Alert archive / West Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2024

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 94, NWS Charleston, WV

April 18, 20245 counties in West Virginia

NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 18, 2024, 12:16 AM EDT for 5 counties in West Virginia. It was in force for 29 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 18, 2024, 12:16 AM EDT (04:16 UTC)
Expired
Apr 18, 2024, 12:45 AM EDT
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Charleston, WV
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Clay County, WV, Kanawha County, WV, Nicholas County, WV, Pocahontas County, WV, Webster County, WV

The radar

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Charleston, WV wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Apr 17, 9:58 PM EDT, 2 hours 18 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 17, 9:58 PM EDT, 2 hours 18 minutes before
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>
Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 17, 10:19 PM EDT, 1 hour 57 minutes before
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 17, 11:35 PM EDT, 41 minutes before
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>
Special weather statement, Apr 17, 11:37 PM EDT, 39 minutes before
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>
Local storm report, Apr 17, 11:38 PM EDT, 38 minutes before
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>
Local storm report, Apr 17, 11:40 PM EDT, 36 minutes before
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>
Special weather statement, Apr 17, 11:45 PM EDT, 31 minutes before
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>
Local storm report, Apr 17, 11:47 PM EDT, 29 minutes before
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

The office that day

Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 17, 8:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXWood34 min
Apr 17, 8:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXPleasants, Ritchie, Tyler, Wood33 min
Apr 17, 8:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXWood30 min
Apr 17, 9:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXJackson, Ritchie, Wirt, Wood33 min
Apr 17, 9:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXDoddridge, Harrison, Pleasants, Ritchie, Tyler, Wood30 min
Apr 17, 9:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXCalhoun, Gilmer, Ritchie, Roane, Wirt, Wood28 min
Apr 17, 9:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXDoddridge, Gilmer, Harrison, Lewis, Ritchie33 min
Apr 17, 9:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXJackson, Wirt, Wood29 min
Apr 17, 9:49 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXHarrison, Taylor26 min
Apr 17, 10:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXBraxton, Calhoun, Gilmer, Ritchie, Roane, Wirt30 min
Apr 17, 10:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXBarbour, Lewis, Taylor, Upshur31 min
Apr 17, 10:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXBraxton, Calhoun, Gilmer, Ritchie28 min
Apr 17, 10:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXCalhoun, Jackson, Mason, Roane, Wirt26 min
Apr 17, 10:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXCalhoun, Jackson, Mason, Roane, Wirt4 min
Apr 17, 10:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXBraxton, Calhoun, Gilmer30 min
Apr 17, 10:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXBraxton, Calhoun, Jackson, Mason, Roane, Wirt27 min
Apr 17, 10:50 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXRandolph, Upshur25 min
Apr 17, 11:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXBraxton, Lewis, Randolph, Upshur, Webster23 min
Apr 17, 11:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXBraxton, Webster31 min
Apr 17, 11:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXBraxton, Calhoun, Clay, Gilmer, Jackson, Kanawha and 5 more28 min
Apr 17, 11:37 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXRandolph23 min
Apr 17, 11:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXBraxton, Calhoun, Clay, Jackson, Kanawha, Nicholas and 2 more32 min
Apr 17, 11:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXWebster30 min
Apr 18, 12:18 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXPocahontas27 min
Apr 18, 12:46 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXNicholas14 min
Apr 18, 1:00 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXNicholas15 min
Apr 17, 8:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXWashington27 min
Apr 17, 8:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXAthens, Jackson, Meigs, Vinton, Washington25 min
Apr 17, 8:51 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXVinton3 hr
Apr 17, 9:21 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXAthens, Vinton3 hr
Apr 18, 12:09 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningRLXVinton9 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in West Virginia, 2024Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2024

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.