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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 92, NWS Charleston, WV

April 5, 2025Pocahontas County, Randolph County, Webster County, West Virginia

NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 5, 2025, 6:57 PM EDT for Pocahontas County, Randolph County, Webster County, West Virginia. 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
Apr 5, 2025, 6:57 PM EDT (22:57 UTC)
Expired
Apr 5, 2025, 7:30 PM EDT
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Charleston, WV
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Pocahontas County, WV, Randolph County, WV, Webster County, WV

The radar

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 143 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:59 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 4, 7:00 PM EDT, 23 hours 57 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 4, 7:00 PM EDT, 23 hours 57 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 5, 3:56 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningRLXMason43 hr
Apr 5, 7:36 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXBoone, Lincoln24 min
Apr 5, 12:37 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningRLXJackson, Wood32 hr
Apr 5, 12:38 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningRLXCabell, Wayne24 hr
Apr 5, 12:38 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningRLXWood24 hr
Apr 5, 12:39 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningRLXJackson, Mason32 hr
Apr 5, 3:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXLincoln30 min
Apr 5, 4:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXBoone, Lincoln, Wayne24 min
Apr 5, 4:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXBoone, Kanawha, Lincoln34 min
Apr 5, 4:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXBoone, Kanawha31 min
Apr 5, 5:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXClay, Fayette, Kanawha, Nicholas34 min
Apr 5, 5:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXClay, Nicholas, Webster34 min
Apr 5, 6:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatRLXPocahontas, Randolph, Webster32 min
Apr 5, 7:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXPocahontas, Randolph33 min
Apr 5, 1:01 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXMorgan29 min
Apr 5, 1:30 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXMorgan15 min
Apr 5, 11:50 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningRLXMorgan33 hr
Apr 5, 12:35 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningRLXLawrence55 hr
Apr 5, 12:39 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningRLXScioto67 hr
Apr 5, 3:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXLawrence31 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.