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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 111, NWS Charleston, WV

April 14, 2025Kanawha County, Lincoln County, Putnam County, West Virginia

NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 14, 2025, 7:42 PM EDT for Kanawha County, Lincoln County, Putnam County, West Virginia. It was in force for 18 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 14, 2025, 7:42 PM EDT (23:42 UTC)
Expired: Apr 14, 2025, 8:00 PM EDT
In force: 18 min
Issued by: NWS Charleston, WV
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Kanawha County, WV, Lincoln County, WV, Putnam County, WV

The radar

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Apr 14, 3:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	8 hr

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 14, 3:29 PM EDT, 4 hours 13 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 14, 3:29 PM EDT, 4 hours 13 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 14, 7:39 PM EDT, 3 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 14, 7:19 PM EDT, 23 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 14, 7:21 PM EDT, 21 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 14, 7:27 PM EDT, 15 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 14, 7:32 PM EDT, 10 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 14, 7:37 PM EDT, 5 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 14, 7:40 PM EDT, 2 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 14, 2:55 AM EDT	Wind Advisory	RLX	Pocahontas, Randolph	59 hr
Apr 14, 4:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Cabell, Mason	46 min
Apr 14, 5:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	RLX	Cabell, Clay, Jackson, Kanawha, Mason, Putnam and 1 more	62 min
Apr 14, 5:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Mason	44 min
Apr 14, 5:31 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	RLX	Clay, Fayette, Kanawha, Putnam	29 min
Apr 14, 5:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Calhoun, Jackson, Mason, Roane, Wirt, Wood	65 min
Apr 14, 5:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Jackson, Kanawha, Mason, Putnam, Roane	53 min
Apr 14, 5:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Jackson, Kanawha, Mason, Putnam, Roane	49 min
Apr 14, 6:01 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	RLX	Clay, Fayette, Kanawha, Nicholas, Webster	59 min
Apr 14, 6:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Clay, Jackson, Kanawha, Putnam, Roane	45 min
Apr 14, 6:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Cabell, Mason, Putnam	35 min
Apr 14, 6:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Braxton, Calhoun, Clay, Gilmer, Lewis, Nicholas and 3 more	48 min
Apr 14, 6:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	RLX	Clay, Fayette, Kanawha, Nicholas, Webster	40 min
Apr 14, 6:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	RLX	Pocahontas, Webster	26 min
Apr 14, 6:55 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Cabell, Jackson, Kanawha, Mason, Putnam, Roane	50 min
Apr 14, 7:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Nicholas, Pocahontas, Randolph, Upshur, Webster	40 min
Apr 14, 7:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Cabell, Jackson, Kanawha, Mason, Putnam	29 min
Apr 14, 7:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Clay, Fayette, Kanawha, Nicholas, Webster	31 min
Apr 14, 4:02 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Lawrence	43 min
Apr 14, 5:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	RLX	Gallia, Jackson, Lawrence	50 min

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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.