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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 126, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 25, 2025, 2:28 PM EDT for Boone County, Kanawha County, West Virginia. It was in force for 32 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 25, 2025, 2:28 PM EDT (18:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 25, 2025, 3:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Boone County, WV, Kanawha County, WV
The radar
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 17 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 25, 1:27 PM EDT, 1 hour 1 minute earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 25, 1:27 PM EDT, 1 hour 1 minute before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Charleston WV 430 AM EDT Fri Apr 25 2025 KYZ101>103-105-VAZ003-004-WVZ005-013-024-025-260830- Greenup-Carter-Boyd-Lawrence-Dickenson-Buchanan-Wayne-Lincoln-Mingo- Logan- 430 AM EDT Fri Apr 25 2025 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northeast Kentucky, southwest Virginia, and portions of southern and western West Virginia. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight. Thunderstorms are possible at times today and tonight. Heavy rainfall may cause locally high water issues. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. OHZ066-067-075-076-083>087-WVZ006>011-014>020-026>034-039-040- 515>526-260830- Perry-Morgan-Athens-Washington-Jackson OH-Vinton-Meigs-Gallia- Lawrence OH-Cabell-Mason-Jackson WV-Wood-Pleasants-Tyler-Putnam- Kanawha-Roane-Wirt-Calhoun-Ritchie-Doddridge-Boone-Clay-Braxton- Gilmer-Lewis-Harrison-Taylor-McDowell-Wyoming-Upshur-Barbour- Northwest Raleigh-Southeast Raleigh-Northwest Fayette- Southeast Fayette-Northwest Nicholas-Southeast Nicholas- Northwest Webster-Southeast Webster-Northwest Pocahontas- Southeast Pocahontas-Northwest Randolph-Southeast Randolph- 430 AM EDT Fri Apr 25 2025 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for southeast Ohio and much of West Virginia. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight. Thunderstorms are possible at times today and tonight. Heavy rainfall may cause locally high water issues. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Apr 25, 1:46 PM EDT, 42 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 25, 1:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Lincoln | 44 min |
| Apr 25, 2:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Boone, Kanawha, Lincoln | 26 min |
| Apr 25, 4:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Summers | 59 min |
| Apr 25, 7:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Greenup | 33 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in West Virginia, 2025Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2025
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.