Alert archive / West Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2025
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 252, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 17, 2025, 5:17 PM EDT for Gallia County, Ohio; Jackson County, Mason County, West Virginia. It was in force for 28 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 17, 2025, 5:17 PM EDT (21:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 17, 2025, 5:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Gallia County, OH, Jackson County, WV, Mason County, WV
The radar
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 166 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 290 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -99 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 976 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -10 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 6 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
227
WUUS51 KRLX 172117
SVRRLX
OHC053-WVC035-053-172145-
/O.NEW.KRLX.SV.W.0252.250717T2117Z-250717T2145Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Charleston WV
517 PM EDT Thu Jul 17 2025
The National Weather Service in Charleston West Virginia has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Southeastern Gallia County in southeastern Ohio...
Northern Mason County in western West Virginia...
West central Jackson County in northwestern West Virginia...
* Until 545 PM EDT.
* At 516 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Gallipolis,
moving east at 30 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include...
Point Pleasant, Gallipolis, Henderson, Leon, Cottageville, Mount
Alto, Gallopolis Ferry, Gage, Letart, and Ashton.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
&&
LAT...LON 3894 8214 3890 8193 3887 8190 3887 8188
3888 8187 3887 8181 3859 8213 3877 8246
TIME...MOT...LOC 2116Z 285DEG 24KT 3880 8217
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$
142 follow-up statements
239
WWUS51 KRLX 172129
SVSRLX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Charleston WV
529 PM EDT Thu Jul 17 2025
OHC053-WVC035-053-172145-
/O.CON.KRLX.SV.W.0252.000000T0000Z-250717T2145Z/
Gallia OH-Mason WV-Jackson WV-
529 PM EDT Thu Jul 17 2025
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN GALLIA...NORTHERN MASON AND WEST CENTRAL JACKSON
COUNTIES...
At 529 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Racine to 7 miles southeast of Gallipolis to 14
miles south of Rio Grande, moving southeast at 20 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Point Pleasant, Gallipolis, Henderson, Leon, Cottageville, Mount
Alto, Gallopolis Ferry, Letart, and Ashton.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Torrential rainfall is occurring with these storms, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
&&
LAT...LON 3893 8209 3890 8193 3887 8190 3887 8188
3888 8187 3887 8181 3859 8213 3873 8239
TIME...MOT...LOC 2129Z 318DEG 17KT 3889 8194 3874 8211 3868 8231
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$
09208
WWUS51 KRLX 172143 RRA
SVSRLX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Charleston WV
543 PM EDT Thu Jul 17 2025
OHC053-WVC035-053-172153-
/O.EXP.KRLX.SV.W.0252.000000T0000Z-250717T2145Z/
Gallia OH-Mason WV-Jackson WV-
543 PM EDT Thu Jul 17 2025
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN GALLIA...NORTHERN
MASON AND WEST CENTRAL JACKSON COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 545 PM EDT...
The storms which prompted the warning have weakened below severe
limits, and no longer pose an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire. However, gusty
winds and heavy rain are still possible with these thunderstorms.
&&
LAT...LON 3893 8209 3890 8193 3887 8190 3887 8188
3888 8187 3887 8181 3859 8213 3873 8239
TIME...MOT...LOC 2143Z 285DEG 24KT 3887 8184 3872 8201 3866 8221
$$
09The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 16, 8:02 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Washington | 3 hr |
| Jul 17, 3:17 AM EDT | Flood Watch | RLX | Athens, Gallia, Jackson, Lawrence, Meigs, Vinton and 1 more | 21 hr |
| Jul 17, 1:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Lawrence | 33 min |
| Jul 17, 4:24 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Jackson | 3 hr |
| Jul 17, 5:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Athens, Meigs, Washington | 26 min |
| Jul 17, 5:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Lawrence | 38 min |
| Jul 17, 6:04 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Athens, Meigs, Washington | 3 hr |
| Jul 17, 7:23 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | RLX | Jackson | 15 hr |
| Jul 16, 8:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Clay, Kanawha | 41 min |
| Jul 16, 8:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Clay, Kanawha, Roane | 26 min |
| Jul 16, 8:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Braxton, Clay | 44 min |
| Jul 16, 9:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Lewis, Upshur | 28 min |
| Jul 17, 1:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Wayne | 31 min |
| Jul 17, 1:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Wayne | 35 min |
| Jul 17, 1:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Cabell, Kanawha, Lincoln, Putnam | 32 min |
| Jul 17, 2:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Lincoln, Wayne | 37 min |
| Jul 17, 2:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Kanawha | 30 min |
| Jul 17, 2:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Kanawha | 28 min |
| Jul 17, 2:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Lincoln | 31 min |
| Jul 17, 2:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Boone, Clay, Kanawha | 31 min |
| Jul 17, 3:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Boone, Clay, Fayette, Nicholas, Webster | 44 min |
| Jul 17, 5:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Raleigh, Wyoming | 39 min |
| Jul 17, 5:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Wayne | 27 min |
| Jul 17, 6:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Mingo | 43 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.