Alert archive / West Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings / 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in West Virginia, May 1998
52 severe thunderstorm warnings in May 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 severe thunderstorm warnings reaches back to 1986.
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in May 1998. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
- 52
- Busiest day
- May 24, 199817 severe thunderstorm warnings
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 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 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 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, 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, 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, 5:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Kanawha | 68 min |
| May 24, 5:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Marshall | 38 min |
| May 24, 6:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Cabell | 50 min |
| May 24, 6:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Monongalia | 38 min |
| May 24, 7:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Cabell, Wayne | 43 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, 7:39 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, 7:55 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, 8:33 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, 9:27 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, 9:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Monroe | 34 min |
| 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, 5:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Hancock | 46 min |
| May 31, 6:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Hancock | 42 min |
| May 31, 6:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Brooke, Ohio | 50 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Mingo County5
- McDowell County5
- Raleigh County4
- Cabell County3
- Wood County2
- Putnam County2
- Wyoming County2
- Preston County2
- Upshur County2
- Randolph County2
- Kanawha County2
- Monongalia County2
- Wayne County2
- Tucker County2
- Brooke County2
- Ohio County2
- Hancock County2
- Logan County1
- Greenbrier County1
- Mason County1
- Lincoln County1
- Marshall County1
- Marion County1
- Harrison County1
- Boone County1
- Pleasants County1
- Ritchie County1
- Fayette County1
- Mercer County1
- Hardy County1
- Monroe County1
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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.