Thunderstorm Wind, Ritchie
- When
- April 25, 10:40 AM CST
- Where
- Ritchie County
- Coordinates
- 39.200, -81.070
Hail and Damaging Winds in West Virginia, April 25, 1989
18 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 1
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 20
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
Event by event
18 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Calhoun
- When
- April 25, 10:45 AM CST
- Where
- Calhoun County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.820, -81.120
Hail, Calhoun
- When
- April 25, 12:15 PM CST
- Where
- Calhoun County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.820, -81.120
Thunderstorm Wind, Greenbrier
- When
- April 25, 12:15 PM CST
- Where
- Greenbrier County
- Measured
- 65 kt (75 mph)
- Deaths
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Coordinates
- 37.800, -80.450
Hail, Greenbrier
- When
- April 25, 12:48 PM CST
- Where
- Greenbrier County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.800, -80.450
Hail, Wood
- When
- April 25, 1:45 PM CST
- Where
- Wood County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.270, -81.550
Hail, Pleasants
- When
- April 25, 1:45 PM CST
- Where
- Pleasants County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.370, -81.200
Hail, Wirt
- When
- April 25, 1:55 PM CST
- Where
- Wirt County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.070, -81.400
Hail, Roane
- When
- April 25, 2:23 PM CST
- Where
- Roane County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.800, -81.350
Hail, Calhoun
- When
- April 25, 2:30 PM CST
- Where
- Calhoun County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.920, -81.100
Hail, Ritchie
- When
- April 25, 3:20 PM CST
- Where
- Ritchie County
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.200, -81.070
Hail, Clay
- When
- April 25, 3:30 PM CST
- Where
- Clay County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.600, -81.050
Hail, Gilmer
- When
- April 25, 3:42 PM CST
- Where
- Gilmer County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.470, -80.830
Hail, Greenbrier
- When
- April 25, 3:58 PM CST
- Where
- Greenbrier County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.820, -80.450
Hail, Kanawha
- When
- April 25, 4:15 PM CST
- Where
- Kanawha County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.280, -81.550
Hail, Braxton
- When
- April 25, 4:15 PM CST
- Where
- Braxton County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.730, -80.530
Hail, Braxton
- When
- April 25, 4:30 PM CST
- Where
- Braxton County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.770, -80.650
Hail, Webster
- When
- April 25, 4:45 PM CST
- Where
- Webster County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.470, -80.430
Hail, Pocahontas
- When
- April 25, 5:15 PM CST
- Where
- Pocahontas County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.380, -80.000
Hail, Kanawha
- When
- April 25, 9:25 PM CST
- Where
- Kanawha County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.420, -81.480
The people who died
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thunderstorm Wind, Greenbrier | 1989-04-25 | Direct |
What these are
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornado and Hail in Ohio, April 25, 1989
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, April 25, 1989
- Tornado and Hail in Oklahoma, April 25, 1989
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Virginia, April 25, 1989
- Damaging Wind in South Dakota, April 25, 1989
- Hail in Texas, April 25, 1989
- Hail in Indiana, April 25, 1989
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Colorado, April 25, 1989
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Illinois, April 25, 1989
- Damaging Wind in Wisconsin, April 25, 1989
- Damaging Wind in Michigan, April 25, 1989
- Hail in Iowa, April 25, 1989
More
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Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 10149507, 10149508, 10149509, 10149510, 10149511, 10149512, 10149513, 10149514, 10149515, 10149516, 10149728, 10149729, 10149730, 10149731, 10149732, 10149733, 10149734, 10149735, 10149736, 10149737.