preston County4
- Marion County4
- Lincoln County4
- Boone County4
- Monongalia County4
- Nicholas County4
- Gilmer County4
- Ritchie County4
- Hancock County3
- Berkeley County3
- Grant County3
- Hampshire County3
- Cabell County3
- Taylor County3
- Calhoun 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.