Tornado, Roane
- When
- June 12, 4:45 PM EST
- Where
- Roane County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.2 mi
- Path width
- 10 yd
- Coordinates
- 38.770, -81.370
Tornadoes and Hail in West Virginia, June 12, 1989
5 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 1 hail, 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
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 8
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
5 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Wood
- When
- June 12, 4:55 PM EST
- Where
- Wood County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.2 mi
- Path width
- 10 yd
- Coordinates
- 39.180, -81.380
Thunderstorm Wind, Marion
- When
- June 12, 5:40 PM CST
- Where
- Marion County
- Coordinates
- 39.500, -80.180
Thunderstorm Wind, Ritchie
- When
- June 12, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Ritchie County
- Coordinates
- 39.100, -81.100
Hail, Braxton
- When
- June 12, 6:08 PM CST
- Where
- Braxton County
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.630, -80.870
Thunderstorm Wind, Monongalia
- When
- June 12, 6:20 PM CST
- Where
- Monongalia County
- Coordinates
- 39.570, -79.850
Thunderstorm Wind, Preston
- When
- June 12, 6:40 PM CST
- Where
- Preston County
- Coordinates
- 39.470, -79.680
Thunderstorm Wind, Pocahontas
- When
- June 12, 7:15 PM CST
- Where
- Pocahontas County
- Coordinates
- 38.380, -80.000
What these are
- Tornado
- A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.
- 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
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- Hail in New Mexico, June 12, 1989
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Alabama, June 12, 1989
- Damaging Winds in Arkansas, June 12, 1989
- Tornadoes in Minnesota, June 12, 1989
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Iowa, June 12, 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: 10149742, 10149743, 10149744, 10149745, 10149746, 10149747, 10149748, 10149749.