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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 249, NWS Charleston, WV

July 16, 2025Wayne County, West Virginia; Lawrence County, Kentucky

NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 16, 2025, 1:42 PM EDT for Wayne County, West Virginia; Lawrence County, Kentucky. It was in force for 33 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: Jul 16, 2025, 1:42 PM EDT (17:42 UTC)
Expired: Jul 16, 2025, 2:15 PM EDT
In force: 33 min
Issued by: NWS Charleston, WV
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Possible
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Lawrence County, KY, Wayne County, WV

The radar

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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 Jul 16, 12:05 PM EDT, 1 hour 37 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 16, 12:05 PM EDT, 1 hour 37 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 16, 1:31 PM EDT, 11 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
Jul 16, 1:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Wayne	29 min
Jul 16, 5:23 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Jackson, Putnam, Roane	52 min
Jul 16, 5:32 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Pleasants	28 min
Jul 16, 6:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Ritchie, Wirt	48 min
Jul 16, 6:22 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Roane	53 min
Jul 16, 7:22 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Kanawha	38 min
Jul 16, 7:39 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Mason	3 hr
Jul 16, 7:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Jackson	45 min
Jul 16, 5:05 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Washington	25 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in West Virginia, 2025 Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kentucky, 2025 Every 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.