Alert archive / West Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in West Virginia, 1989
60 severe thunderstorm warnings in 1989. 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 severe thunderstorm warnings reaches back to 1986.
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 1989. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
- 60
- Busiest month
- June23 severe thunderstorm warnings
- Busiest day
- April 25, 19898 severe thunderstorm 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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, 10:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Kanawha, Putnam | 77 min |
| 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 |
| 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 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, 6:50 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 19, 6:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Braxton, Nicholas | 57 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, 9:04 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 6, 6:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Hampshire, Hardy | 63 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 21, 3:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Hardy | 60 min |
| 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, 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 |
| Sep 16, 2:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Wayne | 65 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Harrison County6
- Lewis County5
- Braxton County4
- Upshur County4
- Pocahontas County3
- Mason County3
- Preston County3
- Monongalia County3
- Randolph County3
- Marion County3
- Barbour County3
- Wayne County3
- Marshall County3
- Pleasants County2
- Ritchie County2
- Calhoun County2
- Roane County2
- Clay County2
- Greenbrier County2
- Webster County2
- Putnam County2
- McDowell County2
- Mingo County2
- Brooke County2
- Hancock County2
- Ohio County2
- Fayette County2
- Tucker County2
- Taylor County2
- Berkeley County2
- Jefferson County2
- Hampshire County2
- Hardy County2
- Cabell County2
- Wirt County1
- Wood County1
- Gilmer County1
- Kanawha County1
- Wyoming County1
- Jackson County1
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
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. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.